DENSO Names 2019 North America Business Partner Of The Year Awards

DENSO has announced the recipients of its annual North America Business Partner of the Year Awards. Each of the 14 recipients demonstrated exceptional contributions to the quality, service, innovation and value that DENSO was able to provide its customers throughout its 2019 fiscal year.

DENSO recognized the following companies in the following award categories during its 2020 North America Business Partner Convention, held virtually this year for the first time:

Partner of the Year Award

Infineon Technologies AG
Quality Award
Sakaiya de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
Essex Group, Inc.
GDC, Inc.
TRIS USA, Inc.

Value Leader Award

Nichia America Corporation
Mino Industry USA, Inc. / Mino Industry Mexico S.A. de C.V.
Matsuo Industries USA, Inc.
Washington Penn

Diversity Leader Award

Novelis Corporation

Sustainability Leader Award

Micron Technology, Inc.

Special Achievement Award

Meiji Corporation
Fuji Alconix Mexico
UAJC (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Partners were evaluated based on specific criteria set by DENSO’s North American leaders and were honored in categories closely aligned to DENSO’s ideals, such as quality, sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and continuous improvement, or Kaizen. All recipients of the awards displayed a deep commitment to operational and product excellence, as well as a willingness to collaborate closely in advancing automotive products, services and technologies.

“Despite the global challenges every industry faced earlier this year, our partners receiving these awards continued to provide top-quality products and systems,” said Kenichiro Ito, president of DENSO’s North American Board of Directors and chief executive office of DENSO International America, Inc. “Now more than ever, it’s clear that advancing automotive innovation will be a key part of creating a safe and sustainable future for society. The commitment, collaboration and creativity these companies have shown in working toward that goal is what earned them this recognition. I look forward to continue our important work together in 2020 and beyond.”

In addition to the award ceremony, this year’s convention included presentations around the theme, “Back to the basics, lean and quality strong” – principles that will help DENSO and its partners navigate our changed world.