Boeing Honors Top Suppliers

April 25, 2007
The Boeing Company (Chicago) honored 11 companies with its premier supplier award. The 2006 Supplier of the Year winners were selected from a field of

The Boeing Company (Chicago) honored 11 companies with its premier supplier award. The 2006 Supplier of the Year winners were selected from a field of more than 27,000 Boeing suppliers in nearly 100 countries. Boeing saluted the winners at an annual awards ceremony in Bellevue, Wash.

"Boeing's ongoing commitment to working together with our partners helps us meet the high standards for quality, productivity and efficiency that our customers deserve and our competitive business environment demands," said Steve Schaffer, functional leader of supplier management for Boeing.

The winning suppliers were chosen based on statistical measurements of quality, on-time delivery, post-delivery support and cost over a 12-month period through September 2006. They also were evaluated on their ability to anticipate and respond to changing customer requirements.

Avionics: Jena-Optronik GmbH, Jena, Germany
Electronics/Hydraulics/Mechanical: Senior Systems Technology, Inc., Palmdale, Calif.
Major Structures: Korean Airlines Aerospace Division, Busan, South Korea
Purchased Outside Production: Patriot Machine, Inc., St. Charles, Mo.
Common Aerospace Commodities: Wildwood Electronics, Inc., Madison, Ala.
Aerospace Support: New Breed Logistics, High Point, NC
Non-Production/Shared Services Group: WebEx, Santa Clara, Calif.
Technology: SI International, Inc., Reston, Va.
Diversity/Small Woman Business Enterprise: Barrios Technology, Houston, Texas
Diversity/Small Minority Business Enterprise: Carrillo Business Technologies, Inc., Westminster, Calif.
Diversity/Boeing Protégé: Pacific Contours Corporation, Anaheim, Calif.