and we will continue to win together for
the benefit of our customers.”
GM recognized 78 of its best global
suppliers last Thursday evening during its
23rd annual Supplier of the Year awards
ceremony. The Supplier of the Year award
winners are chosen by a global team of
GM purchasing, engineering, quality,
manufacturing and logistics executives.
DuluxGroup Makes Two
Significant Supply Chain
Investments
DuluxGroup has made two significant
supply chain investments. The construction of a new factory in Melbourne to
make water-based decorative paints, and
the establishment of a new, purpose-built
distribution center in Sydney, replacing
two existing distribution centers.
The new paint factory will produce
nearly all of Dulux Australia’s water-based decorative paints, which are currently manufactured at the Rocklea
factory in Queensland. The Rocklea factory will be retained, but will operate at
a reduced manning level, focusing on the
production of solvent-based decorative
paint products.
It is expected that the new paint factory will cost approximately $165m,
though after taking account of capital
expenditure savings at Rocklea and
elsewhere in DuluxGroup, together
with the expected sale of the Glen
Waverley site, the net expenditure will
be approximately $130m, spread over
the next three years.
A new distribution center will be established in Sydney to replace Dulux’s
NSW distribution center at Padstow and
Selleys’ national distribution center at
Moorebank, NSW, both of which are currently operated by DuluxGroup. The new
distribution center will be built, owned
and operated by Linfox, to DuluxGroup’s
specification. DuluxGroup has been successfully operating in partnership with
Linfox under a similar arrangement at its
Dulux distribution center in Victoria.
The key driver of this change is the
significant growth in volume for both
Dulux and Selleys over recent years, with
both businesses now having outgrown
their current distribution centers.
PPG Earns Recognition as
Partner-Level Supplier for
John Deere
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has earned recognition as a Partner-level supplier for 2014 in the John Deere
Achieving Excellence Program.
The Partner-level status is Deere &
Company’s highest supplier rating. PPG
was selected for the honor in
recognition of its dedication to
providing products and service
of outstanding quality as well as
its commitment to continuous improve-
ment. Andy Hammond and Courtney
Jungjohann Deemer accepted the recog-
nition on behalf of PPG during formal
ceremonies in Moline, Illinois.
