Bridgestone Receives Volvo Premium Supplier Award

And the award goes to… Bridgestone!

Bridgestone, the world’s largest tire and rubber manufacturer, was awarded the prestigious title of Volvo Premium Supplier this past June. The award recognizes Bridgestone’s leading performance across a broad range of strict criteria. Bridgestone is the first tire manufacturer to receive the Volvo Premium Supplier Award.

Now in its 5th year, the annual Volvo Premium Supplier Awards recognize those suppliers who book the best measured performance in the areas of quality, safety, environmental performance, cost, logistics and corporate responsibility. Close attention is also paid to the supplier’s capacity to work with Volvo’s teams in the spirit of continuous improvement. A total of nine awards were presented for 2009 including Bridgestone’s.

“This is a great honor for Bridgestone, especially as we are the first tire supplier ever to be recognized by the Volvo Premium Supplier Award Program,” said Takashi Tomioka, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Bridgestone Europe. “Bridgestone looks forward to maintaining its high level of quality service and its status as one of the Volvo Group’s long-term strategic partners.”

As a Volvo Group Premium Supplier, Bridgestone will continue to set the standard for original equipment supplier performance in the years to come.