Mitsubishi Motors North America Manufacturing Division Announces Tenth Annual Supplier Award Winners
NORMAL, Ill.--June 19, 2003--Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA) Manufacturing Division has recognized 25 North American suppliers with 28 awards for excellence in the quality of their parts and materials, timely delivery and the competitive value of their products. The winners of the 2003 MMNA Supplier Awards were announced by MMNA Manufacturing President & COO Rich Gilligan. Award winners from seven U.S. states and one Canadian province were presented with 22 production parts awards, two service parts awards, one raw materials award and three special awards.| -- | YAZAKI North America of Normal, Illinois received the Laurence T. Greene Memorial CARE award for cost avoidance and reduction ideas. |
| -- | ENKEI America, Inc. of Columbus, Indiana, received the award for Most Improved Production Parts Supplier. |
| -- | Bloomington-Normal Seating Company of Normal, Illinois, received the Supplier Diversity Award. |
"The exemplary efforts of these supplier-partners have contributed significantly to increased customer satisfaction and profitability for MMNA," said Gilligan. "The commitment of these companies and their employees demonstrates that MMNA has the leadership in our supply chain to continue our success, well into the future."
MMNA Manufacturing produces the Mitsubishi Galant sedan, Mitsubishi Eclipse coupe and Eclipse Spyder convertible, Mitsubishi Endeavor sport utility, Chrysler Sebring coupe and Dodge Stratus coupe.
Recipients of the 2003 MMNA Manufacturing Division Supplier Award for Production Parts are: Illinois Bloomington-Normal Seating Company (Normal) Mattoon Precision Manufacturing, Inc. (Mattoon) UGN, Inc. (Chicago) Indiana Heritage Products, Inc. (Crawfordsville) Hitachi Cable Indiana (New Albany) Kentucky Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc. - Maysville (Maysville) Michigan Axxis Corporation (Canton) Benteler Automotive (Auburn Hills) Blue Water Plastics Company (Marysville) NTN Bearing Corporation of America (Farmington Hills) Panasonic Automotive (Southfield) SKD Automotive Group Jonesville Division (Jonesville) Ohio Janesville - Sacker Group (Norwalk) Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc. - Mason (Mason) Ontario, Canada Anotech - Division of Decoma International, Inc. (Concord) OMRON Dualtech Automotive Electronics, Inc. (Oakville) SKD Automotive Group Milton Division (Milton) Tennessee Collins & Aikman (Springfield) C M Products (Manchester) Denso Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc. (Marysville) TRW KOYO Steering Systems Co. (Vonore) Utah Autoliv North America (Ogden) Recipient of the 2003 MMNA Manufacturing Division Most Improved Production Parts Supplier Award is: Indiana ENKEI America, Inc. (Columbus) Recipient of the 2003 MMNA Manufacturing Division CARE Supplier Award is: Illinois YAZAKI North America (Normal) Recipient of the 2003 MMNA Manufacturing Division Supplier Diversity Award is: Illinois Bloomington-Normal Seating Company (Normal) Recipients of the 2003 MMNA Manufacturing Division Supplier Award for Service Parts are: Ohio Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc. - Mason (Mason) Tennessee TRW KOYO Steering Systems Co. (Vonore) Recipient of the 2003 MMNA Manufacturing Division Supplier Award for Raw Materials is: Michigan Henkel Surface Technologies (Madison Heights)