The event is aimed at recognising partnership and long term collaboration with their suppliers that delivered superior service in regards to general supplier performance, innovation and sustainability. Henkel confers three awards in the categories “Supply Performance”, “Supplier Innovation” and “Supplier Sustainability”.

 

Speaking at the event, Mike Olosky, corporate senior vice president and global head of innovation and new business development at Henkel Adhesive Technologies said, “Strategically directed programs and joint R&D projects with strategic suppliers enable us to gain early access to our partners’ latest innovations.” 

 

Olosky further added that “The close and trustful collaboration with our partners allows us to incorporate our requirements at a very early stage in the development process, and meet the specific needs of our customers in the best possible way.”

 

The Supplier Awards 2015 edition awards were presented to Kaneka, Dow Corning and Coverstro. The Supply Performance Award was presented to Dow Corning, which is a global silicon-based technology and innovation company, in recognition to the efforts to improve the overall supply chain. Dow Corning is a global leader in silicon-based technology and innovation.

 

Kaneka, a Japanese technology-oriented company that provides a broad range of speciality polymers for a variety of industrial applications, was awarded the Supplier Innovation Award. Also, Covestro who develops and manufactures materials which enable Henkel to extend its business for instance in sustainable wood engineering and bio-based materials for industrial applications to support Henkel’s product range received the Sustainability Award. 

 

Bertrand Conqueret, president global supply chain and corporate senior vice president purchasing at Henkel, said, “Together we strive to deliver excellence in supply performance, innovation and sustainability generating differentiated competitive edge and answers to the needs of our customers throughout the entire value chain.”