The Aerospace Coatings business of AkzoNobel has once again achieved the highest supplier award in the Airbus Supply Chain & Quality Improvement Program (SQIP). The team attained ‘Accredited Supplier’ status for its ‘commitment in the Airbus Supply Chain and Quality continuous improvement projects.’

The award acknowledges AkzoNobel’s ongoing focus on delivering a sustained performance over the last two years aligned to agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), strong continuous improvements, and a proven customer-oriented approach in line with Airbus targets and expectations. 

It particularly recognizes the developments and process improvements across all of the AkzoNobel Aerospace sites and reflects the ongoing drive to further reduce supply chain and manufacturing risk. AkzoNobel has continued to make further improvements in the production, quality and application of its products.

Alexia Apostolou, Airbus Key Account Manager at AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings, says the award is recognition of a journey of continuous improvement: “This is a fabulous achievement for the business and in particular our Quality team for improving the quality standards and responses to Airbus, to the Supply Chain team for implementing actions to further improve supply, and to our R&D and project management teams for their innovation in new product development and leading the projects to deliver even greater success.

“To have these improvements validated and acknowledged by this award is testament to the commitment of Giuliana De Michele as the SQIP Leader, and the hard work and dedication of expert teams across all our sites. It also proves the benefit of our long-term collaboration with Airbus, and a company ethos that is founded on delivering value through partnerships.”