Conti wins GM 'Supplier of the Year' award

Hanover, germany - Continental was named as a General Motors Supplier of the Year for its overall business performance in providing GM with world-class parts and services in two categories. Awards were received for the second year in a row in the area of Brake Systems and the fifth time in the area of Engine Mount Systems. The awards were given during ceremonies at GM's Vehicle Engineering Center at the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan recently.

We consider Continental to be a role model for all suppliers. They are recognised as a GM Supplier of the Year because they exceeded our expectations in 2005," said Bo Andersson, vice president of Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. "Continental is one of the best in the world and we thank them for their hard work and commitment to helping make GM vehicles the best in the world.”

These awards "... reflect the leading position, which we have in chassis and NVH technologies.” said Kai Frühauf, managing director, ContiTech Vibration Control. ”Our management systems enable us to keep that high performance level in all our plants worldwide.”