Simrit named as Supplier of the Year by United Tech

ERJ staff report (DS)

Plymouth, Michigan -- Simrit's Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada facility was recently awarded United Technologies Corp.'s (UTC) Supplier Gold status for a second time.

Part of the Simrit Division of Freudenberg-NOK, the Tillsonburg facility manufactures and supplies aerospace sealing solutions to UTC's Pratt & Whitney Canada.

The Supplier Gold award recognises companies that offer superior performance. The four criteria that are used to evaluate suppliers for this award include: excellent customer service; on-time product delivery; best-in-class quality for the last 12 months; and use of lean practices throughout operations. Simrit's Tillsonburg facility is one of the 87 suppliers to be awarded Supplier Gold status of UTC's nearly 10,000 suppliers and the first Canadian supplier to receive this honor for two consecutive years.

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Press release from Freudenberg