FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  
CARRIER CORPORATION ANNOUNCES SUPPLIER AWARD RECIPIENTS
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., February 28 -- Twenty-seven suppliers who surpassed Carrier Corporation's rigorous quality, delivery and cost requirements were honored at the 1996 Carrier Residential Supplier Awards banquet held at the company's annual Supplier Conference here.
According to Carl Laybold, Carrier's manager of supplier development, "Carrier's philosophy on quality stresses that our suppliers be proactive and show continuous improvement. We not only allow, but insist that our supplier partners evaluate and improve the overall value of our designs."
The five award categories and respective winners are:
- Engineering Award, for design/development/support and innovation of furnace and fan coil products: General Electric Motors, Springfield, Mo.
- Sustained Cost Improvement, based on percentage of supplier's purchased dollars saved and its persistent efforts to set and complete goals: Tridelta Industries, Mentor, Ohio.
- Materials Support Excellence, for the top-performing raw materials supplier and component supplier excelling in delivery performance, responsiveness, flexibility and cooperation with materials planning to support product materials requirements: Cresco Steel, University Park, Ill., and United Technologies Electronic Controls, Huntington, Ind.
- Plant Manager Award, for the top-rated certified critical component supplier for the 12 previous months, based on monthly supplier rating in the areas of quality, materials support, sustained cost improvement and effective customer communications: Wabash Plastics, Evansville, Ind.
- Continuous Improvement, awarded to raw materials and components suppliers who provided timely and effective corrective actions and implemented quality planning, process simplification, defect analysis initiatives and error-proofing in areas such as design: Outokumpu, Franklin, Ky. and Texas Instruments, Versailles, Ky.
Carrier also recognized two groups of suppliers:
- Zero Defect Suppliers, for suppliers who maintained zero defects for 12 consecutive months: Alcan Aluminum, Terre Haute, Ind.; Clearfield Metal Products, Clearfield, Pa.; Harding Machine, Lexington, Ky.; Oakrite, Plainfield, Ind.; Precision Speed, Sturgis, Mi.; Rollforming, Shelbyville, Ky.; Sonoco Products, Marion, Ind.; and Spencer Products, Indianapolis.
- Q+ Certified Suppliers, a recognition given to suppliers who have been certified based on a rigorous quality assessment program: AK Steel, Middletown, Ohio; Basler Electric, Highland, Ill.; Bussman, St. Louis, Mo.; General Electric Motors, Springfield, Mo.; EMB Industrial Products, Elizabeth Town, Ky.; Honeywell, San Diego, Calif.; Jakel, Highland, Ill.; Morrison Products, Cleveland, Ohio; Texas Instruments, Versailles, Ky.; Thermodisc, Mansfield, Ohio, Tridelta Industries, Mentor, Ohio; Wabash Plastics, Evansville, Ind.; and White-Rodgers, Batesville, Ark.
Carrier Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of heating and air conditioning systems and equipment. It is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (UTC), provider of a broad range of high-technology products and support services to the aerospace, building systems and automotive industries.
# # # # #
( top of page | back )