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SPIROL receives GM Supplier Quality Excellence Award at two manufacturing facilities

ByLisa Eitel|September 12, 2017

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Two of the manufacturing locations ofSPIROLInternational Corp. have received the2016 General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Awardfor getting operational excellence and quality control.

This is SPIROL Canada’s fifth year and SPIROL Connecticut’s third year receiving this prestigious award.

According to the letter sent by General Motors notifying SPIROL of the awards:

“合同规范ific manufacturing locations and only the top performing supplier manufacturing sites are eligible to receive it. Suppliers who receive this award have met or exceeded a very stringent set of quality performance criteria and have achieved the cross-functional support of the entire GM organization. This was even a bigger challenge as GM continues to launch many new and exciting products.”

SPIROL manufactures Tubular Products including roll formed Spacers, Compression Limiters, Dowel Bushings, Spring Dowels, and Ground Hollow Dowels at the Canadian facility. Coiled Spring Pins, Slotted Spring Pins, Solid Pins, Compression Limiters, Inserts for Plastics, Installation Technology and Vibratory Feeding Equipment are manufactured at the Connecticut facility.

As General Motors has thousands of suppliers, these are significant achievements and a testament to SPIROL’s operational excellence and quality control – especially considering the millions of parts supplied to General Motors from SPIROL’s global locations.


SPIROL Intl. Corp.is a leading manufacturer of a diverse line of engineered components for fastening and joining and can be found on 4 continents within the following 12 countries: Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland, South Korea, Spain, and the United States. Since 1948, SPIROL has been providing technical expertise in fastening, joining and assembly to the world’s leading manufacturers.


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Lisa Eitel

Lisa Eitel has worked in the motion industry since 2001. Her areas of focus include motors, drives, motion control, power transmission, linear motion, and sensing and feedback technologies. She has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and is an inductee of Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society; a member of the Society of Women Engineers; and a judge for the FIRST Robotics Buckeye Regionals. Besides her motioncontroltips.com contributions, she also leads the production of the quarterly motion issues of Design World.

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