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06/29/2021 | Press release | Archived content
GM Announces 29th Annual Supplier of the Year Award Winners
General Motors recognized its top global partners through its 29th annual Supplier of the Year awards. PHOTO General Motors
General Motors recognized its top global partners through its 29th annual Supplier of the Year awards for performance in the 2020 calendar year.
Recipients of the Supplier of the Year award included three Canadian companies, all of which are multi-year winners: ABC Technologies, Linamar and Magna International.
The awards highlight global suppliers that distinguish themselves by exceeding GM's requirements, in turn providing GM customers with innovative technologies and among the highest quality in the automotive industry.
'As GM works to achieve a future with zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion, we are proud to have innovative and dedicated suppliers around the world as partners in this mission,' said Shilpan Amin, GM vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain.
'Throughout a challenging year, our suppliers have shown resilience and dedication in working toward our shared goal of long-term sustainability for our planet and the communities we serve while meeting our present needs,' Amin said.
'We are pleased with what we've accomplished together in the past year and we are excited by the opportunity that lies ahead.'
2020 GM Supplier of the Year Winners
First presented in 2012, the Overdrive Award is a distinction reserved for suppliers who display outstanding achievement within the Global Purchasing and Supply Chain organization's key priorities, including sustainable value streams, total enterprise cost and profitability, safety, launch excellence, accelerating innovation and nurturing relationships.
The 2020 Supplier of the Year and Overdrive Award winners were selected by a global team of GM purchasing, engineering, quality, manufacturing and logistics leaders.
Winners were chosen based on performance criteria in Product Purchasing, Global Purchasing and Manufacturing Services, Customer Care and Aftersales, and Logistics.
This year's award recipients include six minority-owned enterprises recognized as Supplier of the Year and four minority-owned enterprises that earned GM's Overdrive Award.
General Motors' 2020 Overdrive Award winners include:
| American Axle & Manufacturing | DuPont, Mobility & Materials | Mando Corporation |
| ABC Technologies | JR Automation | Morley |
| All State Fastener Corporation | Faurecia | Nemak |
| Analog Devices | Gallagher-Kaiser Corporation | NYX, LLC |
| Archer Corporate Services | GDC Incorporated | Oxco, Inc. |
| aThingz | Ideal Setech LLC | Portescap |
| BGM Electronic Services | JTEKT North America Corporation | Valeo |
| CEVA Logistics | Lear Corporation | WestRock |
| Cooper Standard | LG Energy Solution |
General Motors' 2020 Supplier of the Year award winners include:
| ABC Technologies | Gallagher-Kaiser Corporation | NS AUTOTECH CO., LTD. |
| Active Aero Group | Gentex Corporation | Nucor |
| Advanced Composites | Gentherm | NYX, LLC |
| AGI | GP Strategies | ORBIS Corporation |
| AK Steel Corporation | Grupo Antolin | Plastic Omnium |
| Allegis Global Solutions (AGS) | Hankook & Company | POSCO |
| Alpine Electronics | HANKOOK & COMPANY CO., LTD. | Questum empresa de Grupo Quimmco |
| Attentive Industries, Inc. | Hanon Systems | Rassini |
| AUSTEM Co., Ltd | HARMAN International | Ryobi Die Casting |
| BADER Leather Group | HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA | Seil Intech Co., Ltd |
| Barton Malow | HIROTEC AMERICA, INC. | Shanghai Daimay Automotive Interior Co. Ltd. |
| Belcan, LLC | HIROTEC MEXICO | Shannon Precision Fastener |
| Bethel Automotive Safety Systems (WBTL) | Honeywell International Inc. | SHB |
| Black Horse Carriers | Hyundai Glovis Co., LTD. | SKF |
| Bocar Group | Hyundai Mobis | SL Corporation |
| Brake Parts Inc. | Ideal Contracting LLC | SM Namsun Aluminum Automotive Parts |
| Bridgestone Corporation | ILJIN Global | SMR Automotive |
| Brose | Iroquois Industries Inc. | SOGEFI |
| Carat | Jack Morton Worldwide | Spartan Light Metal Products |
| Central Transport | JATCO Ltd. | Summit Polymers, Inc. |
| Chemico LLC | JPC Automotive Co., Ltd. | Sundram Fasteners Limited |
| CITIC Dicastal Co. | Kautex Textron Inc. | SUNGWOO HITECH CO., LTD. |
| Coavis | KM&I Co., Ltd. | T.V. Minority Co. Inc. |
| Comau | Korea Autoglass Corporation | TAEYANG METAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. |
| Commonwealth//McCann | KUKA Systems North America | TENNECO POWERTRAIN |
| Conduent | KWANGJIN | The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company |
| Cooper Standard | L&L Products | The Walbridge Group Inc. |
| Creative Techniques, Inc. | Lear Corporation | Thermoflex Corporation |
| Czarnowski Display Services | Linamar | Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. |
| DAEWON KANG UP CO., LTD | Lizhong Wheel Manufacturing | US FARATHANE |
| DAEYONG INDUSTRY CO. | Magna International | Veoneer |
| Dana Incorporated | Mando Corporation | Vuteq Corporation |
| DENSO International America, Inc. | MANN+HUMMEL GmbH | Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean |
| DTR Automotive Corporation | MAXXIS | Weber Shandwick |
| DY AUTO CORPORATION | Michelin | WestRock |
| Dynamic Manufacturing, Inc. | MNP Corporation | WOOSHIN SAFETY SYSTEMS CO., LTD |
| ExxonMobil Fuels and Lubricants | Morley | Worthington Industries |
| FANUC CORPORATION | MOURA BATTERIES | XPO Logistics Managed Transportation |
| Faurecia | Nemak | Yazaki North America |
| FedEx Corporation | Nexteer Automotive | Zf Friedrichshafen AG |
| Fuyao Glass | Nippon Seiki International |