PORTLAND, Ore. – Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has recognized 29 North American manufacturers from the United States, Canada, and Mexico as recipients of the Daimler Trucks North America Masters of Quality Supplier Award for 2010. The selected suppliers provide top quality components for the company’s Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses, and Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation brands.

The 24-year-old program recognizes suppliers who meet or exceed DTNA’s stringent quality standards and demonstrate an ongoing commitment to improving the quality of their products.

“The winners of the Masters of Quality award represent the ‘best of the best’ among suppliers providing parts and components to our assembly plants and aftermarket parts distribution centers, enabling us to deliver high quality trucks and support our customers with significant competitive advantages,” said Roger Nielsen, chief operating officer, DTNA.

“Despite increasing demands as the world pulls out of the recession, the Masters of Quality winners continued to meet our requirements day after day. This is no easy accomplishment. The Masters of Quality winners are the role models for our entire supplier base,” added Paul Romanaggi, general manager supplier management, DTNA.

The Masters of Quality award is the highest recognition that DTNA gives to its suppliers.

Eight manufacturers received the award for the first time.

Topping the list this year was Consolidated MetCo’s wheel and hub plant in Monroe, North Carolina. The ConMet facility has received the award for 21 out of 24 years.

The complete list of Masters of Quality award winners follows:

Twenty one-year recipient

Consolidated MetCo Inc., Monroe, North Carolina

Fourteen-year recipient

Julian Electric Inc., Westmont, Illinois

Thirteen-year recipient

East Penn Manufacturing Inc., Lyon Station, Pennsylvania

Eight-year recipients

Accuride Corporation, Henderson, Kentucky

Conmet de Mexico S.A. de C.V., Cienega de Flores, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

INMAGUSA, Castonos, Coahuila, Mexico

Five-year recipients

Remy Componentes S. de R.L. de C.V., San Luis Potosi, Mexico

DuPont Industrial Coating Solutions, Wilmington, Delaware

Four-year recipient

PPG Industries, Inc., Oak Creek, Wisconsin

Three-year recipients

Aearo Technologies, LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana

Betts Spring Company, Fresno, California

Continental Automotive Guadalajara S.A. de C.V., Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Sistemas Automotrices de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., General Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Meritor Automotive, Manning, South Carolina

Sistemas Automotrices de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., General Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Phillips Industries, Santa Fe Spring, California

SMC Corporation Mexico S.A. de C.V., Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico

Two-year recipients

BorgWarner Thermal Systems, Fletcher, North Carolina

Meritor Automotive, York, South Carolina

Sistemas Automotrices de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., General Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

SMC Corporation Mexico S.A. de C.V., Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico

First-year recipients

Accuride de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Cienega de Flores, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

CMP-Pratsa S.A. de C.V., Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Consolidated Metco, Inc., Etowah, Tennessee

Eaton Controls S. de R.L. de C.V., Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico

FAS Controls Inc., Shelby, North Carolina

Hendrickson Truck – Stratford Spring Division, Stratford, Ontario, Canada

iGraphics LLC, Grass Valley, California

SAG-Mecasa S.A. de C.V., Tlalnepantla, Mexico

Daimler Trucks North America LLC, headquartered in Portland, Ore., is the leading medium- and heavy-duty truck manufacturer in North America. Daimler Trucks North America produces and markets Class 4 – 8 vehicles and is a Daimler company, the world’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturer.