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Wabash Recognizes Outstanding Suppliers for 2024
LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wabash (NYSE: WNC), a leader in end-to-end supply chain solutions for the transportation, logistics and infrastructure markets, recognizes 38 of its top suppliers with 2024 Wabash Supplier Awards for supply chain excellence. Each year, Wabash presents awards to top suppliers for excellence in supply chain performance, considering criteria such as innovation, quality, delivery, cost and service. The company's highest honor is its Pinnacle Award, which recognizes the company's supplier of the year. This year's Pinnacle Award winners are Fastenal of Winona, Minnesota, and Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp of Buffalo, New York. 'Our ability to deliver innovative solutions for our customers depends on strong, collaborative supplier relationships,' said Richard Mansilla, vice president, global supply chain for Wabash. 'Partners like Fastenal and Whiting Door exemplify what it means to go beyond transactional support. They bring ideas to the table, help us solve complex challenges, and contribute meaningfully to the performance and reliability our customers expect. We're proud to recognize their outstanding contributions with our highest supplier honor.' With more than 3,600 in-market locations spanning 25 countries, Fastenal supplies a broad offering of fasteners, safety products, metal cutting products and other industrial supplies to customers engaged in manufacturing, construction, warehousing, wholesale, and state and local government. By investing in local experts and inventory, customer-facing technology, wide-ranging services, and best-in-class sourcing and logistics, they offer a unique combination of capabilities to help their customers reduce cost, risk and scalability constraints in their global supply chains. This high-touch, high-tech approach is reflected in their tagline, Where Industry Meets Innovation™. This award marks Fastenal's third overall Wabash supplier award and its first Pinnacle Award. Founded in 1953, Whiting Door is the leading manufacturer of dry freight, insulated and specialty roll-up doors for the transportation industry. A fourth-generation, family-owned company, Whiting has built its reputation on quality, innovation and customer support—underscored by ISO-certified processes and a commitment to continuous improvement. With three manufacturing locations, Whiting is well-positioned to efficiently serve customers from coast to coast. This year marks Whiting's seventh overall Wabash supplier award and its first Pinnacle Award. 'When Fastenal began its partnership with Wabash three years ago, we asked a simple but important question: What does success look like? The response was clear — Wabash needed Fastenal to operate as if we were part of the Wabash team, bringing forward ideas that would drive efficiencies and reduce costs,' stated Bryce Burgess, Fastenal's National Account Business Manager. 'Being presented with the Pinnacle Award is a testament to the hard work and commitment both teams have invested in developing this strategic relationship. We are truly honored and excited to continue growing together and exploring new opportunities for shared success.' 'Our relationship with Wabash spans many years and is built on shared goals and a mutual commitment to serving our end-user customers,' said Ben Whiting, Vice President of Corporate Development at Whiting Door. 'From manufacturing to in-the-field support, we're proud to be a trusted partner that delivers reliable solutions and adds value throughout the supply chain. Being honored with the Pinnacle Award is a meaningful recognition of the dedication our team brings to this partnership every day.' Twenty-nine companies earned Platinum Awards for excellence in supply chain performance. These select group of suppliers have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to excellence and logistics optimization that support Wabash's growth and accelerating innovation. Platinum Award winners are (in alphabetical order): Alcorn Industrial Lafayette Steel Sales All State Fastener Landstar System, Inc. American Logistics Service, LLC dba KTB Global Maxion Wheels AMT Trucking Old Dominion Freight Line CDW Phillips Industries Clarience Technologies Pink Team Constellium Process Development & Fabrication Crossroads Galvanizing R2X LLC Dayton Freight Spurlock Transport LLC Dow Chemical The Sherwin-Williams Company Hendrickson Topshelf Wood Packaging