GKN Aerospace presents the Premier supplier award to SC Aerosatar. Pictured left to right: Rob Soen, senior vice president, Supply chain, GKN Aerospace; Grigore Filip, general director, SC Aerostar; and Kevin Cummings, CEO, GKN Aerospace.
London – GKN Aerospace has named SC Aerostar as its premier supplier for 2015-2016 and highlighted the outstanding performance of five additional companies.
SC Aerostar, based in Bacau, Romania, gained the Premier Supplier award. SC Aerostar supplies metallic parts and assemblies for multiple programs and was praised for its sustained levels of performance on both delivery and quality.
Rob Soen, senior vice president of Supply Chain Management commented; “The SC Aerostar team has demonstrated consistent and exceptional support for our business. They have recognized the need to work closely with us and, as a result of this partnership, their performance, across all aspects of their work, has been outstanding.”
Other awards presented by GKN Aerospace were:
- Supplier Excellence Award - Aerostructures Europe & Special Products - presented to WSK PZL Swidnik SA for its excellent support of GKN Aerospace’s drive to increase the rate and consistency of the output of nacelles, responding swiftly and effectively where additional volumes have been required to meet customer demand.
- Supplier Excellence Award – Aerostructures North America - presented to Cytec Solvay Group, suppliers of lightweight composite materials with fire-retardancy, chemical resistance, and high impact strength, for sustained performance across quality, delivery, and technical partnering.
- Supplier Excellence Award - Engine Systems - presented to Frisa Aerospace. S.A. de C.V. Frisa Aerospace is distinguished for its performance as supplier of ring forgings, supporting GKN Aerospace with equal enthusiasm across high and low volume programs and developmental work.
- Supplier Excellence Award - Fokker - presented to Sabca Limburg nv, suppliers of complex, precision engineered composite skins and spars for business jet programs. Sabca Limburg has worked closely alongside Fokker engineers, providing consistently high levels of performance on both quality and on-time delivery.
- Lean & Innovation Award - presented to CIM Tools Pvt Ltd for its innovative response to the need to significantly compress delivery timescales in order to maintain the supply of critical parts for a major aerostructures work package. CIM achieved the increase in speed with excellent program management, maintaining the required tolerances and conditions of supply throughout.
Commending the Excellence Award winners, Rob Soen continued: “Our supply chain has become a clear differentiator as we strive to maintain and grow our overall competitiveness. All our award winners have demonstrated their commitment to our 2016 Focus on 5* program and as a result are leading the change we are driving across our entire supply chain.”
Source: GKN Aerospace