The big winner of the Volkswagen awards is French supplier Faurecia, followed by Johnson Controls and HQM Sachsenring. Faurecia received the award after proving to have excelled in innovative strength, product quality, environmental compatibility, competent project management, globalization and development expertise.
"The Volkswagen Group has set itself the ambitious goal of becoming the leading automaker worldwide, both economically and ecologically, by 2018. To do that, we need innovative, efficient and reliable suppliers," Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen chairman of the board said at the awards.
"Volkswagen is also seeking market leadership in electro-mobility. In this context, the Volkswagen Group is counting on its suppliers and on a strong partnership in innovation and quality."
The winners of the awards are listed below:
- Faurecia S.A.
- Johnson Controls
- HQM Sachsenring GmbH
- RYOBI LIMITED
- Standard Profil Otomotiv
- Denso
- NSK
- Johnson Matthey
- ELWEMA AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
- Krishna Maruti
- Dell
- BLG LOGISTICS GROUP
- Keiper
- Tenedora Nemak
- Draxlmaier
- Kromberg & Schubert
- Sumitomo Electric Bordnetze
"Stable supplier relations, efficient networking of production and procurement and effective risk management are essential prerequisites for mutual success," added Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz, VW's member of the board for Procurement.
"A global market presence is one of the Volkswagen Group’s main strengths, but it also presents us with special challenges."
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