Winners of the Automotive News 2003 PACE Award Announced
6 mars 2003
PARIS and DETROIT, March 6, 2003 - Twelve automotive suppliers were named winners of an Automotive News PACET 2003 Award at a ceremony held Sunday night at the Detroit Opera House in Detroit, Michigan. In addition, BMW, Nissan and Toyota were honored as winners of the Suppliers’ Choice Awards.The prestigious award is presented annually to companies that have demonstrated a commitment to value-driven innovation in product, technology, process and management practices. “Once again, the automotive supplier community continues to surprise us with the high level of creativity and skill in developing new solutions to problems,” says Michael Wujciak, Vice President, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Global Automotive Leader. “These are the companies that are setting the standards for the rest of the industry.”
Keith Crain, publisher and editorial director of Automotive News, added, “As we continue to sponsor the Automotive News PACE Awards every year, I see more and more suppliers trying to outdo one another in bringing new and innovative products to market. I congratulate them for their superb performance and commitment to excellence.”
The twelve winners were selected on the basis of having introduced outstanding new products and better practices in the automotive industry, out of a pool of 22 finalists. Following are the winners:
Product Innovation
- 3M Automotive - St. Paul, MN - 3MT Solar Reflecting Film (SRF)
- Delphi Corporation, Delphi Energy & Chassis Division - Troy, MI - MagneRide Damper
- Federal-Mogul Corporation - Southfield, MI - ThermoQuiet
- Material Sciences Corporation: Engineered Materials and Solutions - Elk Grove Village, IL - Quiet Steel®
- PPG Industries, Inc., Automotive Coatings - Troy, MI - PPG Ceramic Clearcoat Technology
Product Europe
- Brembo SpA - Curno, Bergamo, Italy - CCM Disk
- Siemens VDO Automotive - Auburn Hills, MI - Piezo Common Rail Diesel Direct Injection System
Manufacturing Process and Capital Equipment
- Bishop Steering Technology Inc. - Indianapolis, IN - Precision Forging Die and Cell
- Durr Industries, Inc. - Plymouth, MI - RoDip-3
- Perceptron, Inc. - Plymouth, MI - AutoGaugeT FMS
- Robert Bosch Corporation - Farmington Hills, MI - Cassette Chrome Plating
- The POM Group, Inc. - Auburn Hills, MI - RapiDIES
Each of the winners received a citation outlining the factors that made their application outstanding in the judges’ view.
The new Suppliers’ Choice Awards were given to the automakers that best encourage - solicit, implement and reward - suppliers’ innovation as part of their total business plan. The suppliers judged automakers that manufacture vehicles in North America. BMW, Nissan and Toyota were honored for encouraging ideas, responding to ideas and for their ease of introducing ideas.
Now in its ninth year, the annual Automotive News PACET (Premier Automotive Suppliers’ and OEMs Contributions to Excellence) Awards program recognizes standout automotive suppliers who have excelled in adapting and reinventing their companies or their products and processes to meet the growing service and quality demands of their customers - the world’s major automotive manufacturers. Winners are selected by an independent panel of judges who review applications and conduct comprehensive site visits of finalist companies to evaluate both their innovations and management teams.
Automotive News and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young are co-presenters of the PACE Award program. The Transportation Research Center, Detroit’s WWJ Newsradio 950, ANXeBusiness, the City of Sunderland, and OESA are also sponsors of the Automotive News PACE Awards, which are dedicated to promoting product, manufacturing and service achievements by automotive suppliers of all sizes. For profiles of previous PACE winners, visit the PACE web site at www.us.cgey.com/pace. For more information call 1-313-628-7157.
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