American Honda Honors Top Performing Suppliers for 2016
September 14, 2016
TORRANCE, CA - September 14, 2016 - Fifteen suppliers received American
Honda's Premier Partner Award from president & CEO Toshiaki
Mikoshiba in a special ceremony held today in Torrance,
Calif. This year's award recipients were selected from a pool of more
than 1,000 eligible companies nominated by American Honda associates.
The Premier Partner Award winners represent multiple industries
and include small businesses and minority-owned operations. These suppliers
play an important role in supporting Honda businesses and operations, including
Honda and Acura automobiles, automobile engines and transmissions, Honda
all-terrain vehicles, power equipment products and general purpose engines.
Twelve of this year's 15 recipients are repeat winners.
"This outstanding
group of Premier Partner Award recipients embodies Honda's philosophy of
exceeding customer expectations," said Charles
Harmon, American Honda's senior manager of procurement and corporate
services. "They are critical members of the extended Honda family, and we
thank them for their dedication to exceptional quality and service."
The 2016 American Honda Premier Partner Award recipients are:
·
Altura
Associates, Inc. of Irvine, Calif. for providing consulting and
development services for the Honda Environmental Leadership "Green Dealer"
Program
·
Atlantic
Container Line AB of Westfield, N.J. for providing international
transporting services
·
BI
Worldwide of Minneapolis for development and execution of customer
engagement programs
·
Brando,
Inc. of Dana Point, Calif. for providing experiential
marketing services for the motorcycle and UTV/ATV segments
·
CDK
Global of Hoffman Estates, Ill. for providing business
management solutions for our powersports and marine dealers
·
CSI
Group of Mexico for international logistics and transportation
services
·
CSX
Transportation of Jacksonville, Fla. for railway transportation services
·
Intrapromote,
LLC of Hudson, Ohio for search engine optimization expertise
and support
·
Jackson Dawson of Dearborn, Mich. for providing
dealer training and marketing solutions
·
RR
Donnelley of Chicago for the development and production, as well as
the storing and shipping, of Monroney labels
·
Sinclair
Printing Company of Los Angeles for printing and delivery of informational
materials in our vehicles
·
Targetbase of Irving, Texas
for marketing strategy and consultation, and development and management of
proprietary customer databases
·
Tyco
Integrated Security of Boca Raton, Fla. for providing electronic security
services
·
Urban
Science of Detroit for developing online systems that support
customer retention
·
Virginia
Transportation Corp. of West Warwick, R.I. for providing finished vehicle
transportation services in the United States and
Canada.
Supporting Small Businesses and Supplier Diversity
Honda is committed to the establishment of long-term
relationships with all of its suppliers based on mutual benefit and trust. We
work to bring greater diversity to our supply base by assisting potential
ethnic minority and women-owned suppliers with workshops and other educational
opportunities. The workshops provide a greater understanding of a variety of
important issues including strategic alliances, capitalization and empowerment
programs.
About Honda
Honda established operations in America in 1959 and now employs
more than 40,000 associates in its North American sales, R&D and
manufacturing operations with total capital investment in North America exceeding $22
billion. Based on its longstanding commitment to "build products
close to the customer" Honda began building power sports products in
America in 1979 and now operates 16 major manufacturing facilities in North America producing a wide range of Honda and
Acura automobiles, automobile engines and transmissions, Honda all-terrain
vehicles, power equipment products, such as lawn mowers, mini-tillers and
general purpose engines, and the HondaJet advanced light jet. Honda also
operates 16 major research and development centers in the U.S. with the capacity
to fully design, develop and engineer many of the products Honda produces in North America.
Source: American Honda Motor Co., Inc.