Stellantis Celebrates 12 Business Partners at First Supplier Awards

• Award recognizes the level of quality, commitment and operational excellence delivered by Stellantis suppliers

• Twelve suppliers honored in eight different categories for outstanding performance in 2020, a particularly difficult year for the automotive industry

• Virtual ceremony included remarks from Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares and eight other Stellantis top executives

Quality First
Merit Automotive and Tiberina are awarded for their achievement and commitment in terms of industrial development and production by meeting Stellantis' Quality requirements.

Competitiveness
Adient and Nexen are awarded for their outstanding performance in terms of cost savings (commercial, process, technical solutions and logistics) and their proposals for a cost reduction portfolio in line with Stellantis' objectives.

Program Management
Brose and Steep Plastique are awarded for their performance in terms of quality of deliverables, respect of schedule, control of cost drift, project management, successful launches and technical expertise.

Innovation
Batemo and Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials are awarded for their ability to propose breakthrough technical solutions and new value-creating services.

Indirect Services
Total Energies is awarded for its performance in terms of service and quality, cost, on-time delivery and responsiveness.

Corporate Social Responsibility
Valéo is awarded for its environmental, social and ethical performance and for control of its subcontracting chain. Performance was evaluated by a third-party provider commissioned by Stellantis to assess international requirements for sustainable development. 

Capex
Kuka is awarded for its expertise in proposing and developing highly technical production equipment for Stellantis and ensuring its implementation with the utmost rigor.

Supply Chain
Alps Alpine is awarded for its excellent delivery performance, continuous control of production tool capacity, and execution of the manufacturing and delivery programs.