Jul 8 2010
PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has presented eight Excellent Supplier Awards for superior performance in 2009. Award criteria included product quality, delivery, documentation, innovation, responsiveness, continuous improvement and participation in PPG’s Supplier Added Value Effort ($AVE) program.
Steve Lampe, PPG vice president, purchasing and distribution, praised the performance of the award-winning suppliers. “Their products, services, innovation and overall commercial value in 2009 were outstanding,” he said. “We consider them invaluable business partners who provide a significant competitive advantage to PPG.”
On an annual basis, PPG purchases nearly $8 billion in materials and services from thousands of suppliers.
Companies earning the 2009 Excellent Supplier Award, and the products and services they provide, are:
- Adecco USA Inc., based in Melville, N.Y., a supplier of temporary services to PPG’s automotive, architectural, automotive refinish and industrial coatings businesses in the United States.
- Clariant S.A., Sao Paulo, Brazil, a producer of emulsion resin that supplies products to PPG’s architectural coatings business in South America.
- Crown Coal & Coke Co., Pittsburgh, which provides coal to PPG’s chlor-alkali and derivatives facility in Natrium, W.Va.
- Fort Dearborn Co., of Fountain Inn, S.C., which provides product labels and related services to PPG’s architectural coatings business in North America.
- WW Grainger, of Lake Forest, Ill., industrial and safety suppliers to PPG’s North American automotive, architectural, automotive refinish and industrial coatings businesses as well as its chlor-alkai and derivatives business.
- Industrial Distribution Group, based in Belmont, N.C., which provides industrial supplies and integrated supply services to PPG’s aerospace and fiber glass businesses in the United States.
- Pacific Industrial Contractors, Inc., Fresno, Calif., on-site contractor services provider to PPG’s performance glazings facility in Fresno.
- Seppic Polychem Business, Europe, a Paris-based provider of polyols to PPG’s automotive and industrial coatings businesses in Europe.