MW Kingisepp, our Russian steel wheel manufacturing plant, has been acknowledged by Ford Motor Company to have achieved Q1 status.
MW Kingisepp, our Russian steel wheel manufacturing plant, has been acknowledged by Ford Motor Company to have achieved Q1 status.
The letter signed by Ford Purchasing & STA Management – announcing the Q1 status achievement to be effective 18.10.2016 – has anticipated the official Award ceremony, which took place on February 28 at our MW Kingisepp plant.
Rob Harrison – Ford Purchasing VP – officially presented the award to the General Manager, Andrey Ponomarev, on behalf of the whole MW Kingisepp plant.
On this occasion, Rob Harrison also visited the plant that manufactures steel wheels for the automotive industry, where the proud and fully satisfied MW Kingisepp teams posed for the traditional picture.
This achievement proves how high manufacturing quality in a safe environment is a top priority for our Group and inspires us towards further improvement. We are very proud to have been officially recognized as Ford preferred supplier and have proved that our quality system well meets Ford Motor Company high quality standard requirements.
However, we are well aware - as stated in Ford official letter – that “this is not the end of the road, but the first step toward continuous improvement in the quality of Ford products”.
Congratulations to our Kingisepp colleagues.