Following the awards in 2015 and 2016, Robert Bosch GmbH has awarded SCHUNK, one of the leaders in gripping systems and clamping technology, with the ‘Preferred Supplier’ award in 2017 as well.
“The fact that we have been the best among Bosch’s world-leading suppliers is both valid recognition and motivation at the same time. The hat trick highlights the permanently high performance level of our company as a technology and development partner all over the globe,” chief executive officer, Henrik A. Schunk, said. “We will do everything within our power to defend this title in the years to come.”
The ‘preferred supplier’ status in the category ‘Tools’ applies to all productions and business segments of the world’s leading technology and service provider. Companies that have made a sustainable contribution towards improving the competitiveness of the Bosch Group over a period of several years or more. The basis of the award was a comprehensive supplier evaluation, whereby SCHUNK’s technical competence, product and logistics quality, entrepreneurial potential, price-performance ratio, and production concept were analysed.
As preferred supplier, SCHUNK is incorporated into strategies and development projects at BOSCH at an early stage and in so doing gains the opportunity to actively accompany them whilst imparting its own know-how along the way. With the award, BOSCH once again highlights the intensive collaborations between the two companies. With about 3,000 employees in nine plants and 33 subsidiaries and distribution partners in over 50 countries, SCHUNK is considered to be the leading supplier of gripping systems and clamping technology. The company generates around 60 per cent of its sales outside of Germany.
