Freightliner recognizes 44 suppliers for quality

PORTLAND, Ore. (June 11, 2002) — Freightliner LLC has named 44 manufacturers as recipients of the company’s “Masters of Quality” award for 2001. The 15-year-old program recognizes suppliers of components for vehicles bearing the Freightliner, Sterling, Western Star, or American LaFrance nameplates.

The complete list of Masters of Quality award winners:
 
Twelve-year recipient
Consolidated MetCo, Monroe, N.C.
 
Eleven-year recipient
Paramount Bedding, Damascus, Ore.
 
Ten-year recipient
Consolidated MetCo, Clackamas, Ore.
 
Nine-year recipient
Sears Manufacturing, Davenport, Iowa
 
Eight-year recipients
Accuride Corp., London, Ont.
Accuride Corp., Henderson, Ky.
Consolidated Metal Products, Cincinnati
Dana Corp., Henderson, Ky.
Flexalloy, Portland, Ore.
Horton Industries, Britton, S.D.
MGM Brakes, Murphy, N.C.
Michelin Tire, Greenville, S.C.
 
Seven-year recipients
Flexalloy, St. Thomas, Ont.
Julian Electric, Westmont, Ill.
 
Six-year recipient
Flexalloy, Charlotte, N.C.
 
Five-year recipients
Lord Corp., Industrial Product Division, Cambridge Springs, Pa.
Lord Corp., Industrial Product Division, Bowling Green, Ky.
Sapa Anodizing, Portland, Ore.
 
Four-year recipients
East Penn Manufacturing, Lyon Station, Pa.
Meritor Automotive On-Highway Axle Division, Fletcher, N.C.
Temco Metal Products, Clackamas, Ore.
TRW, Ross Gear Division, Lebanon, Tenn.
 
Two-year recipients
Bostrom Seating, Piedmont, Ala.
Meritor Automotive, Transmission Division, Laurinburg, N.C.
Parker Hannifin (Canada), Grimsby, Ont.
Parker Hannifin, Brass Products Division, Portland, Ore.
Standard Register, Radcliff, Ky.
Tifton Aluminum, Tifton, Ga.
 
First-year recipients
Aluminum Company of America, Cleveland, Ohio
Boyd, Portland, Ore.
Consolidated MetCo Simplex, Monroe, N.C.
Dana Corp., Humboldt, Tenn.
Detroit Diesel Corp., Detroit
Detroit Diesel Corp., Canton, Ohio
Flexalloy De Mexico S.A. C.V., Toluca, Mexico
Grote Industries, Madison, Ind.
Haldex Corp., Grain Valley, Mo.
Mayflower Vehicle Systems, Norwalk, Ohio
Meritor Automotive, Driveline Division, Manning, S.C.
Mervis Steel, Cleveland, Ohio
Metform, Savanna, Ill.
Parker Hannifin Corp., Mooresville, N.C.
Thermoform Plastic, Belmont, N.C.
Tube Specialties, Troutdale, Ore.