STRATFORD, Conn., May 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Sikorsky
Aircraft Corp. today announced its 2015 Supplier of the Year awards
and 14 Gold Suppliers recognized for best-in-class
performance. The companies all were initially recognized at
Sikorsky's annual Supplier Summit held recently in West Palm Beach, Florida. Sikorsky is a
subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).
The 2015 Supplier of Year award winners are:
- Collaboration Award – Stevens Manufacturing, Milford, CT.
- Industrialization Award – Aurora Flight Sciences, Manassas, VA.
- Supplier Performance Award – Parker
Hannifin, Irvine, CA
- Innovation Award – Merrill Technologies Group, Saginaw, MI.
- Small Diverse Business Award – Lancaster Packaging Inc.,
Hudson, MA.
The 14 Sikorsky Gold Suppliers are:
- A.E. Petsche, a division of
Arrow Electronics, headquartered in Arlington, TX, was the first
Sikorsky-sponsored Supplier Gold distributor receiving the first
such award in December 2008.
- Arnold-Hanafin Corporation is an engineering services firm that
supports clients in achieving short-term tactical and long-term
strategic goals and objectives with breakthrough engineering and IT
contract labor services. Headquartered in Boca Raton, FL, Arnold
Hanafin achieved UTC Supplier Gold in June 2012; also, United Technologies Corporation
and Arnold-Hanafin Corporation were selected as a successful
Corporate / MBE partnership in May
2013 by the National Minority Supplier Development Council
(NMSDC) at its Annual Business Leadership Awards in New York City. Arnold-Hanafin opened its
Panama City Low Cost Engineering Design Center demonstrating
innovation on Feb. 1, 2011.
- Belcan Corporation, engineering services provider headquartered
in Cincinnati, OH, has been at the
UTC Supplier Gold level since December
2008.
- BJG Electronics, Inc. is a Certified Women Owned Small Business
specializing in the distribution and assembly of electro-mechanical
products, and the manufacture of subminiature RF Connectors.
Located in Ronkonkoma, NY, BJG has
been at the UTC Supplier Gold level since September 2010.
- Ducommun LaBarge Technologies (DLT), a cable and harness
manufacturer in Joplin, MO,
achieved Gold status in May 2010.
DLT's Berryville, AR, facility,
which also manufactures cable and harnesses, achieved Gold status
in December 2013, while DLT's
Huntsville, AR, facility, an
overhead electrical cockpit panel manufacturer, also achieved Gold
status in December 2013.
- Exotic Metals from Kent,
Wash., is a top sheet metal supplier that received the UTC
Supplier Gold award in September
2007.
- Faison Office Products, Inc., a full service minority-owned
office products supplier, providing a full range of business
products to corporations all over North
America, is headquartered in Aurora, CO, and has been a UTC Supplier Gold
award winner since November
2008.
- HW Farren, a leader in industrial transportation, rigging,
plant relocations and logistics consulting, located in Randolph, NJ, was awarded Supplier Gold in
May 2011.
- Cyient Inc. (formerly Infotech Enterprises America),
an engineering, data analytics and networks solutions
provider with U.S. headquarters in East Hartford, CT, was awarded Supplier Gold
in December 2008.
- Labinal Power Systems, of Denton,
TX, a designer, manufacturer and installer of wire harnesses
for the aerospace and defense industries, achieved UTC Supplier
Gold in October 2010 and is
continuing to achieve such standards in 2015.
- TEK Precision based in Deer Park,
NY, was the first Sikorsky-sponsored UTC Supplier Gold
manufacturer, having earned that status in 2008.
- Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), a producing mill located
in Toronto, OH, was awarded Gold
in November 2012.
Gold is the highest level of quality service under UTC's
Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) operating system, ranking
above Silver, Bronze and Qualifying.
John Henry Palumbo, Senior Vice
President, Operations; Janet Duffey,
Vice President, Supply Management; and Mark
Miller, Vice President, Research and Engineering for
Sikorsky, presented the awards and reiterated throughout the event
that suppliers are a critical component to Sikorsky's product life
cycle. Duffey highlighted several suppliers that distinguished
themselves in meeting the high standards for delivery and quality
and went above and beyond to fulfill the needs of Sikorsky
customers over the past year.
Sikorsky acknowledges the efforts these suppliers provide to
deliver high quality products in the required timeframe. These
partnerships underscore that through successful collaboration, new
standards can be achieved in meeting customers' needs.
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., based in Stratford, Conn., is a world leader in
helicopter design, manufacture and service. United Technologies
Corp., based in Hartford,
Connecticut, provides high-technology systems and services
to the building and aerospace industries.
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