For Immediate Release: Friday, March 14, 2014
GM Announces its 2013 Supplier of the Year Winners
DETROIT – General Motors recognized 68 of its best global automotive suppliers
Wednesday evening during its 22nd annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony.
“Our suppliers play an important role in helping GM deliver compelling vehicles to
our customers,” said Grace Lieblein, GM vice president, Global Purchasing and
Supply Chain. “Supplier of the Year winners have outstanding track records for
consistently meeting our business needs while also supporting our cultural
priorities.”
Fewer than 1 percent of GM’s suppliers around the world receive the Supplier of the
Year award. Winners are recognized for delivering innovative technology, superior
quality, timely crisis management and competitive, total-enterprise cost solutions.
In addition to presenting its Supplier of the Year awards, GM also honored four
suppliers with its Overdrive Award, recognizing suppliers who have undertaken
extraordinary initiatives and driven exceptional results for GM’s business.
“The Overdrive Award is given to those world-class suppliers that have gone above
and beyond,” Lieblein said. “Each has met the demands of our business, while at
the same time demonstrating values important to GM and our communities.”
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 Overdrive Award recipients:
ABC Group
ArcelorMittal
FBA - Fundição Brasileira de Alumínio Ltda.
MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
General Motors Supplier of the Year award winners:
Active Aero Group
ABC Group
ADAC Automotive
ADVANCED COMPOSITES
AGM Automotive
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD
AMPORTS
ArcelorMittal
Attentive Industries, Inc.
BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbH
Bühler Motor
ChemicoMays LLC.
CHUNIL CARGO TRANSPORTATION CO.,
LTD.
Chunil Engineering Co., Ltd.
Coastal Automotive
Czarnowski Display Service, Inc.
Dakkota Integrated Systems
DGENX Co., Ltd.
Dynamic Manufacturing, Inc.
EMS-CHEMIE AG
FANUC CORPORATION
FBA - Fundição Brasileira de Alumínio
Ltda.
FedEx Corporation
Flex-N-Gate Corporation
FUJITSU TEN
Fuyao Group
G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc.
GALLAGHER-KAISER CORPORATION
Gentex Corporation
GNS Automotive
GRIMALDI GROUP
GROB - WERKE GmbH & Co. KG
HIROTEC AMERICA, Inc.
Höegh Autoliners
HUMAX AUTOMOTIVE Co., Ltd.
Ideal Contracting, LLC
INJECTOPLAST Pvt Ltd
Jack Cooper Transport
Korea Delphi Automotive Systems
Corporation
KORENS
KWANGJIN
L&L Products
LG Chem
LG Electronics Inc.
MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
Metaldyne, LLC
KM&I Co., Ltd.
MRC Manufacturing Inc.
MT Systems, Inc.
Müller - Die lila Logistik AG
SM Namsun Aluminum Automotive Parts
O-OKA CORPORATION
Plast-O-Foam LLC
Ryder System, Inc.
Rassini Frenos
Seoul Precision Co., Ltd.
SKF Sealing Solutions Korea Co., Ltd.
SL Corporation
Sogefi Engine Systems
SPAL AUTOMOTIVE
SUNGWOO HITECH
TMS – Turnkey Manufacturing Solutions
US FARATHANE CORPORATION
Vuteq Canada Inc.
WOOIL PRECISION IND. CO., LTD.
Wooshin Systems Co., Ltd.
Youngsin Metal Industrial Co., Ltd.
General Motors traces its roots back to 1908. GM has 12 joint ventures, two wholly owned
foreign enterprises and more than 58,000 employees in China. GM and its joint ventures
offer the broadest lineup of vehicles and brands among automakers in China. Passenger
cars and commercial vehicles are sold under the Baojun, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Jiefang,
Opel and Wuling brands. In 2013, GM sold nearly 3.2 million vehicles in China. More
information on General Motors in China can be found at GM Media Online.
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CONTACTS:
Jia You
GM China Communications
(+86-10) 5924-2612
jia.you@gm.com
Sylvia Yang
GM China Communications
(+86-10) 5924-2508
sylvia.yang@gm.com