Lisle, Illinois-based Navistar has honored 33 top-performing suppliers with its annual Diamond Supplier Award. This select group, which represents the top 2 percent of the company’s supply base, helped Navistar improve customer uptime and exceeded the performance expectations for quality, delivery, technology and cost, the company says.
“We strive to create products that have excellent quality and uptime,” says David McKean, vice president, procurement, Navistar. “The suppliers receiving this award have proven to us that we can count on them to do the job and do it well.”
From freight and travel services to wheels, electronics and castings, the Diamond Supplier Award recognizes suppliers from around the world. The latest group of Diamond Suppliers includes a diverse group of businesses—women- and minority-owned businesses, small and large companies from the Midwest and other areas of the United States, as well as global suppliers from Mexico, Taiwan, China and Canada.
This year’s recipients include:
- Accuride Corp.;
- Aearo Technologies LLC;
- BCD Travel USA LLC;
- Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC;
- Calark International;
- Camtac Manufacturing Inc.;
- Centracore LLC;
- Continental Tire the Americas LLC;
- ContiTech/Veyance Technologies Inc.;
- Cummins Inc.;
- Dayton Freight Lines Inc.;
- Donaldson Co. Inc.;
- Estampados Magna de Mexico;
- Exide Technologies;
- General Bearing Corp.;
- Hendrickson;
- Hyolim Industrial Co.;
- Imperial Express Inc.;
- Julian Electric Inc.;
- KIC LLC;
- Livingston International Professional Services Inc.;
- Maxion-Inmagusa;
- Milton Manufacturing Inc.;
- ODW Contract Services;
- PKC Group;
- Rollins 3PL;
- SoundOff Commercial Vehicle Products;
- Superior Trim;
- Thyssenkrupp — Steel Detroit;
- TYC Brother Industrial Co. Ltd.;
- Voss Automotive Inc.
- XPO Logistics Worldwide Inc.; and
- ZYNP International Corp.
“Through our close collaboration and customer-centric focus, we’re able to work together to grow the business and create products of distinction for our customers,” McKean says.
“We expect 2016 to be a bold year for Navistar, and our suppliers are fundamental in helping us achieve optimal uptime for our customers. Working together we can look forward to a future filled with great success for all of us,” he adds.