The US car parts supplier, Delphi has awarded the GEFCO group, a specialist in industrial logistics, with the 2009 Delphi Pinnacle Award. The prize was presented on April 30th to Yves Fargues, Chairman and CEO of the GEFCO group, by Tony Humphreys, Delphi’s Head of Logistics, Europe.

The trophy acknowledges GEFCO’s commitment to bring Delphi efficient, top-quality service. Sydney Johnson, Vice President of Global Supply Management at Delphi, said: “This prize rewards one of Delphi’s leading suppliers for its commitment to and achievement of quality, value and cost performance. GEFCO won the award for its excellent performance in 2008”.

GEFCO is renowned for its work in several fields:
• Production site supply
• Just-in-time deliveries
• Quality system management
• Corrective action and reporting
• Flexibility in problem resolution.

Emmanuel Arnaud, Head of Automotive at GEFCO, said: “GEFCO is honoured to be the first European logistics provider to receive this award from Delphi. The 2009 Pinnacle Award is a strong sign of recognition for the efforts made over the last eight years by GEFCO network employees to standardise operations and manage solutions for Delphi in transport, sea, customs, packaging, warehousing and sequenced flow management in Europe and worldwide”.