MetoKote Receives Quality Performance Certificate from Toyota

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Jun 17, 2014, 11:10 ET

LIMA, Ohio, June 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- MetoKote Corporation, the largest global protective coatings supplier, is pleased to announce that for the second consecutive year Toyota has awarded MetoKote's San Antonio facility its Quality Performance Achievement Certificate.

Toyota selects recipients of this award based upon a supplier showing exceptional performance levels associated with parts per million (PPM) that surpass Toyota's already stringent target levels. MetoKote San Antonio achieved a zero ppm level of performance on tier one Toyota business for the entire 2013 year. This follows their tier one zero ppm performance levels in 2012. Michael Cooper, MetoKote's Director of Asian Pacific OEM Accounts, had this to say about the news, "We are obviously thrilled to be recognized by Toyota for our efforts and commitments to them as a customer and partner. Operational excellence is the prerequisite to continuing to strengthen and grow our relationship with Toyota, and our San Antonio team has once again achieved these ends."

MetoKote's San Antonio facility opened in the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Park (TMMTX) in 2006. This facility houses an electrocoat (e-coat) indexing monorail system that coats over 150 different Toyota Tundra & Tacoma components for Toyota direct and for other Tier 1 suppliers located in the park. One of 30 global MetoKote facilities, MetoKote San Antonio has been recognized internally for utilizing the highest levels of Kaizen principles corporate wide.

MetoKote Corporation is Toyota's only tier one custom coater, and provides services tied to every Toyota NAMC and every North American Toyota platform.

About MetoKote Corporation
MetoKote Corporation, established in 1969 and headquartered in Lima, Ohio, serves its many customers in 30 facilities throughout the United States and the world. MetoKote provides environmentally sound and cost-effective coating solutions including equipment, coating application, and related management and support services to a wide variety of industries such as agriculture, appliance, automotive, computer, construction equipment, electrical, furniture, industrial equipment, recreational, and truck and bus. For more information, please visit: www.metokote.com.

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