General Motors Recognizes Best Global Suppliers

Top Companies Honored For Outstanding Performance

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Mar 11, 2011, 02:28 ET

DETROIT, March 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- General Motors recognized 82 of its best global automotive suppliers Thursday evening with its Supplier of the Year award during the 19th annual awards presentation held at the GM Renaissance Center.

Sixty-three of the winning suppliers have been recognized at least one additional time since the awards began in 1992.

This year's Corporation of the Year winner is LG Chem, supplier of the battery cells that are packaged into the battery of the Chevrolet Volt electric car with extended-range capability.

"We believe the Supplier of the Year Award is a top honor in the industry," said Bob Socia, GM vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. "These suppliers are a critical part of our effort to design, build and sell the world's best vehicles."

The award recognizes the significant contributions of GM's suppliers in 2010 as part of the company's global product and performance achievements.

The 2010 Supplier of the Year award winners represent the best the automotive industry has to offer in four key areas:

Innovative technology
Superior quality
Outstanding launch support
Competitive total enterprise cost solutions

The 2010 General Motors Supplier of the Year award winners are:


A.P. Plasman
Active Aero Group
Acumuladores Moura S/A
ADAC Automotive
Allegis Group Services
BASF Corporation
Bend All Automotive
Bose Corporation
Brabant Alucast International B.V.
Bridgestone Corporation
Central Corporation
ChemicoMays, LLC
Cisco Systems, Inc.
CITIC Dicastal Wheel Mfg. Ltd.
Clark-Cutler-McDermott Company
COAVIS
Cosma International, a division of Magna International
Dedicated Logistics, Inc.
DENSO International America, Inc.
Detroit Technologies, Inc.
DLH Industries, Inc.
DSV Air & Sea
Dynamic Manufacturing, Inc.
Ehwa Diamond Industrial Co. Ltd.
ECM (Vehicle Delivery Service) Ltd
EMS-CHEMIE AG
E-WON SOLUTECH
FANUC CORPORATION
FedEx Corporation
Flexitech
FUJITSU TEN
GESTAMP AUTOMOCION S.L.
GRIMALDI GROUP
Guangdong Hongtu Technology(holdings) Co., Ltd.
Henan THB Electric Co., Ltd
HIROTEC America, Inc.
Hoegh Autoliners
HP
I.S. TECH Co., Ltd
INFAC Corporation
Intecnial S.A.
Iroquois Industries, Inc.
Johnson Controls - Power Solutions
Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
KIRCHHOFF Automotive
KM&I Co., Ltd.
KOREA EXPRESS INC.
Kwang Jin
L&W GROUP
Lakeside Plastics Limited
Lear Corporation
LG Chem Ltd
Mett Pty Ltd
MITEC Automotive AG
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Climate Control, Inc.
Mold Masters Company
MRC Manufacturing Inc. (Moon Roof Corporation)
MRM Worldwide
Muller - Die lila Logistik AG
NGK Insulators, Ltd.
Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.
Plast-O-Foam LLC
PST Eletronica S/A
Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd.
RCO Engineering, Inc.
Ryder System, Inc.
Shape Corp.
SKF Sealing Solutions Korea Co., Ltd.
SL Corporation
Starcom Worldwide
SUNGWOO HITECH CO., LTD.
SUPREME TREVES PVT. LTD
Takata
Toledo Molding & Die, Inc.
UMW DONGSHIN MOTECH PVT. LTD.
Union Pacific Railroad
Valeo Powertrain - Transmissions Systems
WOOSHIN SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
YASUNAGA CORPORATION
YEONG HWA METAL CO., LTD.

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