Kentucky Suppliers Earn Awards From Toyota
19 March 1999
Kentucky Suppliers Earn Awards From Toyota
ERLANGER, Ky., March 18 -- Two Kentucky suppliers have won
Superior Awards from Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TMMNA).
Ambrake Corporation, a brake component supplier in Elizabethtown, and Summit
Polymers, Inc., a vent and register supplier in Mt. Sterling, were both
honored at TMMNA's annual Supplier Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony
tonight in Cincinnati.
The Superior Award is the highest recognition possible for a Toyota
supplier. In addition to the Superior Award winners, three Kentucky suppliers
received Excellent Awards: Johnson Controls, Inc. Automotive Systems Group of
Georgetown; Louisville Forge and Gear Works of Georgetown; and Sumitomo
Electric Wiring Systems of Morgantown.
"Toyota demands a superior commitment to quality and performance from all
our suppliers," said Tsugio Kadowaki, Vice President of Purchasing for TMMNA.
"Our outstanding Kentucky suppliers have helped us earn a reputation for
producing the finest cars built in America."
TMMNA has more than 50 parts and materials suppliers in Kentucky, and
approximately 500 across North America. Each year, Toyota purchases more than
$8 billion worth of parts and materials from North American suppliers.
TMMNA, which serves as the parent company for Toyota's North American
manufacturing operations, is located in the Greater Cincinnati area in
Erlanger, Ky. Toyota currently manufactures vehicles and parts at eight North
American plants.
Overall, eight North American parts and materials suppliers won Superior
Awards, 21 won Excellent Awards and many received Certificates of Achievement.
Receiving Superior and Excellent Awards were:
Superior Awards
Supplier Plant Location Part/Material Category
A.G. Simpson Cambridge, Ontario, Stampings Value
Automotive Inc. Canada Improvement
AK Steel Middletown, Ohio Sheet steel Delivery,
Corporation Quality
Ambrake Corporation Elizabethtown, Ky. Brake components Delivery
Eagle-Picher Jonesville, Mich. Damper Pulley Value
Automotive Hillsdale Improvement
Division
Nova Chemicals, Inc. Monaca, Pa. Plastics Delivery
NSK Corporation Franklin, Ind. Wheel bearings Quality
Summit Polymers, Inc. Mt. Sterling, Ky. Quarter vents, Value
Improvement registers
U.S. Engine Valve Co. Westminster, S.C. Engine valves Quality
Excellent Awards
Supplier Plant Location Part/Material Category
Arvin North American Franklin, Ind. Metal stamping, Quality
Automotive exhaust manifolds
Associated Spring Saline, Mich. Valve springs Quality
Barnes Group, Inc.
BASF Corporation Wyandotte, Mich. Bumper springs Quality
Denso International Anderson, S.C. Fuel pump Quality
America, Inc. - assemblies
Associated Fuel Pump
Systems Corp.
Federal-Mogul Greenville, Mich. Engine bearings Delivery
Corporation
Federal-Mogul Skokie, Ill. Gaskets Delivery
Corporation -
Sealing Systems Group
GE Plastics Selkirk, N.Y. Plastic resin Quality
Intermet Corporation Lynchburg, Va. Iron casings Quality
Johnson Controls, Inc. Georgetown, Ky. Seats Value
Automotive Systems Improvement
Group
Johnson Controls, Inc. Toledo, Ohio Batteries Delivery
ASG/Battery
Liochem, Inc. Conyers, Ga. Plastics Delivery
Louisville Forge and Georgetown, Ky. Forged steel Delivery
Gear Works, LLC crankshafts
MBL (USA) Corp. Ottawa, Ill. Timing belts Quality
McKechnie Vehicle Troy, Mich. Value
Components Improvement
Supplier Plant Location Part/Material Category
NGK-Locke, Inc. Mooresville, N.C. Ceramic Delivery
substrates
NSK Corporation Franklin, Ind. Wheel bearings Delivery
Sumitomo Electric Morgantown, Ky. Wire harnesses Value
Wiring Systems, Inc. Improvement
TRW Fuji Valve, Inc. Sevierville, Tenn. Engine valves Delivery
U.S. Engine Valve Co. Westminster, S.C. Engine valves Delivery
Vuteq Canada Inc. Woodstock, Ontario Package tray, Value
Canada barriers, door Improvement
trim, floor
covers
Yokohama Tire Salem, Va. Tires Delivery
Corporation