AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental, a supplier of advanced automotive components, received an Excellence Award in the area of Supplier Diversity from Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA) at the company's Annual Supplier Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony held in recently Covington, Kentucky. This marks the fifth consecutive year that Continental has received this award.
The award acknowledges those suppliers who exceeded the company's expectations in the following areas: Launch Performance, Technology, Supplier Diversity, Value Improvement and Quality. Toyota's annual event brings together approximately 500 North American suppliers to communicate objectives for the current year, recognize top supplier performance for the prior year and enhance relationships.
"Continental is pleased to be recognized once again by Toyota for our commitment to supplier diversity," said Debra Martin, Director of Purchasing. "This award validates our efforts to continue to improve the diversity of our supplier base.
"TEMA works closely with our North American suppliers in order to build our top quality vehicles; therefore, we take this opportunity to recognize outstanding performance of our top suppliers," stated Atsushi "Art" Kume, Senior Vice President of TEMA. "Suppliers' commitment to continuous improvement is key to achieving Toyota's long term focus on quality and value."
Continental is one of the leading automotive suppliers worldwide, providing brake systems, powertrain, chassis systems and components, instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle electronics, tires and technical elastomers that improve the safety, comfort and sustainability of driving. Continental employs 27,000 in North America at more than 40 locations.
Toyota established operations in North America in 1957 and currently operates 13 manufacturing plants. In addition, new plants are under construction in Ontario, Canada and Mississippi. There are more than 1,700 Toyota, Lexus and Scion dealerships in North America which sold more than 2.9 million vehicles in 2007.
With targeted annual sales of more than euro26.4 billion for 2008, the Continental Corporation is one of the top automotive suppliers worldwide. As a supplier of brake systems, systems and components for the powertrain and chassis, instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle electronics, tires and technical elastomers, the corporation contributes towards enhanced driving safety and protection of the global climate. Continental is also a competent partner in networked automobile communication. Today, the corporation employs approximately 150,000 people at nearly 200 locations in 36 countries.
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