Robert E. Socia
           GM Vice President
           Global Purchasing and Supply Chain

General Motors recognized 76 companies representing 16 countries with its Supplier of the Year award during the annual ceremony Thursday, 11th March 2010, at the GM Design Dome here.

Sixty-one companies have won the award more than once. One of them, Germany’s Mann + Hummel, a supplier of intake manifolds, has been honored as a Supplier of the Year winner each of the 18 years the awards have been presented. Fifteen companies won the award for the first time.

“The Supplier of the Year award is always special but those suppliers recognized this year have risen above and beyond the call during one of the most challenging years in GM history,” said Bob Socia, vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. ”This is truly a world-class list of suppliers.”

The award recognizes the significant contributions of GM’s suppliers in 2009 as part of the company’s global product and performance achievements. The Supplier of the Year program started in 1992, and each year a global team of purchasing, engineering, quality, manufacturing and logistics executives determines the winners.

The decisions are based on supplier performance in the areas of quality, service, technology and price.

Here are the General Motors Supplier of the Year award winners, country represented and number of SOY wins including 2009:

• A.P. Plasman, Canada, 3
• ACUMULADORES MOURA S/A, Brazil, 1
• ADAC Automotive, US, 2
• Asia Corporation Limited, South Korea, 3
• Autoline Industries USA, US, 1
• BASF Corporation, Germany, 6
• Bend All Automotive, Canada, 4
• Bose Corporation, US, 3
• Central Corporation, South Korea, 1
• Chemico Mays, LLC , US, 1
• Clark-Cutler-McDermott Company, US, 1
• Compuware Corporation, US, 3
• Cosma International, a division of Magna International, Canada, 6
• DAEDONG SYSTEM CO., INC., South Korea, 2
• DAEWON KANG UP CO., LTD, South Korea, 4
• DENSO International America, Inc., Japan, 17
• Detroit Technologies, Inc., US ,3
• DLH Industries, Inc., US, 3
• Dongwon Tech Co., Ltd., South Korea, 2
• Dynamic Manufacturing, Inc. Legacy of J Partipilo, US, 11
• ECM (Vehicle Delivery Service) Ltd, UK, 2
• EMC Corporation, US, 6
• E-WON SOLUTECH, South Korea, 2
• FANUC LTD, Japan, 6
• Federal-Mogul Corporation, US, 4
• FedEx Services, US, 10
• Fujitsu Ten, Japan, 1
• Gentex Corporation, US, 14
• George P. Johnson Company, US, 1
• GESTAMP AUTOMOCION, S.L., Spain, 13
• Grand Traverse Plastics Corp., US, 2
• GRIMALDI GROUP, Italy, 9
• Ground Effects Ltd., Canada, 1
• Grupo Bocar, Mexico, 7
• Guangdong Hongtu Technology (holdings) Co., Ltd., China, 3
• HANWHA TECHM CO., LTD., South Korea, 2
• Henan THB Electric Co., Ltd., China, 3
• HIROTEC America, Inc., Japan, 6
• Höegh Autoliners AS, Norway, 7
• International Automotive Components, US, 2
• JAEYOUNG SOLUTEC CO., LTD, South Korea, 2
• Johnson Controls, Inc. Power Solutions, US, 4
• Jones Lang LaSalle, US, 3
• KAFUS, South Korea, 3
• Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Japan, 4
• KIRCHHOFF Automotive, Germany, 7
• KWANG JIN, South Korea, 9
• L&W Group, US, 3
• Laird Technologies, US, 5
• Lakeside Plastics Limited, Canada, 1
• Lear Corporation, US, 4
• Mando Corporation, South Korea, 5
• MANN+HUMMEL GMBH, Germany, 18
• Mett Pty Ltd, Australia, 6
• Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan, 11
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Climate Control, Inc., Japan, 6
• Mold Masters Company, US, 1
• MRM Worldwide GmbH, US, 1
• MWM INTERNATIONAL MOTORES, US, 1
• NGK SPARK PLUGS (USA) INC., Japan, 9
• Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd., Japan, 3
• POSCO, South Korea, 3
• PST Electronics, Brazil, 2
• Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd., South Korea, 4
• Ryder System, Inc., US, 5
• Saint Jean Industries, France, 1
• Shape Corporation, US, 7
• SL Corporation, South Korea, 14
• Starcom Worldwide, France, 1
• SUNDRAM FASTENERS LIMITED - SEZ UNIT, India, 6
• SUNGWOO HITECH, South Korea, 2
• TMS GmbH Subsidiary of Valiant, Austria, 1
• TV Minority Company, US, 7
• Van-Rob Inc., Canada, 13
• Wooshin Systems Co., Ltd., South Korea, 6
• Yeong Hwa Metal Co., Ltd., South Korea, 2