General Motors recognized 99 suppliers on June 5 with its highly coveted Supplier of the Year award during the 17th annual awards presentation held at the GM Heritage Center in Warren, Mich. The awards presentation followed a morning business meeting, in which attending suppliers heard from GM senior leaders on a variety of key business issues.
Gentex Corporation was presented with the Corporation of the Year award.
"Gentex has supported our needs on a global and regional basis and have exceeded their commitments to us in the right way," said Bo Andersson, GM group vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. "Their performance is excellent, but foremost, they are a true technology leader in their field."
Seventy-five of the 99 award winners are multiple-year winners. Mann & Hummel has been honored as a Supplier of the Year winner for all 17 years the awards have been presented.
"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 supplier industry," said Andersson. "During these difficult economic times, it's more important than ever to recognize performance in our supply base. These suppliers are the best of the best and we want to honor them for their tremendous performance."
The award recognizes the significant contributions of GM's suppliers in 2008 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.
Out of the 99 companies receiving the award, GM honored six minority-owned suppliers. They include:
· Advanced Assembly Products Inc.
· Detroit Technologies Inc.
· The Ideal Group Inc./Ideal Setech LLC
· NYX Inc.
· Piston Modules LLC
· Production Services Management Inc.
The 2008 General Motors Supplier of the Year award winners are:
· ABC Group Inc.
· ADAC Automotive
· Advance Assembly Products Inc.
· ArcelorMittal
· Asia Company Ltd.
· Audilab, Ltd.
· Auto Kabel of North America Inc.
· Autoliv ASP Inc.
· Auma S.A. de C.V.
· BASF Corporation
· Bend All Automotive Inc.
· Brembo Do Brasil
· Comprehensive Logistics Inc.
· Compuware Corporation
· Cosma International
· Daedong System Company LTD.
· Daewon Kang Up Company LTD.
· Daewood IS Corporation
· DBI Inc.
· Decoma International
· DENSO International America Inc.
· Detroit Technologies Inc.
· DLH Industries Inc.
· Donghwa and Company LTD
· DuPont Automotive OEM Coatings
· Dynamic Manufacturing Inc.
· Eaton Automotive – Valvetrain
· EMCON Technologies
· EuWe Eugene Wexler GmbH and Company KG
· Ewals Cargo Care
· E-WON Solutech
· Fanuc Ltd.
· Federal Mogul Corporation
· FTE automotive GmbH
· Fuyao Glass Industry Group Company Ltd.
· Gentex Corporation
· Gestamp Automocion, S.L.
· Grimaldi Group
· Guangdong Hongtu Technology (holdings) Company Ltd.
· Hanwha TECHM Company LTD.
· Henan THB Electric Company LTD.
· HIROTEC Corporation
· HIROTEC America Inc.
· Höegh Autoliners AS
· Hutchings Automotive Products Inc.
· International Automotive Products Inc.
· The Ideal Group Inc./Ideal Setech LLC
· I.S. Tech Company Ltd.
· Itaesbra Industria Mechanica Ltda
· JAC Products Inc.
· Johnson Controls – Power Solutions
· Jones Lang LaSalle
· Jaeyoung Solutec Company LTD.
· KAFUS
· Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
· Kerr Industries Limited
· Kirchoff Automotive
· Kwang Jin
· L & W Engineering Co.
· Laird Technologies
· Lear Corporation
· LEONI Bordnetz-Systeme GmbH
· Linde + Wiemann GmbH KG
· Mann + Hummel GMBH
· Mett Pty Ltd.
· Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America Inc.
· Molex Incorporated
· Nemak S.A.
· NGK Spark Plugs (U.S.A.) Inc.
· Ningbo Huajun Mechanical Company, Ltd.
· Nippon Seiki Company Ltd.
· NYX Inc.
· Piston Modules LLC.
· POSCO
· Preh
· Production Services Management Inc.
· PST Eletronica S/A
· Pyeong Hwa Automotive Company Ltd.
· Roulunds Braking
· S&T Daewoo Company Ltd.
· Sakthi Auto Components Limited
· Shape Corporation
· Shiloh Industries Inc.
· Siemens PLM Software
· SL Corporation
· SMW Automotive
· Stabilus Inc.
· Standard Profil A.S.
· Sungwoo Hitech
· ThyssenKrupp Steel AG
· Toledo Molding & Die Inc.
· Union Pacific
· US Farathane Corporation
· USIMINAS
· Van-Rob Inc.
· Verspeeten Cartage Ltd.
· Vitro
· Wooshin Systems Company Ltd.
· Yeong Hwa Metal Company Ltd.
· Youngshin Precision Company Ltd.
