Press Release

Tradeshow

APPLIANCES: Whirlpool's winner

Purchasing November 18, 2004

The Global Procurement Organization at Whirlpool has recognized 41 U.S. suppliers for their excellence in quality, delivery, productivity, and innovation over the past year. It judged its 700 suppliers primarily against three criteria: quality of goods, productivity, and material management.

"Whirlpool's supply base deserves part of the credit for the success we have achieved the last few years in transforming our company into an innovative industry leader that places the customer front and center of our operations globally," says Jeff Fettig, president and chief operating officer of the global appliance giant based in Benton Harbor, Mich.

The companies honored are Arkansas General Industries, motors and pumps; BSI-Mansfield, aluminum and steel components; Davlyn Manufacturing, seals, insulators, shims and glass; E.G.O. North America, electrical controls and electrical elements; Indiana Tube, steel components; Mansfield Industries, steel components; Valspar, paint; White Electronic Designs, electrical controls; Air Products & Chemicals, foam ingredients; American Wire Tech, electrical controls; ATC Frost Magnetics, electrical elements; Atlantis Plastics, major and minor plastic molded components.

Also, Catalytic Combustion, steel components; Chiaphua Components, motors and pumps; Chick Packaging, wood and carton material; DNA Group, electrical components; Emerson Appliance Motor Division, motors and pumps; Ferro, porcelain, and Green Bay Packaging, wood and carton material; Groschopp, motors and pumps; Holm Industries, fasteners and plastic extruded parts; KML Bearing America, steel components; Marsco Manufacturing, seals, insulators, shims, glass; Master Manufacturing, fasteners and steel components; McGregor Surmount, electrical components; Moll Industries, major and minor plastic molded parts.

Plus, Nueva Generacion Manufacturas, electrical components; OEM Solutions Group, insulation; Ohio Decorative, zinc and aluminum casings; Omega Products, steel components; Panasonic, foreign purchased components; Poly-Flex Circuits, electrical controls; Polyone, plastic resin; Schott HomeTech North America, seals, insulators, shims, glass; Stackpole, powder metal and iron casings; Temple-Inland, wood and carton material; Texas Instruments, electrical controls; Ticona, plastic resins; Tutco, electrical elements; and Wolverine Joining Technologies, metal bonding.

American Trim was further recognized for bringing innovative consumer-relevant ideas to Whirlpool.