Hydro TransLand Hynes Industries Venture Logistics Jost International Webb Wheel KW Plastics Recycling In addition, Axel Logistics, Creative Producers Group Agency, Elliott Company of Indianapolis, ESAB México, GardaWorld Security Services, Topper Industrial, and Wiley Metal Fabrication received Distinguished Supplier Awards for outstanding customer service, business responsiveness and performance. Wabash: Changing How the World Reaches You Wabash (NYSE: WNC) combines physical and digital technologies to deliver innovative, end-to-end solutions that optimize supply chains across transportation, logistics and infrastructure markets. Headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana, Wabash designs, manufactures, and services an extensive range of products supporting first-to-final mile operations, including dry and refrigerated trailers and truck bodies, platform trailers, tank trailers, structural composites and more. In addition, through the Wabash Marketplace and Wabash Parts, customers gain access to a nationwide parts and service network, Trailers as a Service (TaaS)℠, and advanced tools designed to streamline operations and drive growth. By enabling businesses to thrive today and prepare for tomorrow, Wabash is Changing How the World Reaches You®. Learn more at Media Contact: Heidi Murphy(312) 248-8856 [email protected]
Yahoo
2 days ago
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Wabash Recognizes Outstanding Suppliers for 2024
Fastenal and Whiting Door named suppliers of the year LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wabash (NYSE: WNC), a leader in end-to-end supply chain solutions for the transportation, logistics and infrastructure markets, recognizes 38 of its top suppliers with 2024 Wabash Supplier Awards for supply chain excellence. Each year, Wabash presents awards to top suppliers for excellence in supply chain performance, considering criteria such as innovation, quality, delivery, cost and service. The company's highest honor is its Pinnacle Award, which recognizes the company's supplier of the year. This year's Pinnacle Award winners are Fastenal of Winona, Minnesota, and Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp of Buffalo, New York. 'Our ability to deliver innovative solutions for our customers depends on strong, collaborative supplier relationships,' said Richard Mansilla, vice president, global supply chain for Wabash. 'Partners like Fastenal and Whiting Door exemplify what it means to go beyond transactional support. They bring ideas to the table, help us solve complex challenges, and contribute meaningfully to the performance and reliability our customers expect. We're proud to recognize their outstanding contributions with our highest supplier honor.' With more than 3,600 in-market locations spanning 25 countries, Fastenal supplies a broad offering of fasteners, safety products, metal cutting products and other industrial supplies to customers engaged in manufacturing, construction, warehousing, wholesale, and state and local government. By investing in local experts and inventory, customer-facing technology, wide-ranging services, and best-in-class sourcing and logistics, they offer a unique combination of capabilities to help their customers reduce cost, risk and scalability constraints in their global supply chains. This high-touch, high-tech approach is reflected in their tagline, Where Industry Meets Innovation™. This award marks Fastenal's third overall Wabash supplier award and its first Pinnacle Award. Founded in 1953, Whiting Door is the leading manufacturer of dry freight, insulated and specialty roll-up doors for the transportation industry. A fourth-generation, family-owned company, Whiting has built its reputation on quality, innovation and customer support—underscored by ISO-certified processes and a commitment to continuous improvement. With three manufacturing locations, Whiting is well-positioned to efficiently serve customers from coast to coast. This year marks Whiting's seventh overall Wabash supplier award and its first Pinnacle Award. 'When Fastenal began its partnership with Wabash three years ago, we asked a simple but important question: What does success look like? The response was clear — Wabash needed Fastenal to operate as if we were part of the Wabash team, bringing forward ideas that would drive efficiencies and reduce costs,' stated Bryce Burgess, Fastenal's National Account Business Manager. 