Honda Honors 52 Suppliers in North America for Outstanding Performance

July 1, 2024 - MARYSVILLE, Ohio

• Honda awards both mass production and service parts suppliers at annual conference
• Honda purchased over $38 billion in parts and materials for mass production and another $1.2 billion in parts for use in servicing customer vehicles
• Honda works with 746 mass production suppliers and nearly 1,400 service parts suppliers across North America

Honda recently honored 52 North American suppliers with awards for outstanding performance in supplying the company with parts and materials in 2023. Honda recognized 31 suppliers during its annual Honda Supplier Conference, in Columbus, Ohio, for supporting Honda with parts and materials for mass production¹, and 21 suppliers for service parts that serve the needs of customers after they purchase a Honda or Acura product.

Honda purchased over $38 billion in parts for mass production operations from North American suppliers in 2023, which supported the sales of more than 1.3 million Honda and Acura vehicles in North America. Honda also purchased more than $1.2 billion in parts from its Service Parts suppliers in North America.

"As we prepare for production of EVs at our plants in North America, our suppliers continue to support Honda in supplying our customers with the petrol and hybrid-electric vehicles they want," said Mike Lapham, vice president of Procurement in the Purchasing & Supply Chain Center at Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, LLC. "Now, we must maintain our focus on stabilizing production with a mindset of outstanding quality to establish the foundation for the EV future."

Mass Production Supplier Awards
Honda recognized 31 mass production suppliers for outstanding performance in three categories - Excellence in Quality & Delivery, Value, and Sustainability. The Excellence in Sustainability Award also is given to a company that exemplifies Honda's commitment to social responsibility, based on leadership in the areas of compliance and ethics, environmental governance, diversity, health and safety, social and trade compliance. This year, Michelin Group, located in both Greenville and Lexington, South Carolina, received the award.

Honda does business with 746 OEM suppliers across North America which provide parts to the company's 13 plants in the region that produce Honda and Acura cars and light trucks and the engines and transmissions that power them.

Service Parts Supplier Awards
Honda honored 21 service parts suppliers with awards that reflect a supplier's combined performance in three categories: quality, cost, and on-time delivery.

"Even as Honda continues to transition to the EV future, our future success will be determined by how we take new approaches to business to focus on the needs of our customers," said Jessica Hammontree, assistant vice president of the Parts Division at American Honda Motor Co., Inc. "After our sales of new vehicles become 100% electrified, our customers will continue to rely on Honda every day for service parts for their petrol and hybrid-electric vehicles for the next twenty years."

Honda works with nearly 1,400 service parts suppliers in North America to provide service and accessory parts for more than 20 million Honda and Acura automobiles in operation in the United States, as well as service parts for powersports and power equipment products. Honda manages a national network of parts and distribution facilities that support customers by delivering high-quality service parts to Honda and Acura dealers nationwide, as well as supporting global parts operations.

Honda 2023 Mass Production Supplier Award Winners
Honda honored 31 Top OEM Suppliers in one or more of three categories - Excellence in Quality & Delivery, Value, and Sustainability.

Excellence in Quality and Delivery

Asama Coldwater Manufacturing, Inc.	Coldwater, Michigan
AY Manufacturing, Ltd.	Columbus, Ohio
Bose Corporation	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Cardington Yutuka Technologies, Inc.	Cullman, Alabama
Eakas Corporation	Peru, Illinois
East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc.	Lyons Stations, Pennsylvania
FCC Automotive Parts de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.	San Luis Potosi, Mexico
FT Precision, Inc.	Fredericktown, Ohio
Fuserashi International Technology, Inc.	Valley City, Ohio
Hankook Tire America Corporation	Nashville, Tennessee
Kotobukiya Treves de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.	Aguascalientes, Mexico
Litens Automotive	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Meridian Lightweight Technologies, Inc.	Strathroy, Ontario, Canada
Musashsi Auto Parts Mexico, S.A. de C.V.	San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Nissin Manufactura de Mexico	San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Niterra North America, Inc.	Sissonville, West Virginia
NTN Manufacturing de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.	Aguascalientes, Mexico
Nukabe Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.	Guanajuato, Mexico
Rainbow Omega, Inc.	Anniston, Alabama
Setex Automotive Mexico, S.A. de C.V.	Guanajuato, Mexico
Suminoe Textile of America	Gaffney, South Carolina
TFO Tech Company, Ltd.	Jeffersonville, Ohio
UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries, Inc.	Ludington, Michigan
Yachiyo Manufacturing of America	Carrollton, Georgia
Yusa Autoparts Mexico, S.A. de C.V.	Zacatecas, Mexico
Yutaka Technologies de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.	Guanajuato, Mexico

