Apr 22 2008
SGL Group – The Carbon Company – announced today that its U.S. based HITCO Carbon Composites subsidiary has received the “Supplier of the Year Award 2007” in the Structures Commodity Category from The Boeing Company. Boeing formally presented its 2007 Supplier of The Year Awards at the annual ceremony held in San Diego last Friday.
A prerequisite for the “Supplier of the Year” nomination is the recipient of a Boeing Performance Excellence Award (BPEA). Only 250 out of more than 10,000 suppliers were selected for BPEA recognition. From this small pool of BPEA awardees, ten separate categories were formed, from which the respective “Supplier of the Years” were selected.
Criteria for the “Structures Supplier of the Year Award” include: Quality, On-time Delivery, Customer Service, and Program Initiatives, such as Lean Manufacturing or Productivity Improvements. HITCO supplies carbon fiber-based composite components to Boeing’s B 767, C 17, and B 787 programs.
Edward G. Carson, HITCO’s Chief Operating Officer (COO): “As supplier of the year we have a great responsibility to maintain the high standards and quality expected from Boeing.” HITCO continues to support Boeing as a Gold/Gold Supplier (Boeing’s highest level of supplier status) through modernized industrialization and manufacturing capabilities including state-of-the-art automation, high quality hand lay-up, and lean manufacturing techniques. HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc. was founded in 1922 and manufactures advanced composite materials primarily for aerospace and defense applications.
HITCO continues to be an innovative leader in the advancement of carbon composite technologies and continues to strategically focus on new projects for aerospace/aircraft and defense applications within the SGL Group.
Posted April 22nd,2008