General Motors has announced its 2013 Supplier of the Year award to 68 suppliers, including eight companies working specifically in logistics for the carmaker.
Only 1% of GM’s 24,000 global suppliers are selected for the awards, which are chosen by a group of purchasing, engineering, quality, manufacturing and logistics executives.
“Our suppliers play an important role in helping GM deliver compelling vehicles to our customers,” said Grace Lieblein (pictured), GM vice-president of 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.”
Logistics-related winners of the Supplier of the Year 2013 award included: air cargo provider Active Aero Group; port processing firm Amports; global express logistics provider Fedex; ro-ro shipping lines Grimaldi Group and Höegh Autoliners; finished vehicle carrier Jack Cooper Transport; logistics analyst and consultancy firm Müller – Die lila Logistik; and lead logistics provider Ryder Systems.
Logistics and supply chain executives on hand to give out awards included Edgard T Pezzo, executive director global logistics and containers and Bill Hurles, executive director of supply chain. For European winners, there was also Susanna Webber, board member GM Europe and vice-president purchasing and supply chain for Adam Opel. Reflecting GM Europe’s outsourcing of logistics management to a fourth party provider last year, the presenters also included Gefco’s vice-president, Antoine Redier.
The full list of 2013 winners were:
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.