'Being presented with the Pinnacle Award is a testament to the hard work and commitment both teams have invested in developing this strategic relationship. We are truly honored and excited to continue growing together and exploring new opportunities for shared success.' 'Our relationship with Wabash spans many years and is built on shared goals and a mutual commitment to serving our end-user customers,' said Ben Whiting, Vice President of Corporate Development at Whiting Door. 'From manufacturing to in-the-field support, we're proud to be a trusted partner that delivers reliable solutions and adds value throughout the supply chain. Being honored with the Pinnacle Award is a meaningful recognition of the dedication our team brings to this partnership every day.' Twenty-nine companies earned Platinum Awards for excellence in supply chain performance. These select group of suppliers have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to excellence and logistics optimization that support Wabash's growth and accelerating innovation. Platinum Award winners are (in alphabetical order): Alcorn Industrial Lafayette Steel Sales All State Fastener Landstar System, Inc. American Logistics Service, LLC dba KTB Global Maxion Wheels AMT Trucking Old Dominion Freight Line CDW Phillips Industries Clarience Technologies Pink Team Constellium Process Development & Fabrication Crossroads Galvanizing R2X LLC Dayton Freight Spurlock Transport LLC Dow Chemical The Sherwin-Williams Company Hendrickson Topshelf Wood Packaging Hydro TransLand Hynes Industries Venture Logistics Jost International Webb Wheel KW Plastics Recycling In addition, Axel Logistics, Creative Producers Group Agency, Elliott Company of Indianapolis, ESAB México, GardaWorld Security Services, Topper Industrial, and Wiley Metal Fabrication received Distinguished Supplier Awards for outstanding customer service, business responsiveness and performance. Wabash: Changing How the World Reaches YouWabash (NYSE: WNC) combines physical and digital technologies to deliver innovative, end-to-end solutions that optimize supply chains across transportation, logistics and infrastructure markets. Headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana, Wabash designs, manufactures, and services an extensive range of products supporting first-to-final mile operations, including dry and refrigerated trailers and truck bodies, platform trailers, tank trailers, structural composites and more. In addition, through the Wabash Marketplace and Wabash Parts, customers gain access to a nationwide parts and service network, Trailers as a Service (TaaS)℠, and advanced tools designed to streamline operations and drive growth. By enabling businesses to thrive today and prepare for tomorrow, Wabash is Changing How the World Reaches You®. Learn more at Media Contact:Heidi Murphy(312) 248-8856wabashprteam@
Yahoo
2 days ago
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- Yahoo
Wabash Recognizes Outstanding Suppliers for 2024
Fastenal and Whiting Door named suppliers of the year LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wabash (NYSE: WNC), a leader in end-to-end supply chain solutions for the transportation, logistics and infrastructure markets, recognizes 38 of its top suppliers with 2024 Wabash Supplier Awards for supply chain excellence. Each year, Wabash presents awards to top suppliers for excellence in supply chain performance, considering criteria such as innovation, quality, delivery, cost and service. The company's highest honor is its Pinnacle Award, which recognizes the company's supplier of the year. This year's Pinnacle Award winners are Fastenal of Winona, Minnesota, and Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp of Buffalo, New York. 'Our ability to deliver innovative solutions for our customers depends on strong, collaborative supplier relationships,' said Richard Mansilla, vice president, global supply chain for Wabash. 'Partners like Fastenal and Whiting Door exemplify what it means to go beyond transactional support. They bring ideas to the table, help us solve complex challenges, and contribute meaningfully to the performance and reliability our customers expect. We're proud to recognize their outstanding contributions with our highest supplier honor.' With more than 3,600 in-market locations spanning 25 countries, Fastenal supplies a broad offering of fasteners, safety products, metal cutting products and other industrial supplies to customers engaged in manufacturing, construction, warehousing, wholesale, and state and local government. By investing in local experts and inventory, customer-facing technology, wide-ranging