Eaton Receives 2011 Supplier Excellence Award from Motion Industries for Reducing Cost of Doing Business and Improving Supply Chain Efficiency
“The award from Motion Industries illustrates that we are working hard to make it easy to do business with Eaton,” said Kendall Kirkpatrick, Eaton’s sales manager—program distribution.
“Our work to help Motion Industries more easily sell Eaton’s fluid conveyance and power and motion control products across North America has led to measureable results, which directly reduce transaction costs for both Motion Industries and Eaton.”
Motion Industries’ Ellen Holladay, senior vice president, chief information officer and operational excellence officer; and Wayne Law, executive vice president and chief operations officer, presented the award to Kirkpatrick and Eaton’s Mark Gilk, director—Americas distribution sales, at Motion Industries’ national sales meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 7, 2011.
A winner of Eaton’s Top 24 Distributor Award for nine consecutive years and a veteran member of the Eaton Hydraulics Distributor Advisory Council, Motion Industries operates over 500 locations across the U.S. and Canada.
Eaton Corporation is a diversified power management company with more than 100 years of experience providing energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power. With 2011 sales of $16.0 billion, Eaton is a global technology leader in electrical components and systems for power quality, distribution and control; hydraulics components, systems and services for industrial and mobile equipment; aerospace fuel, hydraulics and pneumatic systems for commercial and military use; and truck and automotive drivetrain and powertrain systems for performance, fuel economy and safety. Eaton has approximately 73,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 150 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com.
