For the second year in a row, Firstronic has been recognized by the Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing Leadership (ML) Council.

This year, Firstronic won the Supply Chain Leadership Award in recognition of its Lean Supply Chain Project. Other companies winning awards in this category include General Electric, Hostess Brands, IBM, Lexmark International, Siemens Healthineers and USG Mexico.

"We are honored to receive this prestigious award, particularly since it recognizes the success of our Lean approach to supply chain partnerships. Lean supply chains are interdependent, so I'd like to thank our suppliers and customers, as well as our team for their support in this area. Managing a lean supply chain is particularly important in the current electronic component market as lead-times are continuing to stretch out across the board. Firstronic has been able to successfully navigate the current market conditions through the company's bonding reports and Kanban systems which provide visibility to potential continuity of supply concerns as far out on the horizon as possible.," said John Sammut, president and CEO.

Wally Johnson, Firstronic's VP of Finance, Supply and IT accepted the award on June 14, 2017, at a gala celebration that concluded the 13th annual Manufacturing Leadership Summit in Huntington Beach, Calif.

Now in its 13th year, the ML Awards program honors organizations and individuals that are shaping the future of global manufacturing. Nominations are entered into 13 categories and evaluated and scored by a panel of expert judges. Twelve of the ML Awards categories are for outstanding projects by a manufacturing company. One category recognizes the achievements of individual manufacturing leaders.

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