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31 May 2018

Bellota earns recognition as a John Deere “Partner-level” Supplier for seven years in a row

Steve Garrette receiving award from John Deere

Bellota Agrisolutions has earnt “Partner level” recognition for seven consecutive years. Milan facility in IL, Hamilton facility in Canada, Legazpi facility in Spain and the Brazilian facility have been audited to obtain this recognition.

“Bellota Agrisolutions is honored to receive such prestigious award from John Deere” said Eduardo Urrestarazu, VP Marketing and Commercial Manager at Bellota Agrisolutions. “We are grateful to have a customer that values the continuous improvement and effort for offering top quality products as much as they do. At Bellota Agrisolutions we are consistently focused on implementing improvement measures to reach the highest level of service for our customers and we are proud to be a John Deere supplier”.

Bellota Agrisolutions from its manufacturing plants in Milan (IL, US), Hamilton (ON, Canada), Legazpi (Spain) and Indaial (Brazil) supplies coulters, openers, assemblies, concave discs and tines to John Deere manufacturing plants in Des Moines (IW), Seeding (IL), Valley City (ND), John Deere Mexico and John Deere Brazil.

Suppliers who participate in the Achieving Excellence program are evaluated annually in several key performance categories, including quality, cost management, delivery and technical support, which is a measure of responsiveness.

John Deere Supply Management created the program in 1991 to provide a supplier evaluation and feedback process that promotes continuous improvement.