Autoliv, Inc. (NYSE: ALV and SSE: ALIVsdb), the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, last week received the General Motors 2015 Supplier of the Year award for its significant contributions to General Motors’ global product and performance achievements. The awards ceremony was held Thursday, March 10 at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan.
Autoliv has a leading portfolio, integrating both Active Safety and Passive Safety solutions. With dedicated focus on safety, quality and innovation, Autoliv’s products save 30,000 lives every year.
This latest recognition reflects the strong market orientation and good calibration of the Autoliv portfolio going forward, according to Autoliv’s Chairman, President and CEO Jan Carlson:
“It´s a great honor receiving this award from General Motors. Safety, quality and innovation are all of key importance to our business success and to reach our outset goal of saving 150,000 lives every year. We see this latest recognition both as credit to our strong product portfolio and to the immense talent of our employees”, Mr. Carlson comments.
The GM Supplier of the Year award began as a global program in 1992 and at this year’s ceremony, a total of 107 suppliers were awarded Supplier of the year.
Steve Kiefer, GM vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain, comments:
“We are focused on building positive supplier relationships, bringing new, customer-centric innovations to GM, and being the OEM of choice among suppliers. The companies we recognize not only have brought innovation, they delivered it with the quality our customers deserve.”
Winning suppliers were chosen by a global team of GM purchasing, engineering, quality, manufacturing, and logistics executives and selected based on performance criteria in Product Purchasing, Indirect Purchasing, Customer Care and Aftersales, and Logistics.
