Sandvik Coromant Recognized as Best New Supplier by Grainger
The award recognizes the cutting tool manufacturer as a supplier who achieves excellence in responsiveness, information integrity, on-time shipping, management commitment and order fulfillment.
Posted: August 5, 2011
The award recognizes the cutting tool manufacturer as a supplier who achieves excellence in responsiveness, information integrity, on-time shipping, management commitment and order fulfillment.
Sandvik Coromant (Fairlawn, NJ) was presented with the Best New Supplier Award for 2010 by W.W. Grainger, Inc. (Lake Forest, IL) at the Grainger annual supplier conference held earlier this year in Schaumburg, IL. North America’s leading distributor of facilities maintenance supplies presents the award annually to a new supplier who demonstrates outstanding performance throughout the year.
The Best New Supplier Award recognizes a supplier who achieves excellence in several categories, including responsiveness, information integrity, on time shipping, management commitment and order fulfillment. Grainger suppliers receive ratings throughout the year for their performance in each of these categories. Out of several hundred new suppliers, only Sandvik Coromant was chosen to receive this annual award.
“We are honored to receive this award in our first full year as a supplier to Grainger,” said Brett Cline, the director of national channels for Sandvik Coromant. “In 2011, we look forward to working even closer with them to service our mutual metalworking customers and help manufacturers become as productive and cost efficient as possible.”
“We are proud to present them with the 2010 Best New Supplier Award,” said Fred Costello, the vice president of product management for Grainger. “We provide customers with quick, easy access to the products they need to maintain their facilities, and our suppliers are a critical part of that focus. We appreciate their commitment to providing superior products and outstanding service to our mutual customers.”
Sandvik Coromant is a world-leading supplier of cutting tools and tooling systems for the metalworking industry and is represented in 130 countries. 25 state-of-the art Productivity Centers located around the world provide customers and staff with continuous training in tooling solutions and methods to increase productivity. Sandvik Coromant is part of the Tooling business area of the Sandvik Group.
W.W. Grainger, Inc. had 2010 sales of $7.2 billion as North America’s leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating products serving businesses and institutions with an expanding presence in Asia and Latin America.
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