Glögg Party- December
SACC-Philadelphia Presents Business Entrepreneurial Award At the
Annual Glögg Party
SACC-Philadelphia’s annual Glögg Party was held at the venerable
Philadelphia Racquet Club. The official corporate sponsor of the
Party was QlikTech. Additional sponsorship for the Party was provided by ScanAm.
After welcoming all to the party, Erwin Apell, Chairman of SACCPhiladelphia’s Board, announced that SCA Americas, Sune Lundin
and Don Lewis had received our Chamber’s Business Entrepreneurial Award. Mr. Lundin has been President of SCA Americas since
2008 and Mr. Lewis, who has been with SCA for 10 years and is a
leader on the SCA Americas leadership team, will be taking on the
position of President of SCA Americas in January 2012. Last year’s
recipient of the Business Entrepreneurial Award, Lars Björk, President and CEO of QlikTech, participated in the award ceremony and
presentation. Mr. Lewis was in attendance to accept the award.
“SCA-Americas, Mr. Lundin and Mr. Lewis have made a significant
contribution toward the exchange of trade and commerce between
the Philadelphia Region and Sweden. They have also made important contributions toward innovation, corporate social responsibility and sustainable business practices,” said David Engstrom, President of SACC-Philadelphia. “Our Chamber is honored and pleased
to recognize their accomplishments and contributions with our annual business award.”
Following the award presentation, the rest of the evening at the
glögg party continued in a cheerful way, with snacking, glögging
and mingling. Well-dressed guests were treated to glögg, prepared
by Britt Apell and Kristina Hofmann, and to savory hors d’oeuvres.
There was also a raffle. Live music and some Nordic Christmas
songs were performed by the Mole St. Band and Norwegian singers Chris Valkyria and Lou Paglione.
The Party was well attended by SACC-Philadelphia’s corporate and
individual members. Among the corporate members in attendance
were representatives from SCA Americas (Don Lewis, Amy Bellcourt, Kevin Gorman, Susan Michini, Anna Savinger-Aslund), QlikTech (Lars Bjork, Sally Baraka, Derly Vargas and Johan Nordbrandt),
and SKF USA, Inc. (Gunilla Nilsson, Jonny Nilsson, and Magnus Arvidsson).
As a sign of the success and a good time, many guests stayed at the
party long after the official ending time at 9:30 PM.