EPP SERVICE

EPP Books services was established in February 1991 but was open to the public on 29th July, 1991 with a shop floor space of about 5x 4 square metres mainly to fill the vacuum that existed in the provision of textbooks for tertiary education. There was a severe shortage of textbooks for tertiary education sector during the period between 1982 and 1991. Tertiary education books on the market those days were either used ones or very old editions from Nigeria and were sometimes even pirated ones which were also not legible enough for users. The situation then was very grim until EPP Books Services was established.

MISSION
Our mission was to provide a wide range of books to satisfy the needs of various target groups by making the appropriate product (s) available at the right price to customers. BRANCHES EPP Books Services has expanded its distribution network in Ghana with branches in La, Accra, Achimota, Agbogba, Accra New Town, Manet Cottage, Aflao, Cape Coast, Koforidua, Kumasi and Tamale. We also have branches in other West African countries including Nigeria, Benin, and Sierra Leone. More outlets would be opened in other countries in the next few years.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Our primary responsibility is to our customers without whom there is no reason for our existence. EPP Books Services does not only engage in retail services, but also provide consultancy, library supplies, and publishing services. We also organize book fairs and exhibitions.

LIVING PLANET FUND MANAGEMENT COMPANY

The Living Planet Fund Management Company was founded by WWF International* in 2003. The primary activity of the company is the management of the Living Planet Fund, a socially responsible investment fund.

The Living Planet Fund is a Luxembourg registered socially responsible investment fund which invests in companies that have a proactive commitment to environment and social issues, and which are either industry leaders or industry innovators. The Fund is committed to achieving competitive financial performance whilst allowing investors the opportunity to align their ethical convictions with their investment aspirations. The Fund has a best in class approach, exclusion criteria and measurement against four sets of indicators, these being environmental policy, production processes, social behaviour and adherence to externally certified standards.

* WWF, Worldwide Fund for Nature, is the global conservation organisation with some 5 million supporters worldwide.

OLAM Ghana limited is a subsidiary of OLAM international Ltd.; a Singapore based global commodity trading company. Established in1994, OLAM has since then grown to be a leading agro-commodity company in Ghana. The company has the enviable distinction of being the largest private sector licensed buying company (LBC.) in cocoa sector, buying in excess of 75,000 mt 1n 2003-2004. OLAM is also a leading exporter of sheanut, cashew, coffee and timber and one of the largest importer of Rice and Sugar into the country. OLAM is the owner of the leading US Rice brand in the country First Choice.

OLAM`s vision is to be the leading agro-commodity company in Ghana. We plan to achieve this by firstly adding value along our range of operations; and secondly, by meaningfully contributing to the society at large .in keeping with our philosophy OLAM setup a sheanut crashing plant at Juabeng, in collaboration with Juabenhene Nana Otuo Siriboe 11

SHELL GHANA LIMITED
Shell Ghana limited is an oil marketing company, which has been in operation in Ghana for the past 76 years. The company markets transportation fuels, lubricants, bitumen, and specially products and also provides technical services. Shell Ghana limited is a subsidiary of shell petroleum company limited, U.K, which holds 82.3% of total shares of the company. Ghanaians institutional and individual shareholders hold the remaining 17.7% shares. In its main business operations, shell Ghana limited has 118 retail service stations throughout Ghana and is also involved in the commercial business consisting of supplies to mining and construction customers.

The vision of shell is ‘to help build a better Ghana through our commitment to sustainable development’. Sustainable development here translates into ensuring that all business proposals and activities of the company incorporate due consideration of the potential environmental and social impact. At shell we have a mission to become Ghana’s leading energy provider in terms of customer preference and profitable market share.

THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING CAMPANY OF GHANA LIMITED (TCCBCGL)
The (TCCBCGL) WAS formed from the divestiture of the bottling Division of G.N.T.C in March 7 1995 at the GNTC plant at Adjabeng in Accra. The new premises sited off Spintex Road, was commissioned in 1996. the company has two production facilitates situated in Accra and Kumasi with a combined capacity of 9000 cases per hour. The company has thirteen other distribution centres all over the country and employs over 700 direct employees. It has about 35,000 registered customers who rely mainly on selling our products for their income. Quality care for the environment and contribution to national development are qualities enshrined in the day-to-day operations of the company. As 1 million Waste Water treatment facility was commissioned at our Accra plant in 2001 to ensure that the wastewater from our production process is safe for the environment and can support fish life. A second Waste Water treatment has also being installed and commissioned at the Kumasi plant in January 2004, at a cost of about 600,000.

Our vision of creating a workplace which acknowledges and rewards individual contribution and engenders togetherness is still on course. Through well laid down structures we have ensured a very proactive approach to labour-related issues.

TOYOTA GHANA COMPANY LIMITED
Toyota Ghana company was incorporated in Ghana in 1998 by the investment of Marubeni Corporation, Japan and Marubeni Auto Europe S.A, Belgium. It is the sole representative of Toyota Motors Corporation of Japan. Toyota Ghana is the sole representative of Toyota Motor Company (TMC) of Japan in Ghana. Consequently it’s the provision of after sales support for the vehicles.

Our vision is to provide our customers with the best vehicle life experience

WIENCO GHANA LIMITED
Wienco (Ghana) Limited was established in1979. The company specializing importation and distribution of fertilizers and agrochemicals. Since the privatization of fertilizer import by Ghana government, Wienco has been the biggest importer of fertilizer into the country. In Tema, Wienco has a big warehouse where various fertilizers imported are stored and later distributed to farmers all over the country through registered retail outlets. Similar depots are in Kumasi and Tamale. The Tamale depot feeds our retail outlets in Northern, Upper West and Upper East Regions. Wienco is also deeply involved in the growth of Ghana’s cotton industry. Wienco was adjudged the Best Foreign Business of the year by the Millennium Excellence Foundation in August 2005. The objective of the company is to be a trusted, reliable, efficient and reasonably priced marketer of agricultural inputs and out puts. In addition, we wish to expand and create niche markets for coconut and mango as well as cotton.

KASAPREKO CAMPANY LIMITED (KCL)
KCL is a private company incorporated on March 9, 1987. From a very humble beginning with staff strength of only four and total output of four cartons (64 litres) of gin a week in 1986, the company is now, a leader in the alcoholic beverage industry in Ghana. KCL now has a permanent work force of 101 and a fully automated bottling plant (from bottle washing to packing). The company’s flagship products Alomo bitters and Alomo root wine-which are based on extracts from known Ghana traditional plant, possess proven intrinsic medicinal values. These products have gained wide acceptability nationally and internationally. Its business also includes general farming, general merchants and import and export of general goods.

Our vision is to become indigenous producer and marketer of high quality, reliable and affordable pharmaceutical products in the West Africa sub-region.