Luehrs, Vice President of Operations; and Bill Kennedy, Supplier Development Manager – presented a “Supplier-Partner of the Year” award to the top-performing supplier for 2006 in each of six different commodity groupings:

• Manufactured Components: Cedinor (Nuevo Leon, Mexico);
• Plastic/Rubber Components: Mercury Plastics, Inc. (Middlefield, Ohio);
• Electrical-Mechanical Components: Tyco Fire & Safety Products (Lubbock, Texas);
• Printed/Packaging/Insulation Components: Owens Corning (Springfield, Tennessee);
• Raw Materials: Liberty Steel (North Jackson, Ohio);
• Distribution: Gulf Coast Marketing (Birmingham, Alabama).
  
  Supplier-Partner of the Year awards are based upon rated performance in five specific categories: technology, delivered product quality, service and support, delivery, and cost.