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Koyo receives Prestigious John Deere Partner Award

WESTLAKE, Ohio (March 9, 2006)– For a fourth year in a row, Koyo Corporation of USA received “Partnerlevel Supplier” Classification and was named for its exceptional effort in providing quality products and services during FY 2005. The award was presented to Messrs. Kazurou Kajiwara, Executive Managing Officer, Sales Division and Hisashi Matsumoto, Senior General Manager, Industrial Sales Division/JTEKT Corporation during the Achieving Excellence Banquet held Thursday, March 9th in Davenport, Iowa.

“It is quite an honor to accept this recognition for the fourth time,” said Mr. Kajiwara. “The standards by which John Deere evaluates its suppliers are raised every year, and this award is a tribute to the Koyo employees who have worked so hard to achieve it. We look forward to providing many more years of the highest level of quality and service to John Deere.


Kazurou Kajiwara, Executive Managing Officer, Sales Division/JTEKT Corporation (center) and Hisashi Matsumoto, Senior General Manager, Industrial Sales Division/JTEKT Corporation (left) proudly accept the Partner-Level Supplier award from Paul DeDoncker, Supply Base Manager, Enterprise SupplyManagement at John Deere.

Executive and Sales Management attending the Awards Ceremony from Koyo Corporation were Tsutomu Nemoto, President & CEO, Hisashi Okamoto, Senior Executive Coordinator-OE & AM Sales Divisions, Rob Hamilton, Director Industrial Sales and Thad Millard, Manager, National Accounts. Suppliers who participate in the Achieving Excellence program are evaluated annually in several key performance categories, including quality, cost management, delivery, technical support, and wavelength, which is a measure of responsiveness.

In FY 2005, there were only 206 John Deere Suppliers having received the “Partner-Level Supplier” recognition.  In addition to the company’s Sales Headquarters located in Westlake, Ohio, Koyo Corporation of USA operates manufacturing plants in Orangeburg and Blythewood, South Carolina, and a North American Engineering and Technical Center in Plymouth, Michigan.

 


 
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