Toyota Announces Top Supplier Awards for 2003
Suppliers Recognized for Quality, Delivery, Product Launch, Value Improvement and Supplier Diversity
COVINGTON, Ky., March 2 -- Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TMMNA) today announced awards for its top North American suppliers in 2003.
(see attached chart for a complete list of Superior and Excellent Award Winners)
The awards acknowledge those suppliers who have met Toyota's highest standards in quality, delivery and value improvement for parts, materials, and transportation. Additionally, special recognition awards were given for vehicle launch performance. This award recognizes those suppliers whose exemplary work over the past several years greatly contributed to a smooth launch of three new models -- the Sienna, the Solara, and the Lexus RX 330.
This was also the first year that Toyota presented Superior and Excellent awards in the area of Supplier Diversity, recognizing those suppliers who put forth outstanding efforts on minority business development initiatives.
"Launching three new North American-built vehicles in the same calendar year was extremely challenging," said Osamu "Simon" Nagata, vice president of purchasing for TMMNA, located in Erlanger, Kentucky. "Our success in 2003 would have been impossible without the remarkable work of our suppliers."
The awards were given at Toyota's Annual Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony, which brings together the automaker's approximately 500 North American suppliers to share expectations for the coming business year and to recognize outstanding performance among suppliers.
Toyota currently has four vehicle manufacturing plants and six engine/component plants in North America. In addition, three new plants are under construction -- in Baja California, Mexico, San Antonio, Texas and Jackson, Tennessee -- and several of Toyota's North American engine and component plants are expanding.
By 2006, Toyota will have the capacity to build 1.66 million cars and trucks a year and 1.29 million engines in North America. Toyota currently employs over 36,000 people throughout North America. The company's direct investment is over $16.7 billion with annual parts, materials, goods and services purchased from North American suppliers totaling over $20 billion. Toyota's North American-produced vehicles include the Avalon, Camry, Corolla, Matrix, Sienna, Solara, Sequoia, Tacoma, Tundra, and the Lexus RX 330.
Visit Toyota's online newsroom: pressroom.toyota.com or our web site: www.toyota.com
SUPERIOR AWARDS
Supplier Plant Location State Part/Material Award
Category
AK Steel Ashland, KY.; OH Steel Quality &
Middletown, OH Delivery
(headquarters);
Mansfield, OH;
Rockport, IN;
Zanesville, OH;
Butler, PA
Ambrake Corporation Elizabethtown KY Brakes Quality
Delphi Energy & Anaheim CA Battery Quality &
Chassis Delivery
Delphi Thermal & Lockport NY Radiators Quality
Interior
Denso International Athens TN Oxygen sensors, Quality
America, Inc. spark plugs,
C/P Division ignition coils
Johnson Controls, Milwaukee WI** Seats, Supplier
Inc. (headquarters) headliners, Diversity
interior
electronics,
overhead
consoles,
sun visor
Johnson Matthey West Deptford NJ Precious metals Quality
for catalytic
converters
Nova Chemicals, Inc. Monaca PA Instrument panel Quality &
resin Delivery
TG Missouri Perryville MO Interior / Sienna
Corporation Exterior Launch
components,
steering wheels,
air bags
TRAM, Inc. / Jackson MI Wood steering Lexus RX
TAC Mfg., Inc. wheel & shift 330 Launch
lever knob,
steering handle
lock, key sets &
cylinder
US Engine Valve Westminster SC Engine valves Quality &
Delivery
EXCELLENT AWARDS
Supplier Plant Location State Part/Material Award
Category
Aisin World Corp. Stockton CA Electronics Quality
of America
Amtex, Inc. Manteca CA Floor carpet, Trunk Quality
carpet, Dash & hood
insulator, Acoustical
trim
Continental Auburn Hills MI** Brake & chassis Supplier
Teves NA components Diversity
Curtis-Maruyasu Santa Claus IN Fuel, brake, engine Sienna
America, Inc. & transmission tubes Launch
Delphi Kokomo IN Receivers, engine, Value
Electronics air bag & body ECU Improvement
& Safety engine sensors
Denso Athens TN Fuel Injectors Delivery &
International Quality
America, Inc.
F/I Division
Denso Athens TN Oxygen sensors, Delivery
International spark plugs, ignition
America, Inc. coils
C/P Division
Denso Hillsboro OH Cam and crank sensor Quality
International assembly
America, Inc.
Weastec, Inc.
Denso Maryville TN Starters and Delivery
International alternators
America, Inc.
S/A Division
Diamond Electric Eleanor WV Ignition coils Delivery
Manufacturing
Corp.
DuPont Automotive Corpus Christi TX Refrigerant Delivery
Federal-Mogul Athens AL Gaskets Quality
Sealing Systems
Futaba Indiana Vincennes IN Welded body Sienna
of America sub-assemblies Launch
GKN Automotive, Roxboro NC Driveshafts Value
Inc. Improvement
Hitachi Harrodsburg KY Air flow meter Delivery
Automotive
Products, Inc.
Johnson Livermore CA Headliners Delivery
Controls, Inc.
Johnson Milton Ontario Seat assembly Delivery
Controls, Inc.
Johnson Princeton IN Modular headliner Sienna
Controls, Inc. Launch
Johnson Matthey West Deptford NJ Precious metals Delivery
for catalytic
converters
Mahle GmbH, Inc. Morristown TN** Pistons Value
Improvement
Mitchell Plastics Kitchener Ontario Interior plastic Lexus RX
parts & assemblies 330 Launch
NASCO (NHK Bowling Green KY Coil springs & Quality
Associated Spring) trunk lid
torsion bars
Panasonic Knoxville TN Speakers Quality
Automotive
Systems of America
Robert Bosch Charleston SC ABS Solara
Corp. Launch
Springfield Springfield KY Door armrest & grip Quality &
Products assemblies, Solara
Industries, LLC center console Launch
lid sub-assemblies,
passenger airbag
door inserts,
foam-in-place seat
headrests
Tenneco Cambridge Ontario Exhaust Value
Automotive Improvement
& Lexus RX
330 Launch
TG Minto Palmerston Ontario Interior & exterior Lexus RX
applications 330 Launch
Trim Masters, Bardstown KY Door panels Delivery
Inc.
Trim Masters, Modesto CA Door panels Delivery &
Inc. Quality
Trim Masters, Harrodsburg KY** Seats, door trim Value
Inc. Improvement
** Awards are given to the company as a whole, not plant specific.