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SSI-Sintered Specialties Receives "Supplier Excellence Award" for 2004 by Calsonic Kansei North America

SSI has been awarded the "Supplier Excellence Award" for by Calsonic Kansei North America. SSI is honored to receive this award "for consistently supplying quality components and services contributing to CKNA's goal of producing the highest quality automotive parts in the world. CKNA recognizes and appreciates the effort required to attain this quality level and realizes the importance of your contribution in helping CKNA achieve World Class status."

SSI-Sintered Specialties Granted ISO/TS 16949:2002 Registration

On November 3, 2004, SSI-Sintered Specialties was granted ISO/TS 16949:2002 registration. The set of standards combine existing European catalogs and QS 9000:1998 into common supplier quality system requirements. These will become the global quality standard of the future for all automotive organizations.

SSI-Sintered Specialties Receives Calsonic Kansei's "Supplier Excellence" Award

SSI-Sintered Specialties is recognized for consistently supplying quality components and services, contributing to CKNA's goal of producing the highest quality automotive parts made in the world. CKNA recognizes and appreciates SSI-Sintered Specialties' effort required to attain this quality level and realizes the importance of SSI's contribution in helping CKNA achieve World Class status.

SSI-Sintered Specialties Receives the 2003 MPIF Award of Distinction for Outstanding Application of Powder Metallurgy

June 11, 2003 -- The 2003 International Powder Metallurgy Design Competition, sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) in Princeton, New Jersey, recognizes the Sintered Specialties Division of SSI Technologies, Inc. with the "Award of Distinction" in the stainless steel category.

The winning entry consisted of a cross sampling of projection welded, angled and straight HEGO (Hot Exhaust Gas Output) sensor bosses. These components represent the different styles of sensor bosses produced by SSI-Sintered Specialties and supplied to all N. American OEMs, various transplant companies, and overseas manufacturers by means of tier-one exhaust system suppliers.

Sensor boss applications have become one of the fastest growing consumers of PM stainless steel powder. This growth continues to accelerate because of the significant advantages of powder metallurgy over various wrought metallurgical processes such as machining, cold heading, or stamping. These advantages include substantial cost savings, greater design flexibility, larger material selection, net shape capability, and better dimensional stability during welding.

Based on the increasing number of domestic and global inquiries, exhaust system suppliers are looking to make use of this technology and realize the numerous benefits it has to offer.

SSI-Sintered Specialties Receives ArvinMeritor's "Supplier of the Year" Award

March 12, 2003 -- ArvinMeritor's Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) Group awards SSI-Sintered Specialties their "Supplier of the Year" Award for 2002.

SSI-Sintered Specialties is recognized as the top performing supplier across all product lines within the LVS Group for quality, delivery and continuous improvement performance.

ArvinMeritor's LVS Group is a global supplier of integrated systems to the world's leading passenger car and light truck OEMs. In fact, "LVS components and modules are part of the apertures, undercarriage, and air and emissions systems of almost every passenger car and light truck on the road today."

SSI-Sintered Specialties Wins MPIF Grand Prize for Technology

Innovative powder metallurgy (PM) parts were recognized in the 2002 International PM Design Competition sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF). The 2002 MPIF Grand Prize Award in the Stainless Steel Category was awarded to the Sintered Specialties Division of SSI Technologies, Inc. for a cutting-edge application of P/M technology.

The winning parts are a series of thirteen Full Density 316L stainless steel rotor hubs that operate in a rotary pump for processing foods. Several of the net shape parts are sinter bonded together to create a structurally sound interface that eliminates food particles from getting trapped.

The parts are made to a density of 7.7g/cm and have an ultimate tensile strength of 85,000psi, a yield strength of 45,000psi, and 45% elongation. These properties are comparable to annealed wrought metal and exceed cast metal.

Secondary operations are limited to broaching the center hole and machining the sealing faces. Cost reductions ranged up to 60% compared with castings or machining the hubs from bar stock.

This award is the second grand prize award in the stainless steel category awarded to Sintered Specialties in five years by the Metal Powder Industries Federation.

In 1997 Sintered Specialties was awarded the Part-Of-The-Year Grand Prize in the Stainless Steel Category for two automotive manifold flanges.

SSI-Sintered Specialties Receives General Motors Recognition

General Motors Service Parts Operations awards a Recognition Certificate to SSI-Sintered Specialties for 12 months of shipping 100% On Time in 2002.

