For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 14, 2013
GM Announces its 2012 Supplier of the Year Winners
DETROIT – General Motors recognized 83 of its best global automotive suppliers Wednesday
evening during its 21st annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony. The event was held at the
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit.
“Suppliers play a critical role in our business and we’re thrilled to recognize those we consider to
be world-class,” said Grace Lieblein, GM vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain.
“Each winning company consistently exceeded our expectations by being innovative, delivering
high quality products and services on time and by creating outstanding value.”
The Supplier of the Year award is given to less than 1 percent of GM’s approximately 18,500
suppliers around the world. The winners are recognized for delivering innovative technology,
superior quality, timely crisis management and competitive, total-enterprise cost solutions.
The companies have headquarters in 17 countries with regional manufacturing and support
services all over the world. Of the 83 recipients, five are certified diverse suppliers and 46 are
repeat winners from last year.
In addition to the Supplier of the Year awards, GM introduced a new honor called the Overdrive
award. Four companies received this award, which recognizes suppliers who have undertaken
extraordinary initiatives that drove exceptional results for GM’s business.
“The Overdrive Award recognizes those world-class companies that have truly gone above and
beyond,” Lieblein said. “They have not only met the demands of our business, they have also
demonstrated through their actions a great commitment to their communities.”
The 2012 General Motors Overdrive award recipients are:
 Ideal Contracting, Detroit
 Clark Cutler McDermott, Franklin, Mass.
 International Automotive Component Group, Southfield, Mich.
 SL Corporation, South Korea.
The Supplier of the Year and Overdrive award winners are chosen by a global team of GM
purchasing, engineering, quality, manufacturing and logistics executives.
The 2012 General Motors Supplier of the Year award winners (listed by country) are:
Austria
voestalpine Stahl GmbH
Brazil
Cisa Trading SA
Canada
Bend All Automotive
Infasco Nut, Ifastgroupe, A Heico Co
MSB Plastics Manufacturing Ltd.
The Narmco Group
China
BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD
Fuyao Glass Industry Group
Guangdong Hongtu Technology
Denmark
Maersk Line
Germany
BASF Corporation
Continental AG
DSV Air & Sea Inc.
Kemmerich Metal Engineering
Grass Roots Germany GmbH
GROB-WERKE GmbH & Co. KG
Hengst GmbH & Co. KG
Huf Polska Sp. z o.o.
Mueller - Die lila Logistik AG
India
SUPREME TREVES PVT. LTD
Italy
GRIMALDI GROUP
Japan
Advanced Composites
Aisin Do Brasil Comercio e Industria
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD
FANUC CORPORATION
Hirata Corporation
HIROTEC Corporation
JATCO Ltd
O-OKA CORPORATION
FUJITSU TEN
Usui International Corporation
YASUNAGA CORPORATION
Mexico
Rassini Frenos S.A. de C.V.
Norway
Hoegh Autoliners AS
Russia
ALGAI
South Korea
Central Corporation
CHUNIL CARGO TRANSPORTATION CO.
CHUNIL ENGINEERING CO.
CJ KOREA EXPRESS Co., Ltd.
DGENX Co., Ltd.
EHWA Diamond Ind. Co., Ltd.
E-WON SOLUTECH
GNS Automotive
INFAC Corporation
KM&I Co., Ltd.
Korea Delphi Automotive Systems
KWANGJIN
LG Chem Inc.
Namsun Aluminum Automotive Parts Co.
SKF Sealing Solutions Korea Co., Ltd.
I.S. TECH Corporation
Sungwoo Hitech
SL Corporation
Wooshin Systems Co., Ltd.
Spain
Celulosa Fabril, S.A.
Switzerland
EMS-CHEMIE AG
Taiwan
Fuzhou Lioho Machinery Co., Ltd.
USA
AMPORTS, INC
AT&T Corp.
BMK & Associates
ChemicoMays, LLC
Clark-Cutler-McDermott Company
DLH Industries, Inc.
Dynamic Manufacturing, Inc.
EMC Corporation
Exo-s
FedEx Corporation
Flex-N-Gate Corporation
GALLAGHER-KAISER CORPORATION
HOPE VALLEY INDUSTRIES
Ideal Contracting, LLC
International Automotive Components
Kem Krest Corporation
L&W Group
MRC Manufacturing Inc. (Moon Roof Corp)
MT Systems, Inc.
Magna Seating
Rich Transport, Inc.
Ryder System, Inc.
Siemens PLM Software
Superior Aluminum Alloys, LLC
Toledo Molding & Die, Inc.
Union Pacific
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