Axalta Coating Systems has won Hyundai’s best supplier award in the Excellence in Purchasing category at the second annual Supplier of The Year event, held recently in Piracicaba, Brazil.

“We are very proud to have received this prestigious award,” said Mateus Aquino, OEM Business Director for Axalta in the Southern Cone. “The recognition underscores the close collaboration between the Hyundai and Axalta teams, and it gives us a very clear indication that Hyundai is happy with what we deliver. We share Hyundai’s values and we understand its business culture so we are able to address its needs on a commercial front as well as on a technical one. In order to have such a successful relationship we are constantly adapting and improving our products which helps to engender trust between our two companies at every touch-point.”

Nominees in all seven categories are evaluated by Hyundai based on the concept of QCDM (Quality, Competitiveness, Delivery and Management) with the aim of encouraging consistently better results.

Axalta has been supplying Hyundai since 2012, when the company first started operations in Brazil. “We look forward to strengthening our successful partnership with Hyundai by continuing to offer distinctive and innovative products and services that support the car manufacturer’s growth in Brazil,” concludes Aquino.