October 11, 2008

Usiminas wins global supplier prize from GM

For the third consecutive time, Usiminas won the Global Supplier of the Year in the best supplier of the metallic segment category, an accomplishment never achieved before by other competing companies.

The award ceremony took place on April 26th2008 at Jacksonnville in Florida of USA. The prize was given to the Mr Idalino Coelho Ferreira CTO and the automotive sales superintendent Mr Luis Eduardo Gonçalves, who represented the company in the event.

Mr Bo Andersson GM group vice president of Global Purchasing and Supply Chain said that “GM is proud to honor Usiminas as a GM Supplier of the Year winner. This award is our way of telling the winners that we appreciate all of their efforts in working together with GM to manufacture world class vehicles.

He added that “Usiminas is among the best of the best. They understand that our mutual success can only be achieved by sharing common goals and priorities.”

The Global Supplier of the Year prize, annually granted by General Motors, recognizes the main suppliers of the North American company in the many varied segments. The good assessment obtained by the steelmaker in all the items, which has made it a winner 3 times, is the result of the alignment and integration in areas such as Sales, Steelworks, Logistics, Marketing, Production Program, Research & Development and Production, working to attend GM’s expectations.