Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has recognized 59 North American manufacturers from the U.S., Canada and Mexico as recipients of its highest award for suppliers: the 2013 Masters of Quality Supplier Award. The selected suppliers provide top quality components for Freightliner and Western Star truck brands.
The annual program—now in its 27th year—recognizes outstanding suppliers that have received high scores on their quality, delivery, technology and cost performance as measured on a balanced scorecard. These suppliers demonstrate an ongoing commitment to continuously improving the quality of their products and overall performance of their businesses, noted DTNA.
Topping the list for 2013 was Consolidated MetCo Inc. and its wheel and hub facility in Monroe, N.C. The ConMet facility has received the award for 24 out of 27 years.
The complete list of Masters of Quality award winners is as follows:
24-year recipient
- Consolidated MetCo Inc., Monroe, North Carolina
20-year recipient
- Consolidated MetCo Inc., Clackamas, Oregon
17-year recipients
- Julian Electric Inc., Westmont, Illinois
13-year recipient
- E-A-R Thermal/Acoustic Systems, Aearo Technologies – A 3M Company, Newark, Delaware
11-year recipients
- Conmet de Mexico S.A. de C.V., Cienega de Flores, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
- Consolidated Metal Products Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio
10-year recipient
- The Standard Register Company, Dayton, Ohio
Nine-year recipient
- INMAGUSA – Ingeieria Maquinaria de Guadalupe S.A. de C.V., Castanos, Coahuila
Eight-year recipients
- Axalta Coating Systems, Wilmington, Delaware
- Remy Componentes S. de R.L. de C.V., Alternator and Motor Plant, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Six-year recipients
- Continental Automotive Guadalajara Mexico S.A. de C.V., Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
- SMC Corporation Mexico, Toluca, Mexico
Five-year recipients
- SMC Corporation Mexico (Saltillo Branch), Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
- SMC Corporation of America, Noblesville, Indiana
Four-year recipients
- E-A-R Thermal/Acoustic Systems, Aearo Technologies – A 3M Company, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Consolidated Metco, Inc., Etowah, Tennessee
- Continental Automotive Guadalajara Mexico S.A. de C.V., Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
- Hadley Products Corporation, Grandville, Michigan
- Griffith Rubber Mills, Portland, Oregon
- Meritor Mexicana S.A. de C.V., General Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Three-year recipients
- Enerya S.A. de C.V., Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
- Inteva de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., H. Matamores, Tamaulipas, Mexico
- Julian Electric de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
- Phillips Industries Electrical Harness Division, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Two-year recipients
- Paramount Bedding Inc., McAllen, Texas
- Kontane Inc., Statesville, North Carolina
- Meritor Inc., York Dressed Axles, York, South Carolina
- Cummins Engine Company Inc., Whitakers, North Carolina
- PKC Group, Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico
- Multimatic Inc., Concord, Ontario, Canada
- Flexfab LLC, Hastings, Michigan
- Igraphics LLC., Grass Valley, California
- Carling Technologies Inc., Plainville, Connecticut
- Accuride de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Cienega de Flores, Nuevo Leon
- Johnson Controls Battery Group, Florence, South Carolina
First-year recipients
- ADAC-Strattec LLC., El Paso, Texas
- Blachford Inc., Chicago, Illinois
- Espar Products Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Estampados Magna de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico
- Multimatic MFG, Concord, Ontario, Canada
- Progressive Metal MFG. Inc., Ferndale, Michigan
- Bendix Commercial Vehicles Systems LLC., Huntington, Indiana
- Donaldson Company Inc., Greenville, Tennessee
- Donaldson Company Inc., Cresco, Iowa
- Donaldson S.A. de C.V., San Francisco de Los Ramos, Aguascalientes, Mexico
- Enertec Mexico de R.L. de C.V. Johnson Controls Escobedo Plant, Escobedo, Coahuila, Mexico
- Gates Corporation, Siloam Springs, Arkansas
- Parker Hannifin de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Toluca, Mexico
- Preco Safety Products (DBA) Electronic Controls Company, Boise, Idaho
- Senior Flexonics Mexico, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
- Stoneridge Electronics N. America, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Tighitco Latinoamerica S.A. de C.V., San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
- Tube Specialties Company, Saltillo Plant, Coahuila, Mexico
- Voss Automotive Mexico, Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico
- Accuride EMI, Camden, South Carolina
- Alcoa Wheel Products Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., Cienega de Flores, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
- Glassmaster Controls, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Hendrickson Spring Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico
- Peninsula Light Metals, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
