PACE Award

PACE Award Trophy

The PACE Award (Premier Automotive Suppliers’ Contribution to Excellence Award) is an annual award from Automotive News in collaboration with Ernst & Young and through 2016 the Transportation Research Center Inc. (TRC Inc.). For the 2016-17 awards OESA, the Original Equipment Suppliers Association, will be a sponsor alongside EY. Automotive News and EY founded the award to celebrate innovation, technological advancement and business performance among automotive suppliers. It is given annually since 1995 in a black-tie ceremony the week of the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) convention in Detroit.

The focus of the award is an innovation developed primarily by a supplier, that is new to the automotive industry, that is in use, and that "changes the rules of the game." Awards have been given for products, materials, processes, capital equipment and services. A panel of independent judges from industry, finance, research, and academia choose finalists from the initial applicants, make site visits to evaluate the innovation, and then gather to select winners, independent of the sponsors. Winners to date include suppliers from Japan, Korea, the US, Canada, Brazil and an array of European countries.[1] Among the most awarded companies over the years are BorgWarner, Delphi Automotive, Federal-Mogul and PPG Industries as well as Robert Bosch GmbH, Gentex Corporation, Johnson Controls and Siemens AG.[2]

Winners

From 1997, citations describing the winning innovations are available on the Automotive News PACE Award web site.

1995[3]

1996[4]

  • Cherry GmbH
  • Delco Electronics
  • Fayette Tubular Products
  • Gage Products Company
  • Progressive Tool and Industries Company (PICO)

1997[5]

1998[6]

  • Benteler International - Thermally Efficient, Air-Gap Manifold and Exhaust Tube Applications, Parts and Systems
  • Cooper Automotive/Wagner Lighting - Chrysler Dakota and Durango Front Lamp Assembly and Related Manufacturing and Assembly Process
  • Dürr AG - Radiant Floor Construction (RFC) Paint Oven
  • Eaton Corporation - Eaton Spicer Solo
  • Gentex Corporation - Aspheric Auto-Dimming Exterior Mirror
  • Johnson Controls - CorteX

1999[7]

2000[8]

2001[9]

Product Innovation:

Information Technology/Internet:

  • Delphi Automotive - Math Based Metal Removal (MBMR) software
  • Quality Measurement Control - CM4D Analyze software system

Management Practice:

Manufacturing Process:

  • Nucap Industries - NUCAP Retention System

Europe:

Open Category - Enduring Innovations:

  • Shape Corporation - Tubular High Strength Swept Bumpers

Open Category - Environmental:

  • BASF - Integrated Process

2002[10]

Product Innovation:

Europe:

Information Technology:

  • Engineous Software - iSight software for process integration and design optimization

2003[11]

Product Innovation:

Product Europe:

Manufacturing Process & Capital Equipment:

  • Bishop Steering Technology - Warm Forging Die and Integrated Automatic Precision Forging Cell
  • Dürr AG - RoDip 3 electro-coating
  • The POM Group - RapiDIES foam forming process
  • Robert Bosch GmbH - Cassette Chrome Plating Process

Information Technology & Services:

  • Perceptron Inc. - AutoGauge FMS In-Process Measuring System

2004[12]

Product Innovation:

  • Delphi Delco Electronics Systems - Delphi Forewarn Back-up Aid and Side Alert
  • Denso - Very High Pressure Solenoid Fuel Injection System
  • Johnson Controls - Overhead Rail Vehicle Personalization System
  • Visteon - Long Life Filtration Systems

Product Europe:

Process:

  • BASF - ColorCARE software for controlling and comparing paint color
  • DuPont - Wet on Wet Two Tone Products
  • Filter Specialists - FERRX 5000 magnetic separation device to remove ferrous particles of the initial, e-coat, prior to the application of base coat paint

Information Technology:

  • AutoForm Engineering - DieDesigner Stamping FEA Simulation Geometry Generation
  • Delphi Automotive - horizontal modeling and digital process design for CAD/CAM
  • Motorola - VIAMOTO navigation system

2005[13]

Product:

Product Europe:

Manufacturing Process & Capital Equipment:

Information Technology & Services:

Innovative OEM Collaborator Awards:

2006[14]

Product:

Product Europe:

  • Preh Automotive - Windshield Defogging Sensor
  • Tenneco - Low Cost, Low Weight Muffler
  • Valeo - StARS Micro-Hybrd system

