Mary Barra at the GM 24th Annual Supplier of the Year Awards
General Motors held its 24th annual Supplier of the Year awards at the Cobo Center in Detroit last night. The automaker recognized 110 of its best global suppliers, the most ever recognized since the Supplier of the Year event began in 1992.
GM awarded 79 suppliers in 2014, so this year’s 110 recipients of the award represent roughly a 40% increase in the number of suppliers recognized. Automotive suppliers from 17 different countries were presented with the coveted Supplier of the Year award, more than half of whom were repeat winners from 2014. Inaugural winners include Delphi Automotive, Delta Electronics, Gentex Corporation, FANUC Corporation, and Autoneum Holding AG.
Autoneum was recognized for providing new lightweight acoustic material that reduced the mass of the 2016 GMC Acadia by 20%, while Delphi earned an award for providing industry-first vehicle-to-vehicle wireless communication tech to provide the 2017 Cadillac CTS with 360-degree object detection. Delta Electronics supplied the 2016 Chevy Volt with an on-board charger module, FANUC developed an assembly plant paint robot application, and Gentex provided the 2016 Cadillac CT6 with an industry-first rear camera mirror.
GM also honored LGE/LG Chem., Brake Parts Incorporated, and repeat winner Lear with its Overdrive Award, which recognizes supply partners “for extraordinary leadership in cultural change and commitment initiatives that drove exceptional business results for GM.”
“Our priorities are focused on building positive supplier relationships, bringing new, customer-centric innovations to GM, and being the OEM of choice among suppliers,” said Steve Kiefer, vice president of GM’s Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. “The companies we recognize tonight not only have brought innovation, they delivered it with the quality our customers deserve.”
The full list of General Motors’ 2015 Supplier of the Year award winners include:
| Suppliers | Suppliers |
| 4flow | Höegh Autoliners |
| ABC Group Inc. | Hollingsworth Distribution Systems, LLC |
| Active Aero Group | Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst |
| Advanced Composites | HUMAX AUTOMOTIVE Co., Ltd |
| Allegis Global Solutions | I.S.TECH Corporation |
| ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC. | Ideal Contracting LLC/Ideal Setech LLC |
| ArcelorMittal | ILJIN GLOBAL |
| Architectural Graphics, Inc. | ITAESBRA INDUSTRIA MECANICA LTDA |
| AUSTEM Co., Ltd. | Katcon Global |
| AUTOGEN Co., Ltd. | KM&I Co., Ltd. |
| AUTOLIV INC. | KOREA AUTOGLASS Corporation |
| Axalta Coating Systems | Lakeside Plastics Limited |
| BASF Corporation | Lear Corporation |
| BHTC | LEONI Wiring Systems |
| Bocar Group | LG Chem, Ltd |
| BREMBO | MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions |
| Bridgestone Corporation | Maersk Line |
| CEFA S.A. | Magna International Inc. |
| CHASYS CO., LTD. | Manhattan Associates |
| ChemicoMays LLC. | MANN+HUMMEL GmbH |
| CHUNIL CARGO TRANSPORTATION CO., LTD. | MNP Corporation |
| Chunil Engineering Co., Ltd. | MRC Manufacturing, Inc. (Moon Roof Corporation) |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| Clark-Cutler-McDermott Company | Mubea Global Suspension |
| COAVIS | Müller – Die lila Logistik AG |
| Continental Tire | North American Lighting, Inc. |
| Creative Techniques, Inc. | NS AUTO TECH CO., LTD. |
| Cunningham Brothers Auto Parts LLC | NYX, Inc. |
| Czarnowski Display Services | O-OKA CORPORATION |
| Dakkota Integrated Systems, LLC | Panasonic Automotive Systems Company |
| Dell Inc. | POSCO |
| DGENX CO., LTD | Precision International Automotive Products Inc. |
| DongAh Tire & Rubber Co. | Rich Logistics |
| DSV Air & Sea Inc. | SAMBO AUTO CO., LTD. |
| Dynamic Manufacturing, Inc. | Samvardhana Motherson Reflectec |
| ECM (Vehicle Delivery Service) Ltd | Seil Intech Co., Ltd. |
| ElringKlinger AG | Seoul Precision Co., Ltd. |
| EMS-CHEMIE AG | Sinjin Plastics Co., Ltd |
| erae Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. | SM NAMSUN ALUMINUM CO., LTD. AUTOMOTIVE PARTS |
| ETXE-TAR | Summit Polymers, Inc. |
| FANUC CORPORATION | Superior Industries |
| Faurecia | T.V. Minority Co. Inc. |
| FedEx Corporation | Tenneco, Inc. |
| FLEXITECH | thyssenkrupp Springs and Stabilizers |
| Flex-N-Gate Corporation | US FARATHANE |
| GALLAGHER-KAISER CORPORATION | Valeo Lighting |
| Gentex Corporation | VALIANT TMS Turnkey Manufacturing Solutions GmbH |
| GESTAMP | Vuteq Corporation |
| GNS Automotive | Wooshin Systems Co., Ltd. |
| GRIMALDI GROUP | YAPP America Holding, Inc. |
| GROB-WERKE GmbH & Co. KG | YEONGHWA METAL Co., Ltd. |
| Guangdong Hongtu Technology (holdings) Co., Ltd. | Youngsin Metal Industrial Co., Ltd. |
| HIROTEC AMERICA, Inc. |
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