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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.

February 21, 2017
Navistar Honors 34 Key Suppliers

IC Bus parent company Navistar recently honored 34 top-performing suppliers with its annual Diamond Supplier Award.

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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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