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Vari-Form Receives Quality Excellence Award From GM

Hydroforming Leader Recognized as a Top-Performing Supplier

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At a ceremony in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada, Vari-Form received the General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award for 2012. The award was presented by GM representatives Debra Hart, Supplier Quality Engineer, and Andre Harris, Team ...

TROY, Mich., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Vari-Form, the leader in Pressure-Sequence Hydroforming for the automotive industry, announced today that it has received the General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award for 2012. The award was presented in a ceremony at the Vari-Form Wright Street facility in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada, subject of the award.

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New in 2012, this prestigious Award is given to specific top-supplier locations that have met or exceeded GM's stringent quality performance criteria.

Tom McMillen, Executive Director, Supplier Quality and Program Management at GM commented on the importance of supplier quality: "GM Quality is now considered to be among the best in the industry. Our continued progress is directly related to your progress and a shared commitment to quality."

"Our company is proud to be numbered among the very few suppliers recognized by General Motors this year," said Vari-Form President Stephen Dow. "Like General Motors, Vari-Form has a long history of striving for, and achieving, quality performance. We look forward to many more years of operational excellence together."

In presenting the award, Andre Harris, Team Leader-Structures-Stampings, noted that "General Motors and Vari-Form have a solid history of working together at the Strathroy plant – this year's launch went very smoothly, thanks to the efforts of this team."

To learn more about Pressure-Sequence Hydroforming, visit the Vari-Form web site at www.vari-form.com and click "What's New."

About Vari-Form
Headquartered in Troy, Michigan, with production facilities in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada, Reynosa, Mexico, and Liberty, Missouri, Vari-Form originated the concept and application of hydroforming body, chassis and other automotive structural parts. Vari-Form's technology is used to manufacture more than 7 million parts a year worldwide. The company began volume production using its patented, production-validated Pressure-Sequence Hydroforming (PSH) process in 1990. Vari-Form is the industry leader, and has produced over 100 million parts to date.

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