DETROIT — General Motors recognized 133 of its best suppliers from around the globe during its 27th annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony in Warren, Michigan.  More than half of the suppliers are repeat winners from 2018.

'We hold our suppliers to a high bar,' said Steve Kiefer, GM senior vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. 'They went above and beyond to deliver the innovations and quality that will help us earn customers for life.'

In addition to naming its top suppliers, GM recognized four suppliers with the distinctive Innovation Award, including: 

• Multimatic – produced the GMC Multipro Tailgate step assembly, which allows for easier entry and egress to the truck bed when deployed and stylishly integrates into the tailgate assembly when stored.
• Teijin / Continental Structural Plastics – executed the GMC Sierra's CarbonPro pickup box. The industry's first carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic pickup box saves 62 pounds of mass and provides unprecedented strength and durability.
• Innolux – developed an innovative approach to mask reflectivity in touch panel displays, creating a uniform solid black appearance when power is off.
• BorgWarner, Inc. – created the dual volute turbocharger used in the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra.  This new turbocharger delivers best-in-class response time when the vehicle is accelerating from low speed.

GM also honored four companies — Lear, Penske, Shiloh and Stanadyne — with its Overdrive Award. The award, first given in 2012, recognizes supply partners for extraordinary leadership in cultural change and commitment initiatives that drive exceptional business results for GM.

The Supplier of the Year, Overdrive and Innovation award winners were chosen by a global team of GM purchasing, engineering, quality, manufacturing and logistics executives. Winners were selected based on performance criteria in Product Purchasing, Global Purchasing and Manufacturing Services, Customer Care and Aftersales, and Logistics.

General Motors' 2018 Supplier of the Year award winners include:

ABC Technologies Active Aero Group AGI AK Steel Corporation AKWEL SA Allegis Global Solutions Alpine Electronics American Axle & Manufacturing Android Industries ATLASBX CO., LTD. Attentive Industries, Inc. AUSTEM Co., Ltd AutoGen Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. Barton Malow BASF Corporation Belcan, LLC Black Horse Carriers Bose Corporation Bridgestone Corporation Brose Buehler Motor Cadillac Products Automotive Company Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology Chasys Co., LTD. Chunil Cargo Transportation Co., Ltd. CITIC Dicastal Co. Coastal Automotive COAVIS Comau Commonwealth//McCann Continental Tire Cooper Standard CREA Co., Ltd. Cunningham Brothers Auto Parts LLC CVS Health Czarnowski Display Services Dakkota Integrated Systems, LLC Dana Incorporated Day & Ross Dedicated Logistics DENSO International America, Inc. dfYOUNG, INC. DGENX CO., LTD. DOOSAN INFRACORE DTR Automotive Corporation DY AUTO Corporation Dynamic Manufacturing, Inc. ExxonMobil Fuels and Lubricants FANUC CORPORATION FedEx Corporation GALLAGHER-KAISER CORPORATION Gebr. Heller Maschinenfabrik GmbH Gentex Corporation GHSP, Inc. GP Strategies GROB-WERKE GmbH & CO. KG Ground Effects Ltd. Hankook Tire Hanon Systems HELLA Electronics Corporation HIROTEC MEXICO Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc. IDEUNTECH CO., LTD. IFA

ILJIN GLOBAL CO., LTD. International Automotive Components Group INZI AMT Co., LTD. iwis engine systems, LP Jack Morton Worldwide JPC Automotive Co., Ltd. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. KM&I Co., Ltd. Korea Autoglass Corporation KUKA Systems North America KWANGJIN Lawrence Plastics, LLC Lear Corporation Lee Contracting, Inc. Leggett & Platt Automotive LINAMAR CORPORATION Lizhong Wheel Group LLamasoft Inc. Magna Powertrain MANN+HUMMEL GmbH Martin Transportation Systems MAXXIS Means Industries Michelin North America MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER MNP Corporation Mobis Co., Ltd. MOREX Co., Ltd. Motus Integrated Technologies MRC Manufacturing Inc. Mubea Multimatic Nemak NS AUTOTECH CO., LTD.  Nucor OMRON Automotive Electronics, Inc. Penske Logistics Plast-O-Foam LLC PRECISION INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS INC. Preh GmbH Premium Sound Solutions Quality Engineering Company S&T Motiv Co., Ltd. Seil Intech Co., Ltd. Shanghai Daimay Automotive Interiors Shannon Precision Fastener  Shell Oil Products SL Corporation SM Namsun Aluminum Automotive Parts SUNGWOO HITECH CO.,LTD. Taeyang Metal Ind. Co., Ltd. Tenneco Inc. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Transportes Logisticos Especializados S.A. U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC USUI International Corporation Veoneer Verspeeten Cartage Walbridge Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean WOOSHIN SAFETY SYSTEMS CO LTD XPO Logistics Managed Transportation Yazaki North America YEONG HWA METAL Co., Ltd.

Photo credit: General Motors
posted on conceptcarz.com

Related Posts