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Blachford Inc. Awarded 2017 Masters of Quality Award

Blachford Inc. Awarded 2017 Masters of Quality Award from Daimler Trucks NA On May 15th 2018, Blachford Incorporated was presented the 2017 Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) Masters of Quality Award.  This marks the 3rd time in the last 5 years that we have received this award. The Masters of Quality Award is presented to elite Daimler Trucks suppliers in North America who are top performers in relation to quality, delivery, technology and cost performance. In the letter from Daimler’s top executives announcing the award, they mention that the efforts of every employee in the company and the consistency of [...]

June 22nd, 2018|

Blachford Inc. Receives PACCAR’s 10 PPM Quality Award for 2nd Year in a Row

For the 2nd year in a row, Blachford Inc. has been named a recipient of the PACCAR 10PPM Quality Award.  The award is presented to PACCAR suppliers that maintained a quality score of 10 PPM (parts per million) or lower in 2017.  This award is presented to about 300 companies that are part of PACCAR’s supply base.  As a repeat recipient of this award, our commitment to quality remains a proud pillar of our company’s core competencies. PACCAR is among the world’s largest manufacturers of medium and heavy duty trucks.  The company is made up of subsidiaries Peterbilt, Kenworth and [...]

April 27th, 2018|

International Noise Awareness Day 2018

Today, April 25th, is International Noise Awareness Day (INAD).   Today marks the 23rd Anniversary of the inaugural celebration in 1996 by the Center for Hearing and Communication (CHC). Each year it is celebrated on the last Wednesday in April to raise awareness of the ways noise affects people worldwide. Blachford is proud to provide noise control solutions and sell products to reduce noise pollution around the world. To read more about International Noise Awareness Day, please visit the CHC website at the link below: http://chchearing.org/noise/health-problems/ For more information on Blachford's efforts in regards to sustainability, please click here.     [...]

April 25th, 2018|

Blachford AM Ltd. Achieves Caterpillar Gold Certification

Blachford Acoustics Group’s relationship with Caterpillar began over 40 years ago at the West Chicago location, Blachford Inc. and has since expanded to Blachford AM Ltd. (Canada) and Blachford UK Ltd (United Kingdom). During the first year as an eligible supplier, Blachford AM Ltd. was awarded Caterpillar Gold certification.  A formal presentation took place on Tuesday, April 9th at the facility in Cambridge, Ontario and Caterpillar’s Supplier Development Engineer, Rich Gerberding was on hand to present the award. The Cambridge team has been working diligently as a supplier to meet the requirements of the Caterpillar Supplier Quality Excellence Process which [...]

April 12th, 2018|

Blachford Inc. Awarded Caterpillar Platinum for 3rd Year in a Row

For the 3rd year in a row, Blachford Incorporated in West Chicago, IL was awarded Caterpillar Platinum supplier status.  Blachford’s relationship with Caterpillar began over 40 years ago and continues to expand every day.  The Caterpillar Supplier Quality Excellence Process requirements take into account work performed by almost every department in the company and help Caterpillar determine a supplier level from Bronze all the way up to Platinum.  Platinum level is the highest and has the strictest requirements.  These include, but are not limited to, having 98% shipping performance or better, 100% of PPAPs completed on time and an allowance [...]

March 8th, 2018|

Blachford’s 1982 Academy Award

With The Academy Awards, more commonly referred to as “The Oscars”, coming up this Sunday, We would like to give insight to one of the more obscure pieces of Blachford’s history, our 1982 Academy Award.  At the 54th Academy Awards, hosted by Johnny Carson, H.L. Blachford was presented with the 1982 Technical Achievement Award by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the development of the Baryfol (now Barymat) sound barrier. Our award would not have been possible without the works of John Wylder.  Who is John Wylder you ask?  John flew 17 combat missions with the “Jungle” [...]

March 1st, 2018|

Blachford Acoustics Group is Worthington Industries’ 2017 Supplier of the Year

On January 24th, Blachford Acoustics Group was presented with the Worthington Industries 2017 Supplier of the Year award during a brief ceremony held on the production floor at Blachford’s West Chicago location.  The award is presented annually to Worthington’s top supplier.  Out of Worthington’s 647 suppliers, Blachford was solely recognized for having outstanding overall PPM part quality, top-notch customer service metrics and a strong engineering partnership. Worthington’s Zac Guisinger, Bill Stoots, Jon Barleycorn, Andy Harris, Marshall Rein and Dan Povse presented Blachford Acoustics Group Chief Operating Officer and President, Bill Hayes with the distinctive honor.   The award has the following [...]

January 25th, 2018|

Blachford UK receives “Supplier of the Year” Award

It's always good to finish the year on a high.  Blachford UK was recently invited to attend an awards ceremony at Kubota,  Siân Hinds – Key Account Manager attended on behalf of the Company.  Blachford UK Ltd were awarded with the Supplier of the Year Bronze Award for our involvement and support during the F37 Plus project development (new tractor launched in Nov). Blachford UK supply 4 of the components for the new F37.  Patrick Thompson, Sales Director said “This has been a fantastic example of a partnership development, with many challenges to overcome along the way, making the award all the more [...]

January 4th, 2018|
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