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SSI has a long and continuing history of excellence in supplying outstanding companies with outstanding stainless PM parts, evident in the following list of supplier and industry awards for technology and customer service.
News & Awards Timeline
2011
- SSI-Sintered Specialties Achieved ISO 14001:2004 Registration for its Environmental Management System.
2010
- SSI-Sintered Specialties’ Quality Management System evolved to meet the new requirements of ISO 9001:2008 and TS 16949:2009, achieving registration to these latest revisions.
2007
- In the category of Hardware and Appliances, SSI-Sintered Specialties won an MPIF Award of Distinction for PM and MIM parts used in tactical hinge-style handcuffs made by ASP, Inc., Appleton, Wis., a law enforcement products supplier.
2004
- SSI-Sintered Specialties Receives "Supplier Excellence Award" from Calsonic Kansei North America "for consistently supplying quality components and services contributing to CKNA's goal of producing the highest quality automotive parts in the world”.
- SSI-Sintered Specialties Granted ISO/TS 16949:2002 Registration for its Quality Management System.
- SSI-Sintered Specialties Achieved ISO 14001:2004 Registration for its Environmental Management System.
- SSI-Sintered Specialties’ Quality Management System evolved to meet the new requirements of ISO 9001:2008 and TS 16949:2009, achieving registration to these latest revisions.
- In the category of Hardware and Appliances, SSI-Sintered Specialties won an MPIF Award of Distinction for PM and MIM parts used in tactical hinge-style handcuffs made by ASP, Inc., Appleton, Wis., a law enforcement products supplier.
- SSI-Sintered Specialties Receives "Supplier Excellence Award" from Calsonic Kansei North America "for consistently supplying quality components and services contributing to CKNA's goal of producing the highest quality automotive parts in the world”.
- SSI-Sintered Specialties Granted ISO/TS 16949:2002 Registration for its Quality Management System.
- SSI-Sintered Specialties Receives a Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) Award of Distinction for Outstanding Application of Powder Metallurgy. The winning entry consisted of a cross sampling of projection welded, angled and straight HEGOS (Heated Exhaust Gas Oxygen Sensor) Bosses.
- ArvinMeritor's Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) Group awards SSI-Sintered Specialties their "Supplier of the Year" Award for 2002.
- SSI-Sintered Specialties wins a Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) Grand Prize for Technology in the Stainless Steel Category for a series of thirteen near full density 316-type 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 prevents food particle entrapment.
- In the category of Hardware and Appliances, SSI-Sintered Specialties won an MPIF Award of Distinction for PM and MIM parts used in tactical hinge-style handcuffs made by ASP, Inc., Appleton, Wis., a law enforcement products supplier.
- SSI-Sintered Specialties Receives "Supplier Excellence Award" from Calsonic Kansei North America "for consistently supplying quality components and services contributing to CKNA's goal of producing the highest quality automotive parts in the world”.
- SSI-Sintered Specialties Granted ISO/TS 16949:2002 Registration for its Quality Management System.
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2003
• 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 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 Heated Exhaust Gas Oxygen Sensor (HEGOS) 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. 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.
• The Taylor Company, a manufacturer of beverage, dessert, and cooking equipment, recognizes SSI-Sintered Specialties as a certified supplier in their "Partners in Achieving Total Customer Satisfaction" program for the second consecutive year. SSI provides Taylor a variety of 300-series stainless steel handles and knobs used on beverage and cooking equipment.
2001
• 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 HEGOS Bosses to multiple Faurecia manufacturing operations.
• 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 defects, cost reductions, and ongoing engineering support. This prestigious award is given to only one of Strattec's more than 120 suppliers each year to recognize top suppliers who support Strattec's effort to be the best in the industry. Strattec Security Corporation designs, produces and markets mechanical and electro-mechanical locks and related products for automotive manufacturers.
2000
• Vitro Flex, S.A. de C.V. awards SSI-Sintered Specialties their Supplier of the Year Award for 2000. SSI-Sintered Specialties supplies Vitro Flex, one of the world's leading glass producers, with automotive windshield mounts for inside rear view mirrors.
1997
• Sintered Specialties was awarded the MPIF Part-Of-The-Year Grand Prize in the Stainless Steel Category for two automotive manifold flanges.