During Ford Motor Company’s 16th annual World Excellence Awards (WEA) ceremony in May, Dayco Brazil was presented with the 2013 Recognition of Achievement Award for Durability and Reliability. According to Ford, the World Excellence Awards were designed to recognize suppliers who exceed company expectations and distinguish themselves from their peers by achieving the highest levels of global excellence in quality, cost and delivery performance.
“Congratulations to all of our supplier partners who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence as we together work to achieve mutual growth,” said Mark Fields, Ford Chief Operating Officer. “Our suppliers are key to the success of our One Ford plan, including our commitment to accelerate our pace of progress and deliver even more of the great products and innovations that will create even more growth and define our company going forward.”
Recognition of Achievement awards were given to suppliers who improved customer satisfaction by providing significant contributions in such key areas as new consumer-focused technology, durability and reliability performance, corporate responsibility, supplier diversity development and community service, Ford said.
“We must be very proud of this achievement, which is the result of the excellent support provided locally in recent years to Ford in all areas, as well as the flawless performance of quality, timeliness and competitiveness of our supply,” said Eduardo Buchaim, Director of Sales and General Manager OE South America.
Dayco was presented with this award for its successful operations at its Contagem, Brazil Plant. The Contagem Plant is one of several Dayco manufacturing facilities located in South America and is used for rigid products manufacturing.