Manufacturing Process & Capital Equipment:

  • Dow Automotive - Betamate LESA Adhesive System
  • PosiCharge - Battery Charging System

Information Technology:

  • CogniTens - OptiCell Non-Contact Measuring System for quality control inspection

Innovative OEM Collaborator Awards:

2007[15]

Product:

  • Alcoa - Dura-Bright Wheels with XBR Technology
  • Autoliv - Safety Vent Airbag
  • Federal-Mogul Corporation - HTA (High Temperature Alloy) Exhaust Gaskets
  • Halla Climate Control Corp - Wave Blade Fan and Saw Tooth Shroud
  • Valeo - Multi-Beam Radar (MBR) Blind-Zone Radar Sensor

Product Europe:

Manufacturing Process & Capital Equipment:

  • Behr GmbH & Co. KG - BehrOxal surface treatment for corrosion protection
  • DuPont - DuPont EcoConcept paint and process
  • Hirotec - E3 Hemming Press

Information Technology:

  • RTT USA - RTT DeltaGen visualization toolset
  • Tenneco - Diesel Aftertreatment Predictive Development Process

Innovative OEM Collaborator Awards:

2008[16]

Product:

  • Cummins - Cummins 6.7-liter Turbo diesel
  • Dow Automotive - IMPAXX Energy Absorbing Foam
  • Eaton Corporation - CRUTONITE Valve Alloy
  • Gentex Corporation - Rear Camera Display (RCD) Mirror
  • Magneti Marelli - Tetrafuel System for use with Gasoline, Ethanol or Compressed Natural Gas
  • Xanavi Informatics Corporation and Sony Corporation - Around View Monitor (AVM)

Product Europe:

Manufacturing Process & Capital Equipment:

Information Technology and Services:

Innovation Partnership Awards:

2009[17]

Product:

Product Europe:

Manufacturing Process & Capital Equipment:

  • Alcoa - Alcoa's Vacuum Die Casting (AVDC) for Lightweight Door Assemblies
  • Henkel - Bonderite TecTalis Pre-treatment Process

Information Technology & Services:

Innovation Partnership Awards:

2010[18]

Product:

Product Europe:

Manufacturing Process & Capital Equipment:

Informatian Technology & Services:

Innovation PArtnership Awards:

2011[19]

Product:

Manufacturing Process:

Innovative Partnership Awards:

2012[20]

Product:

Manufacturing Process:

  • Delphi Automotive - Delphi Thermal Multi Port Folded Tube Condenser
  • Federal-Mogul Corporation - Two-Dimensional Ultrasonic Testing for Raised Gallery Diesel Pistons (Manufacturing Process)
  • Nalco Company - APEX Program-Sustainable Technology for Paint Detackification
  • PPG Industries - B1 and B2 Compact Process Paint Technology
  • 3M/Esys Automation - Robotic Production System with Wheel Weights for Precision Tire and Wheel Balancing

Innovation Partnership Awards:

2013[21]

Product

Manufacturing Process and Capital Equipment

  • Federal-Mogul - Injection Molding of High Modulus Bonded Pistons used in High Pressure Transmissions
  • Schuler Hydroforming Division - Hydroforming and Global Die Standardization Process

Information Technology

  • Hughes Telematics - Automotive Software Remote Update Technology

Innovation Partnership Winners

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About the PACE Awards". PACE 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  2. ↑ "Past Winners". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  3. ↑ "Past Winners 1995". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  4. ↑ "Past Winners 1996". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  5. ↑ "Past Winners 1997". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  6. ↑ "Past Winners 1998". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  7. ↑ "Past Winners 1999". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  8. ↑ "Past Winners 2000". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  9. ↑ "Past Winners 2001". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  10. ↑ "Past Winners 2002". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  11. ↑ "Past Winners 2003". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  12. ↑ "Past Winners 2004". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  13. ↑ "Past Winners 2005". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  14. ↑ "Past Winners 2006". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  15. ↑ "Past Winners 2007". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  16. ↑ "Past Winners 2008". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  17. ↑ "Past Winners 2009". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  18. ↑ "Past Winners 2010". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  19. ↑ "Past Winners 2011". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  20. ↑ "Past Winners 2012". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  21. ↑ "Winners 2013". Automotive News. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
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