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Navistar honors 33 key suppliers

The IC Bus parent company bestows its Diamond Supplier Award on a group that represents the top 2% of its supply base.

February 12, 2016
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LISLE, Ill. — IC Bus parent company Navistar honored 33 top-performing suppliers with its annual Diamond Supplier Award this week.

Officials said that the select group, which represents the top 2% of the company’s supply base, helped Navistar improve customer uptime and exceeded performance expectations for quality, delivery, technology and cost.

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“We strive to create products that have excellent quality and uptime,” said David McKean, vice president of procurement for Navistar. “The suppliers receiving this award have proven to us that we can count on them to do the job, and do it well.”

Navistar officials said that the latest round of Diamond Suppliers are a diverse group, including women- and minority-owned businesses, small and large companies from the Midwest and other areas of the U.S., and global suppliers from Mexico, Taiwan, China and Canada.

This year’s recipients are:

  • Accuride Corp.

  • Aearo Technologies LLC

  • BCD Travel USA LLC

  • Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC

  • Calark International

  • Camtac Manufacturing Inc.

  • Centracore LLC

  • Continental Tire the Americas LLC

  • ContiTech/Veyance Technologies Inc.

  • Cummins Inc.

  • Dayton Freight Lines Inc.

  • Donaldson Co. Inc.

  • Estampados Magna de Mexico

  • Exide Technologies

  • General Bearing Corp.

  • Hendrickson

  • Hyolim Industrial Co.

  • Imperial Express Inc.

  • Julian Electric Inc.

  • KIC LLC

  • Livingston International Professional Services Inc.

  • Maxion-Inmagusa

  • Milton Manufacturing Inc.

  • ODW Contract Services

  • PKC Group

  • Rollins 3PL

  • SoundOff Commercial Vehicle Products

  • Superior Trim

  • ThyssenKrupp – Steel Detroit

  • TYC Brother Industrial Co. Ltd.

  • VOSS Automotive Inc.

  • XPO Logistics Worldwide Inc.

  • ZYNP International Corp.

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