Aerospace and Defense Industry Recognizes Supplier Excellence
Irvine, California –November 13, 2007 – The Supplier Excellence Alliance (SEA) Aerospace & Defense Industry National Supply Chain Awards were announced at an Awards Gala on November 6, 2007 at the Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage, California.
SEA is the non-profit industry alliance of prime and tier-one contractors and progressive suppliers leading the aerospace and defense industry supply chain conversion. The inaugural Aerospace & Defense Industry National Supply Chain Awards recognized the performance and leadership contributions of small- to mid-sized supplier companies.
Awards were announce at a black-tie gala attended by 45 award finalists and hundreds of supplier company executives and executives from prime and tier-one contractors. It was a glamorous and high-energy evening. Award presentations followed a reception and gala dinner. Looking very much like an Academy Awards ceremony, with TV star Eva LaRue (CSI Miami) serving as Mistress of Ceremonies, executives from both supplier companies and prime and tier-one contractors served as presenters for seven award categories.
In four of the seven categories, awards were presented to both a supplier with more than 100 employees and to a supplier with fewer than 100 employees.
In the Leadership & Culture Award category, awards went to Cristek Interconnects, Inc., Anaheim, California and Photo Etch Company, Fort Worth, Texas.
In the Operational Excellence Award category, awards went to Esterline Kirkhill-TA Co., Brea, California and Photo Etch Company, Fort Worth, Texas.
In the Workforce Development Award category, awards went to Esterline Kirkhill-TA Co., Brea, California and Roberts Tool Company, Inc., Chatsworth, California.
In the Supply Chain Innovation Award category, the award went to Roberts Tool Company, Inc., Chatsworth, California.
In the Performance Award: Most Improved Supplier category, the award went to Esterline Kirkhill-TA Co., Brea, California.
In the Customer of the Year Award category, the award went to Cessna Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kansas.
The prestigious Richard Hall Leadership Award went to Donald Beverlin, Vice President of Supply Management for The Cessna Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kansas and to Brad Hart President of Roberts Tool Company, Inc., Chatsworth, California
SEA member companies represented on its board of directors include BAE Systems, The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Company, United Technologies, Parker Aerospace, Rockwell Collins, Cessna Aircraft Company, Honeywell Aerospace, Hitco Carbon Composites, Dresser-Rand, Roberts Tool Company, Cristek Interconnects, Photo Etch Company, Bodycote Thermal Processing, and DRS Technologies.
Sponsors supporting the Awards Gala and other SEA events included Gold Level Sponsor Mori Seiki, along with sponsors Avchem, Inc. and PacMin.
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