KAMAN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES NAMED QUAD/GRAPHICS’ 2006 SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
Windsor, Connecticut
(May 16, 2007) –
Kaman Industrial Technologies has been recognized as
MRO Supplier of the Year by Quad/Graphics at a
ceremony on March 29, in Sussex, Wisconsin. The
awards were created to honor those suppliers who
contribute key value-added services to Quad/Graphics
and QuadTech and go above and beyond to help
Quad/Graphics succeed.
Kaman Industrial Technologies provides a variety of
products and services to Quad/Graphics’
manufacturing facilities located throughout North
America, including their industrial maintenance,
repair, operating and power transmission needs.
Kaman has received the highest level of this award,
Gold, for the second consecutive year.
“Our success depends heavily on close working
relationships with strong supplier partners,” says
Art Noe, Director of Corporate Purchasing. “The
Supplier of the Year program is not only a chance to
thank our suppliers but to give all suppliers the
knowledge that will make them a stronger partner in
helping us achieve ongoing cost reductions and
productivity improvements.”
“We are proud of our partnership with Quad/Graphics
and are honored by this recognition,” said T. Jack
Cahill, President, Kaman Industrial Technologies.
“We appreciate the challenge of working with a
growth-oriented, thought-leading company such as
Quad/Graphics as it helps us strengthen our own core
capabilities.”
About Quad/Graphics
Quad/Graphics is the largest privately held printer
of catalogs, magazines and other commercial products
in the world, and third largest printer – public or
private – in the Western Hemisphere. Headquartered
in Sussex, Wis. (26 miles west of Milwaukee), the
company provides services ranging from front-end
design and photography through digital imaging,
printing, data and list management, finishing and
dependable distribution.
Since its founding in 1971, the company has grown
from obscurity to prominence, boasting
print-production facilities on three continents as
well as a worldwide employee roster 12,000 strong.
Constant, rapid growth over the past 36 years –
mostly through internal expansion – has resulted in
a company with the most modern plants, equipment and
capabilities in the commercial printing industry.
Annual sales are $2 billion. |
About Kaman
Industrial Technologies Corp.
Kaman Industrial
Technologies is a subsidiary of Kaman Corp. (NASDAQ:KAMN) of
Bloomfield, Conn., which conducts business in the aerospace,
industrial distribution and music markets. Kaman Industrial
Technologies provides products and high value-added technical
services from nearly 200 locations to customers in virtually every
North American industry. Based in Windsor, Conn., the company
offers more than one million individual items in seven product
categories: bearings, power transmission, electrical/electronic
drive, fluid power, material handling, linear motion and accessory
items. For more information visit
www.kamandirect.com.
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Contact:
David Grebowski (860) 687-5178
E-mail:
david.grebowski-kit@kaman.com
Internet:
www.kamandirect.com
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