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TR Fastenings goes for the double with second ‘Supplier of the Year’ award
(L to R): Eric Schwarz - vice president purchasing (seating), The Lear Corporation; Jennifer Moceri - vice president purchasing (electrical power management systems), The Lear Corporation; Glenda Roberts - group sales director, TR Fastenings; Jim Barker - chief executive, TR Fastenings and Matt Simoncini - president and chief executive officer, The Lear Corporation
TR Fastenings is stacking up the silverware having won yet another award for supplier excellence. The global fastenings supplier, which has its headquarters in Uckfield, UK, was awarded the Lear Corporation’s ‘Supplier of the Year Award’ which was presented to 10 companies for outstanding performance during 2011.
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R Fastenings was presented with the award at seating and electrical power management systems manufacturer Lear’s headquarters in Southfield, Michigan, in the United States. The award comes hot on the heels of another accolade for TR. The fastenings firm was recently awarded the Philips Hamilton Supplier of the Year award for outstanding service. The 10 winning firms honoured by the Lear awards were selected from more than 2,000
companies worldwide. TR Fastenings was recognised for consistently meeting the Lear Corporation’s demands in customer service, quality and delivery, and increasingly participating in Lear’s standardisation process for fasteners. TR Fastenings has been named as the preferred global supplier of fasteners to the Lear Corporation, securing new programmes to be supplied by the TR Group with new business opportunities from the US manufacturer over the next five years. Matt Simoncini, Lear’s president and chief executive officer said: “Lear is proud to recognise
our best suppliers. While we value the contributions of all of our suppliers, inclusion on this select list signifies truly superior overall performance. Our ‘Supplier of the Year’ winners have shown an unwavering commitment to excellence in quality, innovation, cost efficiency and a willingness to go above and beyond in assisting Lear in serving our customers in today’s highly competitive global market.”
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distributor in France bigHead Bonding Fasteners Ltd has announced the appointment of Tecmar as a new distributor partner in France.
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like Sunseeker and RNLI. Tecmar’s knowledge of the French marine market will prove invaluable in introducing time and cost saving bigHead solutions to shipyards.” Martin Cowell adds: “Such partnerships represent a key part of bigHead’s strategic
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growth, improving international customers’ access to our products with high quality local support.” Tecmar is a new distributor of marine products in France. Supplying customers with
materials, know-how and support. The bigHead products complete the programme from design to the end product.
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artin Cowell, sales director of bighead, explains: “We are delighted that Thierry Lambot has established a new marine focused business in France. There is considerable opportunity for bigHead to extend its business in the marine sector in France, following our success in UK with customers
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