GM recognised 110 of its best suppliers from 17 countries who have consistently exceeded GM’s expectations, created outstanding value, or brought new innovations to the company. The announcement represented the most suppliers GM has recognised since debuting the Supplier of the Year event in 1992.

“We are focused on building positive supplier relationships, bringing new, customer-centric innovations to GM, and being the OEM of choice among suppliers”, said Steve Kiefer, GM vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. “The companies we recognise tonight not only have brought innovation, they delivered it with the quality our customers deserve”, Steve Kiefer concluded.

GM’s 2015 supplier recognition represents a nearly 40% increase in the number of suppliers honored compared to 79 recipients in 2014. More than half of the suppliers are repeat winners from 2014. For the Grimaldi Group, this is the 15th time it receives this prestigious award.

Winning suppliers were chosen by a global team of GM purchasing, engineering, quality, manufacturing, and logistics executives and selected based on performance criteria in Product Purchasing, Indirect Purchasing, Customer Care and Aftersales, and Logistics.

"We take great pride in being one of the major suppliers of General Motors, and we are very pleased to be recognized by GM for our performances”, said Emanuele Grimaldi, President of Grimaldi Euromed S.p.A. "This award recognizes the hard work of our Group in providing quality transportation services and we will continue providing the highest level of services”, concludes Emanuele Grimaldi.

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