Toyota recognizes top suppliers in launch of Sienna

These suppliers received the Excellent Award for Launch Performance: KEIPER LLC, TAC Manufacturing Inc. and Tenneco Inc.

 

The awards were presented at Toyota's Executive Business Meeting at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington, Ky., bringing together more than 500 North American suppliers. Toyota hosts this annual event to communicate objectives for the coming year, recognize supplier performance, and build and enhance relationships.

 

“TEMA collaborates hand in hand with each of its U.S. based suppliers in order to build Toyota’s vehicles with the highest quality, safety and value,” stated Atsushi Kume, senior vice president of TEMA. “Today’s supplier winners, have particularly shown their unwavering commitment to Toyota’s business practices and we thank them for their ongoing efforts to assure the successful launch of the Toyota Sienna.” 

 

Toyota currently has six vehicle manufacturing plants and seven engine/component plants in North America. In the fall 2011, the Blue Springs, Miss., plant will begin to produce the Toyota Corolla with capacity for 150,000 vehicles.

 

Current and potential suppliers can visit www.ToyotaSupplier.com for information on Toyota’s purchasing policies, newsworthy articles and learn more about Toyota’s purchasing principles.

 

Excellent Awards

Supplier Name	Headquarters/Plant Location	Commodity	Award Level	Award Category
KEIPER LLC	Eldon, Mo.	Rear Seat Assembly Lock	Excellent	Sienna Launch Performance
TAC Manufacturing Inc.	Jackson, Mich.	Shift Lever Knob	Excellent	Sienna Launch Performance
Tenneco Inc.	Smithville, Tenn.	Exhaust	Excellent	Sienna Launch Performance