NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 22, 2002)
- Bridgestone Corporation and its global family of companies,
including Bridgestone/Firestone Americas Holding, Inc. (BFAH),
earned its seventh consecutive General Motors Supplier of the
Year award for its exceptional performance in quality, service,
technology and price. The award was given during ceremonies
Saturday, April 27 in Toronto, Canada.
"The Bridgestone Group is an industry
role model that through performance has set an example during
the past year for other companies to follow," said Bo Andersson,
vice president, General Motors (GM) Worldwide Purchasing, Production
Control & Logistics. "It is a pleasure to work with
a company that excels at meeting our priorities for quality,
service, technology and competitive pricing."
"We are extremely proud of this achievement
and our relationship with General Motors," said John Lampe,
BFAH chairman, CEO and president. "Being recognized with
this impressive award for the seventh consecutive time is a
testament to the dedicated efforts of Bridgestone/Firestone
employees throughout the world."
The Bridgestone Group supplies Bridgestone-
and Firestone- brand tires to GM plants worldwide. In the United
States, Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC supplies
tires to GM and also to Saturn Corporation, a GM subsidiary,
and New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc., a joint venture between
GM and Toyota. Bridgestone/Firestone Europe supplies tires to
GM's European subsidiaries. And Bridgestone Group companies
in Indonesia, Taiwan, Australia, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina,
Venezuela, Chile, Kenya and South Africa also are GM suppliers.
The GM Supplier of the Year award began as
a global program in 1992. Award-winners are selected by a global
team of executives from purchasing, engineering, manufacturing
and logistics who base their decisions on supplier performance
in quality, service, technology and price. This year, General
Motors honored 91 suppliers from 18 countries for their excellence
throughout 2000.
About Bridgestone Corp. and Bridgestone/Firestone
Americas Holding, Inc.
Bridgestone Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, is the world's
largest manufacturer of tires and other rubber products. Tires
account for 79 percent of Bridgestone Group sales worldwide.
The company also manufactures industrial rubber and chemical
products, sporting goods and other diversified products. It
sells its tires and other products in more than 150 nations.
Nashville-based Bridgestone/Firestone
Americas Holding, Inc. is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation.
Bridgestone/Firestone, through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures
and markets Bridgestone, Firestone, Dayton, and associate and
private brand tires. The companies also produce Firestone air
springs, roofing materials, synthetic rubber, and industrial
fibers and textiles.
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| During ceremonies Saturday, April
27 in Toronto, Canada, Keisuke Suzuki, Executive Vice President,
Bridgestone Corporation (center) proudly receives the 2001
GM Supplier of the Year award from Vickey Morter, Director,
Chemicals, World Wide Purchasing & Logistics, GM (left)
and Gary Cowger, GM North America (right.) |
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