AGCO, a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment and infrastructure, presented eight supplier awards during its fourth annual AGCO North America Supplier Day held near its global headquarters in Duluth, Ga.
AGCO’s Supplier Awards ceremony is held as a celebration of outstanding supply chain relationships in areas such as corporate sustainability, collaboration and quality. At the same time, nominees were recognized for their commitment to AGCO’s core values of accountability, integrity, respect and transparency.
AGCO Supplier of the Year winners are as follows:
Sustainability Award: Fullco Industries of Sycamore, Ill. Fullco Industries is a leader in component sourcing. Fullco has successfully reduced greenhouse gases and eliminated many poisonous air pollutants from its facilities while making energy awareness a cornerstone of its organizational culture.
Quality Award: Chia Yi Steel of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Chia Yi Steel has grown significantly with AGCO and has proven to be an integral partner by providing solid manufacturing solutions from design phase to production.
Collaboration Award: Monarch Industries of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Monarch Industries is a privately owned, vertically integrated manufacturer of hydraulic cylinders and custom iron castings.
Indirect Supplier of the Year: CHS, Inc. of Inver Grove Heights, Minn. CHS, a farmer-owned cooperative, works to help America’s farmers be more successful.
Logistics Supplier of the Year: Doug Bradley Trucking, Inc. of Salina, Kan. Doug Bradley Trucking has been AGCO’s dedicated fleet provider since March 2012 and operates at a 99.6 percent on-time delivery performance.
Wholegoods Supplier of the Year: Iseki of Tokyo, Japan. The Iseki/AGCO partnership began in 1991 when the first Massey Ferguson tractors made by Iseki were introduced.
Parts Supplier of the Year: Donaldson Company, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minn. Donaldson has over 140 strategically located operations in more than 40 countries and has been providing filtration solutions to AGCO’s brands since the 1930s.
Direct Materials Supplier of the Year: Custom Steel Processing of Madison, Ill. Custom Steel Processing has been an industry leader for quick order turnaround and on-time delivery of carbon steel flat-rolled products since 2002.