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Kaydon newsKaydon Bearings earns Gold Boeing Performance Excellence Award03.2014 |
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Muskegon, Michigan, USA...Kaydon Bearings, an SKF Group company, today announced that it has received a 2013 Boeing Performance Excellence Award, given annually by Boeing to suppliers who achieve superior performance. Kaydon is one of only 124 suppliers to receive the Gold Level award, having maintained a gold composite performance rating for 12 consecutive months, from October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013. "Kaydon is delighted to be honored again this year by Boeing, and especially proud to achieve the gold level," said John Saber, director, aerospace and defense, for Kaydon Bearings. "This award is a tribute to the hard work and dedication of the entire Kaydon team." Kaydon has supplied bearings to Boeing for the Apache helicopter program since it went into production in 1983. Two Kaydon plants—in Muskegon, Michigan and Sumter, South Carolina—are certified to AS9100C, the international standard for the aerospace industry. Kaydon Bearings, an SKF Group Company, is a leading designer and manufacturer of custom-engineered, performance-critical products, supplying a broad and diverse group of alternative-energy, industrial, aerospace, medical, and electronic equipment, and aftermarket customers. |