Suppliers are identified and evaluated based on strategic spend, shared commitment to innovation and sustainability, overall supplier performance and actions taken to improve Nouryon's competitiveness. Winners were recognised for outstanding performance in three categories: Innovation, Reliability and Sustainability.
Hosokawa Micron B.V. received an award in the Innovation category for demonstrating creative and alternative solutions to a process or technology and their transformative potential to add value to Nouryon. Hosokawa Micron B.V. has supplied a comprehensive turnkey processing installation for the production of biodegradable detergent ingredients to a Nouryon site in the Netherlands.
Managing Director Christophe Krug and Sales & Marketing Manager Berthram Mak accepted the award on behalf of Hosokawa at the ceremony in Rome. They were congratulated by Nouryon Chairman and CEO, Charlie Shaver, who noted that suppliers are vital to Nouryon's success.