Excellence in Value

Enkei America, Inc.	Columbus, Indiana
Gentherm, Inc.	Northville, Michigan
Hankook Tire America Corporation	Nashville, Tennessee
Kotobukiya Treves de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.	Aguascalientes, Mexico
Meridian Lightweight Technologies, Inc.	Strathroy, Ontario, Canada
Midori Auto Leather North America, Inc.	Novi, Michigan
Nitto, Inc.	Piqua, Ohio
San Luis Metal Forming S.A. de C.V.	Guanajuato, Mexico
UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries	Ludington, Michigan
Valeo North America, Inc.	Winchester, Kentucky
Weastec, Inc.	Hillsboro, Ohio

Supplier Sustainability Award
Honda recognized one supplier that exemplified exceptional commitment to social responsibility based on leadership in the areas of Compliance and Ethics, Environmental, Trade Compliance, Social responsibility, Health & Safety, Diversity and Governance.

Michelin Group

Greenville, South Carolina Lexington, South Carolina

Honda 2023 Service Parts Supplier Award Winners
Honda honored 21 suppliers for outstanding performance in service parts that serve the needs of customers after they have purchased Honda and Acura products. Honda Service Parts suppliers also were rated on their performance in quality, cost, and delivery. Service Parts awards are based on overall scores reflecting combined performance in all three categories.

Challenge Manufacturing	Cusseta, Alabama
Central Motor Wheel of America, Inc.	Paris, Kentucky
Corvac Composites LLC	Morgantown, Kentucky
Enkei America, Inc.	Columbus, Indiana
F&P Mfg., Inc.	Tottenham, Ontario, Canada
Freudenberg Filtration Technologies, L.P.	Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Fuserashi International Technology, Inc.	Valley City, Ohio
Key Fasteners Corporation	Berne, Indiana
Kiriu Mexicana S.A. de C.V.	Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Kotobukiya Treves de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.	Aguascalientes, Mexico
Magna Closures Inc.	Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America	East Syracuse, New York
Nippon Thermostat of America	Fraziers Bottom, West Virginia
Nishikawa Cooper LLC	Bremen, Indiana
NX Automotive Logistics USA	East Liberty, Ohio
Pacific Manufacturing Ohio, Inc.	Fairfield, Ohio
Polycon Industries	Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Roki Mexico S.A. de C.V.	Guanajuato, Mexico
Tire Rack Wholesale	South Bend, Indiana
TG Missouri Corporation - TGMS Plant	Batesville, Mississippi
Yokowo Manufacturing of America LLC	Hilliard, Ohio

1. Using domestic and globally sourced parts

About Honda in North America
Honda established operations in North America in 1959. Today, the company employs about 42,000 associates in the region, who are engaged in the development, manufacturing, sales and service support of Honda and Acura automobiles, Honda power equipment, Honda powersports products and the HondaJet Elite II advanced light jet.

Based on its longstanding commitment to build products close to the customer, Honda operates 18 major manufacturing plants in North America, working with over 750 suppliers in the region to produce a diverse range of quality products. Honda has built automobiles in North America for over 40 years and, in 2023, more than 99% of all Honda and Acura automobiles sold in the U.S. were produced in North America.

Honda also conducts research and development activities at 23 facilities in North America where we fully design, develop and engineer many of the company's North American-made products.

Learn more with the Honda Digital FactBook.

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