AURORA, IL-Mitutoyo America Corp. announced it has received a Ford Motor Co. World Excellence Award. The award was one of 60 world excellence awards presented to Ford's top global suppliers for their performance in 2005. Tsuyoshi Yamamura, president of Mitutoyo America Corp., accepted the award in a ceremony held at the Henry Ford Museum (Dearborn, MI) on May 3, 2006.
The world excellence awards recognize suppliers who not only achieve the highest levels of cost, quality and delivery, but who also embrace the vision to build on Ford's legacy of driving innovation to new heights. Mitutoyo's award was for recognition of achievement in new consumer-focused technology.