Navistar Honors 34 Key Suppliers
The IC Bus parent company bestows its Diamond Supplier Award on a group that represents the top 2% of its supply base.
IC Bus parent company Navistar recently honored 34 top-performing suppliers with its annual Diamond Supplier Award.
IC Bus parent company Navistar recently honored 34 top-performing suppliers with its annual Diamond Supplier Award.
LISLE, Ill. — IC Bus parent company Navistar recently honored 34 top-performing suppliers with its annual Diamond Supplier Award.
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, according to the company.
“We appreciate the value created for Navistar customers through the long term relationships we have with our suppliers,” said David McKean, vice president of procurement at Navistar. “We are pleased to recognize these great businesses and partners as our top suppliers for getting the job done, and doing it with excellence.”
The latest Diamond Suppliers are a diverse group, including women-, minority-, and veteran-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
AL3 Inc.
Barpellam Inc.
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
Calark International
Caresoft Global Inc.
Continental Tire the Americas LLC
Cummins Inc.
Dayton Freight Lines Inc.
Donaldson Co. Inc.
Durable Products Inc.
EDS Manufacturing Inc.
Elgin Industries
Estampados Magna de Mexico
Exide Technologies
Hydraulic Tubes & Fittings LLC
Hyolim Industrial Co.
Julian Electric Inc.
KIC LLC
Maxion-Inmagusa
Meritor Inc.
Milton Manufacturing Inc.
MMI Engineered Solutions
PKC Group
Pulverman
Rosco Inc.
Shell Lubricants
Superior Trim
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
Transportation Services Inc.
Truckmovers.com Inc.
VOSS Automotive Inc.
XPO Logistics Worldwide Inc.
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