GKN Driveline Receives Volkswagen Performance Award
CELAYA, Mexico--GKN Driveline received a highly coveted performance award from Volkswagen de Mexico based on its performance, cooperation, commitment and dedication during the past year at an awards ceremony held recently in Puebla, Mexico.
One of only 14 suppliers that received the Volkswagen Group Award for the NAFTA region, GKN Driveline was nominated by Volkswagen’s purchasing, technical development, logistics, quality, service parts; engineering and production departments for the award.
“GKN Driveline is honoured to receive such a prestigious award,” said Fidel Otake, operations director, GKN Driveline in Mexico. “We take great pride in providing Volkswagen with world-class technologies and performance.”
“We are passing through a process of consolidation of our supply chain,” commented Otto Linder, president of the Executive Board of Volkswagen de Mexico during the event. “Volkswagen de Mexico is restructuring our suppliers list and those who have been distinguished with excellent results will be our strategic partners in this consolidation.”
About GKN Driveline
GKN Driveline is the world’s leading supplier of automotive driveline components and systems. As a global company serving the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers, GKN Driveline develops, builds and supplies an extensive range of automotive driveline components – for use in the smallest ultra low-cost car to the most sophisticated premium vehicle demanding the most complex driving dynamics.
GKN Driveline is a leading global producer of sideshafts, propshafts, mechanically and electronically controlled torque management systems and associated geared components.
For more information, visit www.gkndriveline.com.
About the GKN Group
GKN plc is a global engineering business serving mainly the automotive, industrial, off-highway and aerospace markets. It has operations in more than 30 countries, at 31st December 2008 it had nearly 40,000 employees in subsidiaries and joint ventures and had sales of £4.4 billion in the year ended 31 December 2008. GKN plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: GKN).
For more information, visit www.gkn.com.