General Motors recognized 76 companies representing 16 countries with its Supplier of the Year award during the annual ceremony on March 11 at the GM Design Dome in Warren, Mich.
Sixty-one companies have won the award more than once. One of them, Germany’s Mann + Hummel, a supplier of intake manifolds, has been honored as a Supplier of the Year winner each of the 18 years the awards have been presented. Fifteen companies won the award for the first time.
“The Supplier of the Year award is always special but those suppliers recognized this year have risen above and beyond the call during one of the most challenging years in GM history,” said Bob Socia, vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. ”This is truly a world-class list of suppliers.”
The award recognizes the significant contributions of GM’s suppliers in 2009 as part of 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 determines the winners.
The decisions are based on supplier performance in the areas of quality, service, technology and price.
Here are the General Motors Supplier of the Year award winners, country represented and number of SOY wins including 2009:
| · Acumuladores Moura | Brazil | 1 |
| · ADAC Plastics DBA ADAC Automotive | US | 2 |
| · AP Plasman Corporation | Canada | 3 |
| · Asia Co., Ltd. | South Korea | 3 |
| · Auma S.A. de C.V | Mexico | 7 |
| · Autoline Industries USA | US | 1 |
| · BASF SE | Germany | 6 |
| · Bend All Automotive Inc | Canada | 4 |
| · Bose Corporation | US | 3 |
| · Central Corporation | South Korea | 1 |
| · Chemico Mays, LLC. / Chemico Systems, Inc. | US | 1 |
| · Clark-Cutler-McDermott Company (CCM) | US | 1 |
| · Compuware | US | 3 |
| · Cosma International | Canada | 6 |
| · Daedong System | South Korea | 2 |
| · Daewon Kang Up | South Korea | 4 |
| · Denso Corporation | Japan | 17 |
| · Detroit Technologies Inc. | US | 3 |
| · DLH Industries | US | 3 |
| · Dongwon-Tech Co., Ltd. | South Korea | 2 |
| · Dynamic Manufacturing Co. | US | 11 |
| · ECM (Vehicle Delivery Service) Ltd. | UK | 2 |
| · EMC | US | 6 |
| · E-Won Solutech | South Korea | 2 |
| · FANUC LTD | Japan | 6 |
| · ICAHN ENTERPRISES LP | US | 4 |
| · FedEx Corporation | US | 10 |
| · Fujitsu Ten | Japan | 1 |
| · GENTEX Corporation | US | 14 |
| · George P. Johnson Company | US | 1 |
| · Cartera Gestamp S.L. | Spain | 13 |
| · Grand Traverse Plastics | US | 2 |
| · Grimaldi Group | Italy | 9 |
| · Ground Effects Ltd. | Canada | 1 |
| · Guangdong Hongtu Technology Co., Ltd | China | 3 |
| · Hanwha TechM Co., Ltd | South Korea | 2 |
| · Henan THB Electric Co. Ltd. | China | 3 |
| · Hirotec Corporation | Japan | 6 |
| · LEIF HÖEGH & CO.AS | Norway | 7 |
| · International Automotive Components (IAC) | US | 2 |
| · Johnson Controls | US | 4 |
| · Jones Lang LaSalle | US | 3 |
| · Jaeyoung Solutec Co., LTD | South Korea | 2 |
| · Kafus | South Korea | 3 |
| · Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K-Line) | Japan | 4 |
| · Kirchhoff Automotive GmbH & Co KG | Germany | 7 |
| · Kwang Jin Sang Gong | South Korea | 9 |
| · L&W Group | US | 3 |
| · Laird Group PLC | US | 5 |
| · LAKESIDE PLASTICS | Canada | 1 |
| · Lear Corporation | US | 4 |
| · Mando Corporation | South Korea | 5 |
| · Mann+Hummel | Germany | 18 |
| · Mett Pty Ltd | Australia | 6 |
| · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Climate Control, Inc | Japan | 6 |
| · Mitsubishi Electric | Japan | 11 |
| · Mold Masters Company | US | 1 |
| · MRM Worldwide | US | 1 |
| · MWM International | US | 1 |
| · NGK Spark Plug Co., LTD. | Japan | 9 |
| · Nippon Seiki Corporation, Ltd | Japan | 3 |
| · Posco | South Korea | 3 |
| · PST Eletronica SA | Brazil | 2 |
| · Pyeong-Hwa Automotive Co. | South Korea | 4 |
| · Ryder | US | 5 |
| · Saint Jean Industries | France | 1 |
| · Shape Corp. | US | 7 |
| · SL Corporation | South Korea | 14 |
| · Starcom MediaVest Group | France | 1 |
| · SUNDRAM FASTENERS LIMITED | India | 6 |
| · Sungwoo Hitech Co., ltd | South Korea | 2 |
| · TMS Transport- und Montagesysteme Gmbh | Austria | 1 |
| · TV Minority Company | US | 7 |
| · Van-Rob | Canada | 13 |
| · Wooshin Systems Co., Ltd | South Korea | 6 |
| · YEONG HWA METAL CO LTD. | South Korea | 2 |