Apply now! - Kirchhoff Group

K>MOBIL 31 // KIRCHHOFF Automotive Markets: Awards
GM Supplier of the Year for the fifth time
r KIRCHHOFF Automotive honored with the General Motors Supplier of the Year
Award 2007.
The Managing Director Arndt G. Kirchhoff (photo right), the Executive Vice President KIRCHHOFF
Automotive, Janusz Sobon (photo center) and Bo Andersson, GM Vice President Global Purchas-
t 30
Arndt G. Kirchhoff with Fritz Henderson,
ing and Supply Chain (photo left) took part in the ceremony.
COO GM Group
Arndt G. Kirchhoff with Carl-Peter Forster,
President GM Europe, and Janusz Sobon
Attendorn - The automotive supplier KIRCHHOFF
Automotive was honored for the fifth time by GM
with the Supplier of the Year Award for its leading
participation in the worldwide success of GM. The
award was presented for the sixteenth time under
the title “Best of the Best“ during the ceremony
in Jacksonville, Florida. Managing Director Arndt
G. Kirchhoff (photo right) and the Executive Vice
President KIRCHHOFF Automotive, Janusz Sobon
(photo center) took part in the event.
“ We are proud to honor KIRCHHOFF Automotive as
one of our Supplier of the Year Award winners,“ said
Bo Andersson, GM Vice President Global Purchasing
and Supply Chain (photo left). “KIRCHHOFF Automotive
is receiving this award for its outstanding
performance and the significant role it plays in our
worldwide vehicle production.”
KIRCHHOFF supplies all GM/Opel plants in Europe
with more than 600 different components. GM is
among the largest automotive customers of the
KIRCHHOFF Group, which has a plant situated at
almost all European GM production locations.
The “GM Supplier of the Year“ award has been presented
since 1992. The winners are selected by
a global team consisting of the directors with
worldwide responsibility for purchasing, engineering,
production and logistics. The four main criteria
for selection are quality, service, technology and
price. This year, 92 of the 36,000 suppliers worldwide
received awards for their performance.
The manufacturer of metal structure and chassis
components for the automotive industry currently
produces at 17 plants worldwide and employs a
workforce of over 3,500 people.
In order to produce follow-up orders for the Meriva
model a 1,250-ton press for the production of structural
components was purchased for the plant in
Portugal. In this connection the KIRCHHOFF plant
in Spain has been extended to accommodate the
production of peripheral welded components.
Kerstin Rinscheid