Tenneco named GM Supplier of the Year

LAKE FOREST - Tenneco Inc. was named a GM Supplier of the Year by General Motors during its 24th annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony in Detroit, Mich.

GM recognized 110 of its best suppliers from 17 countries who have consistently exceeded GM's expectations, created outstanding value, or brought new innovations to the company. The announcement represented the most suppliers GM has recognized since debuting the Supplier of the Year event in 1992.

"We are focused on building positive supplier relationships, bringing new, customer-centric innovations to GM, and being the OEM of choice among suppliers," said Steve Kiefer, GM vice president, global purchasing and supply chain. "The companies we recognize tonight not only have brought innovation, they delivered it with the quality our customers deserve."

GM's 2015 supplier recognition represents a nearly 40 percent increase in the number of suppliers honored compared to 79 recipients in 2014. More than half of the suppliers are repeat winners from 2014.

Winning suppliers were chosen by a global team of GM purchasing, engineering, quality, manufacturing, and logistics executives and selected based on performance criteria in Product Purchasing, Indirect Purchasing, Customer Care and Aftersales, and Logistics.

"We're extremely honored to receive this important recognition from General Motors for our Elastomers team," said Gregg Sherrill, Tenneco chairman and chief executive officer. "This award demonstrates Tenneco's commitment to helping create greater value for our customers and delivering world-class Clean Air and Ride Performance products and solutions."