- Award recognizes supplier excellence for single row deep groove ball bearings used in OEM Starters and Alternators

Plymouth, MI… C&U Americas, LLC, the North American subsidiary of the C&U Group, one of the world’s top eight bearing manufacturers and China’s largest bearing producer, has received the “2018 Quality & Delivery Excellence Award” from BorgWarner Power Drive Systems. The award was given to C&U Americas in recognition of its supply of single row deep groove ball bearings for OEM starters and alternators to the BorgWarner Power Drive Systems plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, during the 2018 business year.

BorgWarner presented the award to C&U Americas in March of 2019 at the BorgWarner production facility in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. On hand to accept the award for C&U Americas were Victor Lopez Navarrete, C&U Gerente Regional de Ventas – Mexico and Mike Caldwell, C&U Americas Quality Manager. The award was presented by Orlando Gomez, Senior GSM General Manager BorgWarner Mexico.

Jason Stocker, President of C&U Americas, spoke on the award and noted, “We are very proud of the recognition by BorgWarner Power Drive Systems for our efforts and commitment. It is a true testament of our team’s dedication and the quality of our products that have helped us earn our reputation as a global industry leader.”

BorgWarner Inc. is a global automotive industry components and parts supplier. The company produces powertrain products, which include manual and automatic transmissions and transmission components, such as electro-hydraulic control components, transmission control units, friction materials, and one-way clutches, turbochargers, engine valve timing system components, along with all-wheel drive system components.

C&U Americas offers a full line of bearing types and styles for use in original equipment manufacturing, aftermarket replacement, and MRO operations. The C&U portfolio includes over 30,000 types of bearings in a wide range of specifications and sizes ranging from 1.5mm ID to 4000mm OD.

As China’s largest bearing producer and one of the world’s top 10 bearing manufacturers, C&U utilizes the formidable production capabilities of its nine bearing manufacturing centers, 36 bearing plants, and 18 vertically integrated component plants to reach an annual production capacity of 1.125 billion units.

C&U Bearings are precision made in advanced manufacturing facilities that are independently certified for ISO9001 Quality Management System, QS9000/VDA6.1 Quality Management System, ISO14001 Environmental Management System and ISO/TS16949: Quality Management Systems.

From its North American headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan, C&U Americas is able to offer its NAFTA customers exceptional value along with complete application engineering and customer service support.