Air-Way Manufacturing Co. Receives John Deere Supplier Diversity Award

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

March 6, 2015, Olivet, Michigan – Air-Way Manufacturing Company (a/k/a Air-Way Global Manufacturing) has been selected as a recipient of the John Deere Supplier Diversity award for 2014.  John Deere bestows two awards annually to honor a small business, women-owned, or minority-owned business in its supply base.  Nominated suppliers are evaluated for excellence in information sharing, problem resolution, responsiveness to requests, and business relationship.  John Deere created the supplier diversity awards in 2011 to recognize exceptional small and diverse businesses.

Air-Way Global Manufacturing is based in Olivet, Michigan, with three Michigan plants and locations in Indiana, Ohio, Canada and China. Air-Way supplies custom and standard hydraulic fittings and adapters to John Deere.  Air-Way representatives, Bill Blank and John Hamm, accepted the recognition during the formal John Deere Achieving Excellence Banquet ceremonies held on March 3, 2015 in Iowa.

“Working with OEM’s like John Deere has allowed us (Air-Way) to continue to enhance our products, offerings and services. Recognition like this Supplier Diversity Award is something we are very proud of because it is based on key customer criteria like collaboration, communication and the business relationship. This is how we approach all of our customers, and speaks highly of our professional and dedicated employee team members,” stated Bill Blank, Air-Way’s President, Finance and Marketing.

John Hamm, Air-Way’s President, Manufacturing and Engineering, continued, “This award is confirmation that John Deere values all of the hard work and collaborative efforts of the Air-Way team. We have earned the respect of our valued customer, and will continue to do so as we work together to refine old and create new methods.  I wish I could share the proud feeling I had as many John Deere Executives gave us a personal thank you for everything that we do. Thank you to all of the great Air-Way employees around the World; we truly are a great team!”

Air-Way Global Manufacturing, founded in 1950, specializes in the manufacturing and supply of hydraulic fittings and adapters for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and distributors worldwide.  Manufacturing facilities are located in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Canada and China, allowing Air-Way to own the manufacturing process and much of the supply chain.  Extensive in-house technical and product development capabilities provide efficient processes for design, engineering and prototyping of custom hydraulic fittings for OEM applications.