Grainger names top suppliers

Grainger recognized its 25 top performing suppliers with its Partners in Performance Award during the company’s annual supplier conference held in Schaumburg, Ill.

Less than 1 percent of Grainger's 3,000 suppliers receive this award each year.

Superior Manufacturing Group, maker of NoTrax anti-fatigue floor matting, was named Grainger’s Supplier of the Year for its outstanding performance and customer service. Grainger also presented its first Sustainability Supplier of the Year award to Veolia ES Technical Solutions. Veolia works closely with Grainger to provide a pre-paid recycling solution to customers looking to recycle lighting and electronic waste.

“Our customers rely on Grainger to have what they need, when they need it. Our suppliers help us do just that,” said Fred Costello, Grainger’s vice president, Product Management. “The Partners in Performance event is an opportunity to recognize suppliers who have demonstrated outstanding performance in helping us serve our mutual customers.”

Grainger's Partners in Performance Award recognizes suppliers that achieve excellence in several categories, including on-time shipping, responsiveness, cost effectiveness and product quality. Suppliers are rated throughout the year and judged on their overall performance and improvement.

Partners in Performance award winners for 2009:

• Air Conditioning Products
• Akro-Mils
• CRC Industries
• Cotterman
• E.M. Wiegmann & Co.
• Georgia-Pacific
• General Electric Lighting
• Greenheck
• Johnson Level and Tool
• Klein Tools Inc.
• M.K. Morse Company
• Master Lock
• Mechanical Plastics
• Phillips Lighting Electronics
• Pitt Plastics
• Rubbermaid Commercial Products
• Rust-Oleum Corporation
• Shop Vac Corporation
• Wireway/Husky Corporation
• Wooster Brush

Supplier of the Year

• Superior Manufacturing Group

Best New Supplier

• Guardian Equipment

Special Achievement/Contribution Award

• GoJo Industries

Sustainability Supplier of the Year

• Veolia ES Technical Solutions

Carrier of the Year

• USA Truck Inc.

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