Honda honors 52 suppliers in North America for outstanding Performance; Weastec receives Excellence in Value award

Honda recently honored 52 North American suppliers with awards for outstanding performance in supplying the company with parts and materials in 2023.

Honda recognized 31 suppliers during its annual Honda Supplier Conference, in Columbus, Ohio, for supporting Honda with parts and materials for mass production, and 21 suppliers for service parts that serve the needs of customers after they purchase a Honda or Acura product.

Honda purchased over $38 billion in parts for mass production operations from North American suppliers in 2023, which supported the sales of more than 1.3 million Honda and Acura vehicles in North America. Honda also purchased more than $1.2 billion in parts from its Service Parts suppliers in North America.

“As we prepare for production of EVs at our plants in North America, our suppliers continue to support Honda in supplying our customers with the petrol and hybrid-electric vehicles they want,” said Mike Lapham, vice president of Procurement in the Purchasing & Supply Chain Center at Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, LLC. “Now, we must maintain our focus on stabilizing production with a mindset of outstanding quality to establish the foundation for the EV future.”

Mass Production Supplier Awards

Honda recognized 31 mass production suppliers for outstanding performance in three categories – Excellence in Quality & Delivery, Value, and Sustainability. The Excellence in Sustainability Award also is given to a company that exemplifies Honda’s commitment to social responsibility, based on leadership in the areas of compliance and ethics, environmental governance, diversity, health and safety, social and trade compliance. This year, Michelin Group, located in both Greenville and Lexington, S.C., received the award.

Honda does business with 746 OEM suppliers across North America which provide parts to the company’s 13 plants in the region that produce Honda and Acura cars and light trucks and the engines and transmissions that power them.

Service Parts Supplier Awards

Honda honored 21 service parts suppliers with awards that reflect a supplier’s combined performance in three categories: quality, cost and on-time delivery.

“Even as Honda continues to transition to the EV future, our future success will be determined by how we take new approaches to business to focus on the needs of our customers,” said Jessica Hammontree, assistant vice president of the Parts Division at American Honda Motor Co., Inc. “After our sales of new vehicles become 100-percent electrified, our customers will continue to rely on Honda every day for service parts for their petrol and hybrid-electric vehicles for the next twenty years.”

Honda works with nearly 1,400 service parts suppliers in North America to provide service and accessory parts for more than 20 million Honda and Acura automobiles in operation in the United States, as well as service parts for powersports and power equipment products. Honda manages a national network of parts and distribution facilities that support customers by delivering high-quality service parts to Honda and Acura dealers nationwide, as well as supporting global parts operations.
Honda 2023 Mass Production Supplier Award Winners

Honda honored 31 Top OEM Suppliers in one or more of three categories – Excellence in Quality & Delivery, Value, and Sustainability.

Excellence in Quality and Delivery

Asama Coldwater Manufacturing, Inc., Coldwater, Mich.
AY Manufacturing, Ltd., Columbus, Ohio
Bose Corporation, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Cardington Yutuka Technologies, Inc., Cullman, Ala.
Eakas Corporation, Peru, Ill.
East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc., Lyons Stations, Pa.
FCC Automotive Parts de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., San Luis Potosi, Mexico
FT Precision, Inc., Fredericktown, Ohio
Fuserashi International Technology, Inc., Valley City, Ohio
Hankook Tire America Corporation, Nashville, Tenn.
Kotobukiya Treves de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Aguascalientes, Mexico
Litens Automotive, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Meridian Lightweight Technologies, Inc., Strathroy, Ontario, Canada
Musashsi Auto Parts Mexico, S.A. de C.V., San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Nissin Manufactura de Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Niterra North America, Inc., Sissonville, W.Va.
NTN Manufacturing de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Aguascalientes, Mexico
Nukabe Mexicana, S.A. de C.V., Guanajuato, Mexico
Rainbow Omega, Inc., Anniston, Ala.
Setex Automotive Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Guanajuato, Mexico
Suminoe Textile of America, Gaffney, S.C.
TFO Tech Company, Ltd., Jeffersonville, Ohio
UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries, Inc., Ludington, Mich.
Yachiyo Manufacturing of America, Carrollton, Georgia
Yusa Autoparts Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Zacatecas, Mexico
Yutaka Technologies de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Guanajuato, Mexico

Excellence in Value

Enkei America, Inc., Columbus, Ind.
Gentherm, Inc., Northville, Mich.
Hankook Tire America Corporation, Nashville, Tenn.
Kotobukiya Treves de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Aguascalientes, Mexico
Meridian Lightweight Technologies, Inc., Strathroy, Ontario, Canada
Midori Auto Leather North America, Inc., Novi, Mich.
Nitto, Inc., Piqua, Ohio
San Luis Metal Forming S.A. de C.V., Guanajuato, Mexico
UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries, Ludington, Mich.
Valeo North America, Inc., Winchester, Ky.
Weastec, Inc., Hillsboro, Ohio

Supplier Sustainability Award

Honda recognized one supplier that exemplified exceptional commitment to social responsibility based on leadership in the areas of Compliance and Ethics, Environmental, Trade Compliance, Social responsibility, Health & Safety, Diversity and Governance.
Michelin Group, Greenville, S.C.
Lexington, S.C.

Honda 2023 Service Parts Supplier Award Winners

Honda honored 21 suppliers for outstanding performance in service parts that serve the needs of customers after they have purchased Honda and Acura products. Honda Service Parts suppliers also were rated on their performance in quality, cost, and delivery. Service Parts awards are based on overall scores reflecting combined performance in all three categories.

Challenge Manufacturing, Cusseta, Ala.
Central Motor Wheel of America, Inc., Paris, Ky.
Corvac Composites LLC, Morgantown, Ky.
Enkei America, Inc., Columbus, Ind.
F&P Mfg., Inc., Tottenham, Ontario, Canada
Freudenberg Filtration Technologies, L.P., Hopkinsville, Ky.
Fuserashi International Technology, Inc., Valley City, Ohio
Key Fasteners Corporation, Berne, Ind.
Kiriu Mexicana S.A. de C.V., Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Kotobukiya Treves de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Aguascalientes, Mexico
Magna Closures Inc., Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, East Syracuse, N.Y.
Nippon Thermostat of America, Fraziers Bottom, W.Va.
Nishikawa Cooper LLC, Bremen, Ind.
NX Automotive Logistics USA, East Liberty, Ohio
Pacific Manufacturing Ohio, Inc., Fairfield, Ohio
Polycon Industries, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Roki Mexico S.A. de C.V., Guanajuato, Mexico
Tire Rack Wholesale, South Bend, Ind.
TG Missouri Corporation – TGMS Plant, Batesville, Miss.
Yokowo Manufacturing of America LLC, Hilliard, Ohio.

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