JACKSONVILLE , Fla. – General Motors Corp. recently recognized 97 companies with its highly coveted Supplier of the Year Award. There are 57 multiple-year winners among this year’s nominees.
“GM is proud to honor our best suppliers with the Supplier of the Year Award, an award that we believe is the most meaningful honor in the industry,” said Bo Andersson, GM group vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. “It is our way of telling them that we appreciate all their efforts in helping GM manufacture its world-class vehicles. These suppliers are the best of the best. They understand that our mutual success can only be achieved by sharing common goals and priorities.”
The award recognizes the significant contributions of GM’s suppliers in 2007 to the company’s global product and performance achievements. The Supplier of the Year program started in 1992, and each year a global team of purchasing, engineering, quality, manufacturing and logistics executives determine the winners. The team’s decisions are based on supplier performance in the areas of quality, service, technology and price.
MANN+HUMMEL GmbH of Germany won its 16th Supplier of the Year award making it the only company to receive an award every year since the trophies have been presented.
There were eight minority suppliers honored for their achievements. They included Advanced Assembly Products, Inc., The Bartech Group, Black River Manufacturing Inc., Detroit Technologies Inc., The Ideal Group, Inc., Motor City Express, NYX Inc. and Production Services Management Inc.
The General Motors 2007 Supplier of the Year Winners are:
· Advanced Assembly Products, Inc.
· Aisin World Corporation of America – Aisin Manufacturing Illinois
· Aleris International, Inc.
· ASIA CORPORATION LIMITED
· AUDILAB LTDA.
· AUSTEM Co., Ltd.
· AUTOGEN
· Autoliv Inc.
· Automotive Ancillary Services (P) Ltd
· Aventec, S.A. De C.V.
· The Bartech Group
· Barton Malow Company
· Black River Manufacturing Inc.
· Bocar
· CHANGWON
· China Steel Corporation
· Cisco Systems, Inc.
· CJ International Ltd. – Raben Group
· Compuware Corporation
· Cosma International, a Magna International Company
· DAEWON KANG UP CO., LTD
· Daewoo IS Corporation
· Decoma International
· DENSO International America, Inc.
· Detroit Technologies, Inc.
· DLH Industries, Inc.
· DONG HWA AND CO., LTD.
· DuPont Automotive OEM Coatings
· Dynamic Manufacturing, Inc.
· Legacy of John Partipilo
· Eagle Ottawa, LLC
· Eaton Corporation
· ECM (Vehicle Delivery Service) Ltd
· EuWe Eugen Wexler GmbH & Co. KG
· FANUC LTD
· Federal-Mogul
· FFT EDAG Produktionssysteme GmbH & Co. KG
· FGUP “The Ural Electrochemical Integrated Plant”
· Ficosa International
· FTE Automotive GmbH
· Fujiwa Machinery Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
· FUYAO GLASS INDUSTRY GROUP CO., LTD.
· Gedia Gebrueder Dingerkus
· Gentex Corporation
· GESTAMP SL
· GNS
· GRIMALDI GROUP
· Guangdong Hongtu Technology Co., Ltd
· HENAN THB ELECRIC CO., LTD
· Hitachi Ltd., Automotive Systems HÖegh Autoliners AS
· The Ideal Group, Inc.
· IS TECH
· Jones Lang LaSal le
· KAFUS
· Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
· Kerr Industries Limited
· KIRCHHOFF AUTOMOTIVE
· KM&I Co., LTD.
· KWANG JIN
· Laird Technologies
· Lear Corporation
· LEONI Bordnetz-Systeme GmbH
· Lifelong India Limited
· MAHLE Group
· MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
· Matson Navigation Company, Inc.
· Mett Pty Ltd
· Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
· Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Climate Control, Inc.
· Molex Incorporated
· Motor City Express
· Nemak S.A.
· NGK Spark Plugs ( U.S.A.), Inc.
· Ningbo Auto Cable Controls Co., Ltd.
· North American Lighting, Inc.
· NYX, Inc.
· Panasonic Automotive Systems
· Paulstra CRC Corporation
· Plastic Omnium
· Posco
· PREH
· Production Services Management Inc.
· Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd.
· Ryder System, Inc.
· S&T Daewoo Co., Ltd.
· Shanghai SIIC Transportation Electric Co., Ltd.
· Shanghai Daimay Automotive Interiors Co., Ltd.
· Shape Corporation
· SL Corporation
· Suzhou Sonavox Electronics Company LTD.
· Takata
· ThyssenKrupp Steel AG
· Union Pacific Railroad
· Usinas SiderÚrgicas de Minas Gerais SA
· Verspeeten Cartage Ltd.
· Vitro
· YOUNGSHIN PRECISION CO., LTD.
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