For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 5, 2015
GM Announces 2014 Supplier of the Year Winners
DETROIT – General Motors recognized 78 of its best global suppliers Thursday
evening during its 23rd annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony.
Winning suppliers from around the world received the award for going above and
beyond GM’s requirements, designed to provide customers with the most innovative
technologies and the industry’s best quality vehicles.
“These companies are the best-of-the-best suppliers, and deserving of special
recognition for their outstanding contributions,” said Steve Kiefer, GM vice
president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. “We need them to continue to bring
us their most innovative technologies, highest quality services and work, and we
will continue to win together for the benefit of our customers.”
In addition to the Supplier of the Year awards, GM honored four companies – Dell
Inc., Johnson Controls Inc., Lear Corp., and The Maersk Group – with its Overdrive
Award, recognition of extraordinary leadership in cultural change and commitment
initiatives that drove exceptional business results for GM.
The Supplier of the Year and Overdrive award winners are chosen by a global team
of GM purchasing, engineering, quality, manufacturing and logistics executives.
General Motors Supplier of the Year award winners:
Active Aero Group
Ideal Contracting, LLC
Allegis Global Solutions
I.S.TECH Corporation
ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
Johnson Controls, Inc. - Automotive Seating
ArcelorMittal
Kem Krest Corporation
Attentive Industries, Inc.
KEYYANG PRECISION CO., LTD.
AUSTEM
KM&I Co., Ltd.
AUTOGEN Co., Ltd
KOREA AUTOGLASS
AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS
Kdac
BASF Corporation
KWANGJIN
Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbH
Lakeside Plastics Limited
CEFA S.A.
LG Chem, Ltd
CEVA Logistics
Maersk Line
CHANGWON Co., Ltd
MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
ChemicoMays, LLC
CHUNIL CARGO TRANSPORTATION
CO., LTD.
Metaldyne, LLC
Chunil Engineering Co., Ltd.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
COAVIS
Creative Techniques, Inc.
Czarnowski Display Service, Inc.
DAEDONG GEAR CO, LTD
Molded Fiber Glass Companies
MRC Manufacturing Inc. (Moon Roof Corporation)
Müeller - Die lila Logistik AG
SM Namsun Aluminum Automotive Parts
NS AUTO TECH CO., LTD.
NYX, Inc.
O-OKA CORPORATION
Dakkota Integrated Systems
POSCO
PRECISION INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS
INC.
Dell Inc.
HIROTEC AMERICA, Inc.
DGENX CO., LTD.
Rebuilders Automotive Supply (RAS)
Dynamic Manufacturing, Inc.
Rich Logistics
EMS-CHEMIE AG
SAMBO AUTO CO., LTD.
FANUC CORPORATION
Seoul Precision Co., Ltd.
FedEx Corporation
SINJIN PLASTICS CO., LTD
Flex-N-Gate Corporation
SL Corporation
GALLAGHER-KAISER CORPORATION
Superior Aluminum Alloys
Gentex Corporation
International Crankshaft Inc.
GNS Automotive
Summit Polymers, Inc.
TMS - Turnkey Manufacturing Solutions a Valiant Group
Company
Daeshin Machinery Ind. Co., Ltd
Golden Gate Air Freight
GRIMALDI GROUP
GROB-WERKE GmbH & Co. KG
GRUPO SESE
Neue Halberg-Guss GmbH
Humax Automotive Co., Ltd
U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC
Vuteq Corporation
Wooshin Systems Co., Ltd.
YEONGHWA METAL Co., Ltd.
YUSHIN PRECISION IND. CO., LTD.
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CONTACT:
El’ Freda Agboka
GM Global Purchasing and Supply Chain Communications
313.690.6848
elfreda.agboka@gm.com