DENSO Recognizes Suppliers with 2025 North America Business Partner Awards

15 partners celebrated for important contributions to DENSO quality, service, sustainability and value

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- DENSO, a leading mobility supplier, has announced the winners of its 2025 North America Business Partner Awards.

While the company values each of its suppliers, recipients demonstrated exceptional support in key businesses areas like quality, service, technology, value and sustainability during DENSO's 2024 fiscal year, which ended March 31, 2025. 

DENSO recognized the following winners at its annual North America Business Partner Convention (NABPC), held June 17 in Novi, Michigan: 

Supplier of the Year

• Washington Penn

Quality Performance Award

• Ahresty Mexicana
• Celanese Engineered Materials
• Hariki Precision Vietnam
• Matsuo Industries USA, Inc.
• Swoboda Technologies
• Toray Resin Co.
• NXP Semiconductors

Value Leader Award

• Ainak, Inc.
• Asahi Kasei Plastics North America, Inc.
• Infineon Technologies
• Sakaiya de Mexico
• Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

Special Achievement Award

• Molex

Sustainability Leader Award

• STMicroelectronics

A key theme at this year's NABPC was exploring how DENSO and suppliers could thrive together amid market uncertainties. Throughout the program, DENSO leaders stressed the need to maintain strong relationships, be adaptable and harness each other's combined strengths to overcome potential difficulties and continue to support cleaner, safer mobility.

"With all the change currently facing our industry, we must remain flexible and resilient to deliver for our customers," said Kim Buhl, vice president of the North America Purchasing Group at DENSO. "We can only do this with the help of our suppliers. So, this year, as we congratulate those who have performed exceptionally in creating new value for DENSO, we also thank our entire supplier network. We call on each partner to continue to take on new challenges, and opportunities, with us as we strive to contribute to a better world."    

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About DENSO
Globally headquartered in Kariya, Japan, DENSO is a $47.9 billion leading mobility supplier that develops advanced technology and components for nearly every vehicle make and model on the road today. With manufacturing at its core, DENSO invests in around 180 facilities worldwide to provide opportunities for rewarding careers and to produce cutting-edge electrification, powertrain, thermal and mobility electronics products, among others, that change how the world moves. In developing such solutions, the company's 158,000 global employees are paving the way to a mobility future that improves lives, eliminates traffic accidents, and preserves the environment. DENSO spent around 8.6 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025. For more information about DENSO's operations worldwide, visit https://www.denso.com/global/en/. 

In North America, DENSO is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, and employs 27,000+ team members across nearly 50 sites in the U.S, Canada and Mexico. In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, DENSO in North America generated $12.5 billion in consolidated sales. To learn more about DENSO operations in the region and explore career opportunities, please visit https://www.denso.com/us-ca/en/. 

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