services, and best-in-class sourcing and logistics, they offer a unique combination of capabilities to help their customers reduce cost, risk and scalability constraints in their global supply chains. This high-touch, high-tech approach is reflected in their tagline, Where Industry Meets Innovation™. This award marks Fastenal's third overall Wabash supplier award and its first Pinnacle Award. Founded in 1953, Whiting Door is the leading manufacturer of dry freight, insulated and specialty roll-up doors for the transportation industry. A fourth-generation, family-owned company, Whiting has built its reputation on quality, innovation and customer support—underscored by ISO-certified processes and a commitment to continuous improvement. With three manufacturing locations, Whiting is well-positioned to efficiently serve customers from coast to coast. This year marks Whiting's seventh overall Wabash supplier award and its first Pinnacle Award. 'When Fastenal began its partnership with Wabash three years ago, we asked a simple but important question: What does success look like? The response was clear — Wabash needed Fastenal to operate as if we were part of the Wabash team, bringing forward ideas that would drive efficiencies and reduce costs,' stated Bryce Burgess, Fastenal's National Account Business Manager. 'Being presented with the Pinnacle Award is a testament to the hard work and commitment both teams have invested in developing this strategic relationship. We are truly honored and excited to continue growing together and exploring new opportunities for shared success.' 'Our relationship with Wabash spans many years and is built on shared goals and a mutual commitment to serving our end-user customers,' said Ben Whiting, Vice President of Corporate Development at Whiting Door. 'From manufacturing to in-the-field support, we're proud to be a trusted partner that delivers reliable solutions and adds value throughout the supply chain. Being honored with the Pinnacle Award is a meaningful recognition of the dedication our team brings to this partnership every day.' Twenty-nine companies earned Platinum Awards for excellence in supply chain performance. These select group of suppliers have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to excellence and logistics optimization that support Wabash's growth and accelerating innovation. Platinum Award winners are (in alphabetical order): Alcorn Industrial Lafayette Steel Sales All State Fastener Landstar System, Inc. American Logistics Service, LLC dba KTB Global Maxion Wheels AMT Trucking Old Dominion Freight Line CDW Phillips Industries Clarience Technologies Pink Team Constellium Process Development & Fabrication Crossroads Galvanizing R2X LLC Dayton Freight Spurlock Transport LLC Dow Chemical The Sherwin-Williams Company Hendrickson Topshelf Wood Packaging Hydro TransLand Hynes Industries Venture Logistics Jost International Webb Wheel KW Plastics Recycling In addition, Axel Logistics, Creative Producers Group Agency, Elliott Company of Indianapolis, ESAB México, GardaWorld Security Services, Topper Industrial, and Wiley Metal Fabrication received Distinguished Supplier Awards for outstanding customer service, business responsiveness and performance. Wabash: Changing How the World Reaches YouWabash (NYSE: WNC) combines physical and digital technologies to deliver innovative, end-to-end solutions that optimize supply chains across transportation, logistics and infrastructure markets. Headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana, Wabash designs, manufactures, and services an extensive range of products supporting first-to-final mile operations, including dry and refrigerated trailers and truck bodies, platform trailers, tank trailers, structural composites and more. In addition, through the Wabash Marketplace and Wabash Parts, customers gain access to a nationwide parts and service network, Trailers as a Service (TaaS)℠, and advanced tools designed to streamline operations and drive growth. By enabling businesses to thrive today and prepare for tomorrow, Wabash is Changing How the World Reaches You®. Learn more at Media Contact:Heidi Murphy(312) 248-8856wabashprteam@
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2 days ago
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WCG CenterWatch Celebrates Excellence in Clinical Trial Collaborations with Inaugural Pinnacle Award for Site Relationships
