BASF Named a General
Motors Supplier of the Year
BASF was named a General Motors
(GM) Supplier of the Year for 2015 at an
awards ceremony in Detroit.
Wayne T. Smith, chairman and CEO,
BASF Corporation accepted the award,
which BASF has received 11 times since
2002.
“GM is an important customer for
BASF and this award signifies the value of
the relationship we have developed over
the years,” said Smith. “Working closely
with GM colleagues, we integrate mod-
ern paint processes with special effect
pigments and technologies to offer car
buyers a wide array of colors and coat-
ings for their vehicles.”
“We are focused on building posi-
tive supplier relationships, bringing new,
customer-centric innovations to GM and
being the OEM of choice among suppli-
ers,” said Steve Kiefer, GM vice president,
global purchasing and supply chain. “The
companies we recognize not only have
brought innovation, they delivered it with
the quality our customers deserve.”
The Supplier of the Year award win-
ners are chosen by a global team of GM
purchasing, engineering, quality, manu-
facturing and logistics executives and
selected based on performance criteria in
product purchasing, indirect purchasing,
customer care, aftersales and logistics.
Sika Opens Fourth Plant in
Canada
Sika has inaugurated a mortars and
concrete admixtures plant in Vancouver.
The new facility is the Group’s fourth
in Canada. It will supply the Pacific
Northwest, a region that includes the
major cities of Vancouver, Seattle and
Portland. The new plant marks the continued execution of Sika’s supply chain
strategy in North America, the aim of
which is to expand production capacities in conurbations and major cities.
The new facility in Vancouver includes
a modular mortar plant and blending
equipment for the production of a wide
range of concrete admixtures. In addition
to the production area, the new build-
ing also houses a quality control labo-
ratory, a warehouse and office space for
administrative and sales personnel.
This latest addition brings the number
of Sika production sites in North America
to 18, four of which are in Canada. As
recently as December 2015 a state-of-the-
art mortar production facility opened in
Philadelphia to serve the rapidly expand-
ing major cities on the East Coast of the
U.S.
Axalta Coating
Systems Recognized
by General Motors as
a 2015 Supplier of the
Year Winner
Axalta Coating Systems was named a GM
Supplier of the Year by General Motors
during its 24th annual Supplier of the
Year awards ceremony. GM recognized