SSI-Sintered Specialties Wins "Best in Commodity" Award

July 1, 2002 --Faurecia Exhaust Systems awards SSI-Sintered Specialties the "Best In Commodity" Powder Metal Parts award. This award is presented in recognition of outstanding performance and commitment to meet quality and delivery for the 2001 Calendar Year.

Faurecia Exhaust Systems is a major international automotive systems supplier headquartered in France. SSI-Sintered Specialties supplies exhaust system flanges and HEGO sensor bosses to four Faurecia manufacturing operations.

The parts are used in exhaust systems for various General Motors and Ford Motor Company vehicles.

SSI-Sintered Specialties Receives MPIF Innovation Award

March 4, 2002 -- SSI-Sintered Specialties receives the MPIF Automotive Innovation Award for its role in the development of stainless steel exhaust components.

PM stainless steel exhaust system parts, the manifold flange and Hot Exhaust Gas Oxygen (HEGO) sensor boss, are outstanding applications of high-visibility products that have made their mark in the automotive industry. These applications have proven that PM components are suitable for high temperature environments.

The Automotive Innovation Award recognizes innovative PM product designs, processes, and materials used in automotive applications. The winning application must have the potential to exert an important impact on automotive design, engineering, or production.

This impact can include improved quality, properties, cost savings, vehicle performance, and/or stimulate additional PM automotive applications.

SSI is the world leader in the manufacture of high temperature stainless steel PM exhaust flanges and HEGO sensor bosses, and is currently supplying exhaust components to many major tier-one automotive suppliers. SSI's proven process offers substantial cost savings in both piece price and tooling with numerous advantages over alternate wrought processes.

SSI-Sintered Specialties certified as "Partner in Achieving Total Customer Satisfaction"

In 2002 The Taylor Company recognizes SSI-Sintered Specialties as a certified supplier in their "Partners in Achieving Total Customer Satisfaction" program.

Taylor is a manufacturer of beverage, dessert, and cooking equipment. SSI provides Taylor with a variety of 300 series stainless steel handles and knobs used on beverage and cooking equipment.

This is the second consecutive year SSI has received this recognition from The Taylor Company.

SSI-Sintered Specialties Receives the Stratton Award for Supplier Excellence

Strattec Security Corporation presented the Stratton Award for Supplier Excellence to SSI-Sintered Specialties for outstanding performance in 2001 including 100 percent on-time delivery, zero ppm, cost reductions, and ongoing engineering support.

Each year Strattec reviews it's supplier base performance in order to recognize top suppliers who support Strattec's effort to be the best in the industry. This year SSI is recognized as being the best of the best.

This prestigious award is given to only one of Strattec's more than 120 suppliers.

Strattec Security Corporation designs, produces and markets mechanical and electro-mechanical locks and related products for automotive manufacturers.

SSI provides Strattec a metal injection molded (MIM) component for an ignition locking system used on several General Motors platforms.

SSI-Sintered Specialties Awarded for Outstanding Customer Support

June 2001 -- SSI-Sintered Specialties earns recognition for Outstanding Customer Support from Strattec Security Corporation.

"This past year has held many challenges and opportunities for both Strattec and our suppliers, and SSI has supported us not only through cost reductions and zero PPM, but also through outstanding customer support".

Strattec Security Corporation designs, produces and markets mechanical and electro-mechanicallocks and related products for automotive manufacturers.

SSI provides Strattec a metal injection molded component for an ignition locking system used in several General Motors platforms.

SSI-Sintered Specialties Receives Vitro Flex "Supplier of the Year" Award

February 28, 2001 -- Vitro Flex, S.A. de C.V. awards the Sintered Specialties Division of SSI Technologies, Inc. their Supplier of the Year Award for 2000.

This award was presented in appreciation of the outstanding contribution made to significantly improve the quality of the product.

SSI-Sintered Specialties supplies Vitro Flex, one of the world's leading glass producers, with automotive windshield mounts for inside rear view mirrors. Mirror mounts are made by the powder metal process from a stainless steel alloy having a coefficient of expansion nearly equal to that of glass.

SSI-Sintered Specialties manufactures approximately 25 million mirror mounts every year and ships worldwide to over 50 customers on six continents.