CARY, N.C., June 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- WCG, a global leader in providing solutions that measurably improve and accelerate clinical research, proudly announces the winners of the first-ever prestigious WCG Pinnacle Award, Site Relationships. Award winners were chosen based on the results of WCG's 2025 CenterWatch Global Site Relationship Survey that captured insights from more than 12,000 respondents, including more than 19,000 ratings for sponsors and nearly 10,000 ratings for CROs, highlighting 40 key attributes such as communication quality, professionalism, technology use, and efficient site management. Designed to honor exemplary performance in fostering strong relationships between clinical trial sponsors or contract research organizations (CROs) and investigational sites, this accolade emphasizes the dedication to enhancing collaboration, protocol excellence, site operations, participant diversity, and technology management required to advance clinical research for the betterment of medical science and patient care. WCG Pinnacle Award recipients represent the top performers based upon customer satisfaction (CSAT) scores across a variety of attributes. 2025 WCG Pinnacle Award, Site Relationship winners include: Bayer – Overall Site Relationship Leader Novo Nordisk – Overall Site Relationship Leader IQVIA – Leadership in Professionalism and Communication Medpace – Leadership in Professionalism and Communication Parexel – Leadership in Technology The 2025 award winners have demonstrated exceptional commitment to advancing clinical research through strong site relationships, reinforcing their status as industry leaders and role models. "We are honored to recognize organizations like Bayer, Novo Nordisk, IQVIA, Medpace, and Parexel that excel in the vital area of site relationships," said Sam Srivastava, chief executive officer, WCG. "Pinnacle Award recipients exemplify the industry's drive toward innovation and excellence, enhancing clinical trial collaborations. Their dedication inspires continued progress in clinical research throughout the industry." "Strong site relationships are essential for the successful navigation of clinical trials," noted Mette Andersen, general manager, Data & Insights, WCG. "These award-winning organizations have shown that fostering site connections leads to more efficient operations and improved outcomes in clinical research." Since 1997, the WCG CenterWatch Global Site Relationship Survey has served as a valuable tool for sponsors and CROs seeking to benchmark their practices and drive improvements. Sponsors interested in accessing custom reports tailored to their needs can leverage the survey data to enhance their own site relationships and operational strategies. To help clients benchmark and inform decision-making, WCG applies the power of data and insights with one of the industry's most robust datasets containing global performance and longitudinal data across all therapeutic areas and clinical research stakeholders. View the trends identified within the 2025 WCG CenterWatch Global Site Relationship Survey in the industry report at Learn more about WCG Data & Insights at About WCG WCG is at the forefront of accelerating clinical research worldwide, serving as the trusted and preferred partner to biopharmaceutical and medical device companies, contract research organizations (CROs), research institutions, and site partners. Offering a unique combination of expertise, next-generation data and insights, and tech-enabled solutions, WCG reduces complexity and optimizes study operations and outcomes while maintaining the highest standards of human participant protection. For more than 55 years, WCG has maintained a relentless commitment to efficiency, safety, and impact, empowering clinical trials to deliver life-improving therapies swiftly. For more information, please visit or follow us on LinkedIn or X @WCGClinical. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE WCG Sign in to access your portfolio
Business Wire
28-04-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Union Pacific Celebrates Record Number of Companies for Safely Transporting Chemicals
OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union Pacific Railroad recognized 147 companies with the 2024 Pinnacle Award for their dedication and commitment to safely transporting chemicals by rail. The annual award honors customers who implement release prevention protocols, corrective action plans and have zero non-accident releases of regulated hazardous materials shipments. 'Union Pacific congratulates this year's Pinnacle Award winners for their outstanding commitment to safety,' said Kenny Rocker, executive vice president – Marketing and Sales. 'At Union Pacific, safety is at the core of everything we do, and we are proud to partner with customers who prioritize the safe transportation of chemicals to protect the environment and the communities we serve.' Union Pacific shares the same objective as its customers to safely deliver every tank car every day. The railroad's Hazardous Materials Safety team supports customers with joint rail safety training programs and rail car inspections. Hazmat teams are located regionally across Union Pacific's 23-state network with a four-prong mission: Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery. More information about these efforts is available at The 2024 Pinnacle Award winners are: Aeropres Corporation Afton Chemical ALTIVIA Petrochemicals, LLC Americas Styrenics LLC AmeriGas Propane LP Arcanum Infrastructure, LLC Archer Daniels Midland Co. Arclin Arkalon Ethanol Arkema Inc. Ascend Performance Materials Aux Sable Liquid Products Badger State Ethanol, LLC Bayer CropScience Berryman Chemical Inc. Bluewing Midstream, LLC BP Buckeye Pipeline Company Cardinal Colwich Cargill Inc Celanese International Corp Cenovus Energy Centennial Energy LLC Foremark Performance Chemicals Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. Freeport-McMoRan Inc. Gantrade Corporation Genesis Alkali Glacial Lakes Energy LLC Golden Triangle Energy LLC Grain Processing Corporation HELM U.S. Corporation Heron Lake BioEnergy Hexion Inc HF Sinclair Corporation Huntsman International LLC Indorama Ventures Ineos KOH INEOS Oligomers USA LLC INEOS Phenol INEOS US Chemicals Co Inter Pipeline US Marketing LTD INVISTA Nylon Chemicals Americas LLC Irving Oil Ltd Itafos Conda LLC JR Simplot Co Kemira Water Solutions, Inc. Kern Oil & Refining Co (dba Kern Energy) Keyera Kiros Energy Marketing ULC Koch Fertilizer LLC Koch Methanol LLC Koppers Inc. LACC, LLC LBC Houston LP Lotte Chemical Louisiana LLC Louis Dreyfus Company Luxemborg Trading LLC Manly Terminal LLC MEGlobal Americas Inc Messer LLC Methanex Methanol Company, LLC Mexichem Fluor SA de CV Midstream Energy Partners Midwest Renewable Energy Midwest Terminals MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL AMERICA HEADQUARTERS MMTX, INC Monument Chemical Houston LLC Nan Ya Plastics Corporation America Viridis Chemical Company Wanhua Chemical (America) Co., Ltd. Watco Companies LLC Western Plains Energy, LLC CF Industries ChampionX LLC Chevron Phillips Chemical Company CHS INC CIE Norfolk GNS, LLC Citgo Petroleum Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers LLC Concord Energy LLC Corteva Agriscience Covestro LLC Crystal Clean, LLC Cyanco Company LLC Deer Park Refining LP/Pemex Dover Chemical DuPont Dyno Nobel Eastman Chemical Company Elite Octane LLC EnLink Midstream Enterprise Products Operating LLC ERCO Worldwide (USA) Inc Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions Evonik Corp Nexpera LLC NGL Supply Co Ltd Nouryon Chemicals LLC NOVA Chemicals Corporation NOVUS International Inc Nutrien Olin Corporation OQ Chemicals Corp OxyChem Parkland Corporation PCI Nitrogen LLC Pembina Pipeline Corp Phillips 66 CO Phoenix Park Energy Marketing LLC Pilot Travel Centers LLC Plains Marketing, LP Port of Tucson Rail Logix Holdings, LLC Reagent Chemical Rio Tinto Kennecott Utah Copper Roehm America LLC RPMG Inc Sabic Saconix Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC Savage Infrastructure Sawtooth Caverns SI Group SNF Holding Company Solvay Chemicals Inc. Southern Ionics Incorporated Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC Sterling Ethanol, LLC Sulphuric Acid Trading Company, Inc. Suncor Energy (USA) Inc Synthomer Adhesive Technologies Tauber Oil Company Tessenderlo Kerley Inc. The Andersons Inc The Chemours Company The Dow Chemical Company The Plaza Group TotalEnergies Petrochemicals and Refining Usa Inc Twin Eagle Terminals & Logistics, LLC. United Energy Trading LLC US Oil & Refining Co. Veolia North America Westlake Corporation Wildcat Midstream Limited Partnership Williams Companies Inc. Expand ABOUT UNION PACIFIC Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) delivers the goods families and businesses use every day with safe, reliable and efficient service. Operating in 23 western states, the company connects its customers and communities to the global economy. Trains are the most environmentally responsible way to move freight, helping Union Pacific protect future generations. More information about Union Pacific is available at
