Henderson, KY (June 14, 2024) – DENSO, a leading mobility supplier, recognized Audubon Metals with a Quality Gold Award at its annual North America Business Partner Convention on June 11. During the event, DENSO brought together nearly 200 supplier representatives from across North America to recognize more than a dozen exceptional business partners.
“Audubon Metals is proud to be recognized by DENSO, with a Quality Gold Award for 2024,” said Shawn Brown, Vice President of Sales at Audubon Metals. “Audubon appreciates and values our strong partnership with DENSO!”
Audubon Metals supplies specification aluminum alloy to DENSO in North America to support DENSO’s casting and environmental sustainability goals.
DENSO’s Business Partner of the Year Awards are given to companies that demonstrate exceptional supplier partnership in such areas as quality, service, technology, value, sustainability and diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
This year’s convention occurred during DENSO’s 75th anniversary. The milestone provided an opportunity for DENSO and attendees to look back on the importance of the supply base to its history and how, working together, DENSO and suppliers can continue to strive for greener, safer mobility.
A core theme of the program was a renewed focus on DENSO Spirit, a company philosophy that represents the principles of foresight, credibility and collaboration.
“Our 75th anniversary is not only a time to reflect on the ideals, and partners, that have fueled our past success, but also an opportunity to look forward at how we can build a brighter future for all,” said Kim Buhl, vice president of the North America Purchasing Group at DENSO. “Our suppliers are essential to this work. With that in mind, we congratulate this year’s award winners, express our gratitude to all our partners and are eager to continue our efforts together to create new value for society.”
Audubon Metals, a subsidiary of Koch Enterprises, specializes in operating heavy media separators and producing secondary aluminum alloys at its facilities in Henderson, KY, and Corsicana, TX. The company is committed to providing high-quality, recyclable products with exceptional reliability and customer service, while expanding its influence in the global recycling and metals processing industries. Dedicated to innovation and sustainability, Audubon Metals aims to set the standard in metal supply and contribute to future product development through recycling.
About Audubon Metals
Audubon Metals is a heavy media separator and secondary aluminum alloy producer located in Henderson, KY and Corsicana, TX, and owned by Koch Enterprises, Inc. We provide our customers with high quality, infinitely recyclable products; unmatched product reliability and customer service; and dedicated, highly personal business interactions. While expanding Audubon’s footprint in the worldwide recycling and metals processing industries, we are further solidifying our position as the standard-bearer by which all metal suppliers are graded.
Audubon Metals delivers high quality metal units in whatever specification and form the marketplace requires. In partnership with our global customers and suppliers, we are committed to the innovative creation and continuous improvement of sustainable processes, generating high-quality, competitively priced recycled products that surpass customer expectations. By recycling the past, we help build products for the future. This is the uniqueness of Audubon Metals.
About DENSO
Globally headquartered in Kariya, Japan, DENSO is a $47.2 billion leading mobility supplier that develops advanced technology and components for nearly every vehicle make and model on the road today. With manufacturing at its core, DENSO invests in around 180 facilities worldwide to provide opportunities for rewarding careers and to produce cutting-edge electrification, powertrain, thermal and mobility electronics products, among others, that change how the world moves. In developing such solutions, the company’s 162,000 global employees are paving the way to a mobility future that improves lives, eliminates traffic accidents, and preserves the environment. DENSO spent around 7.7 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. For more information about DENSO’s operations worldwide, visit www.denso.com/global.
In North America, DENSO is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, and employs 27,000+ engineers, researchers, and skilled workers across nearly 50 sites in the U.S, Canada and Mexico. In the United States alone, DENSO employs 17,500+ employees across 14 states (and the District of Columbia) at 41 sites. In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, DENSO in North America generated $11.7 billion in consolidated sales. DENSO is committed to advancing diversity and inclusion inside the company and beyond – a principle that brings together unique perspectives, bolsters innovation and pushes DENSO forward. To learn more about DENSO operations in the region and to review current career opportunities, please visit www.denso.com/us-ca/en/.
