HL Mando Named GM Supplier of the Year for Five Consecutive Years

by Woo Sooyoun

Published 29 Apr.2025 09:21(KST)

Awards Ceremony Held on April 8 in Arizona, United States

HL Mando announced on the 29th that it has been selected as General Motors (GM)'s "2024 Supplier of the Year" for five consecutive years.

The 33rd Supplier of the Year Awards ceremony was held on April 8 (local time) in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The event was attended by Kim Jaehyuk, HL Mando's Regional Head of the Americas, Jeff Pontius, R&D Director, and Allison Ellis, Sales Director, among others.

The GM Supplier of the Year award is given to the top 1% of outstanding suppliers. HL Mando stood out particularly in the brake segment. The company produces electric parking brakes (MoC) at its Alabama plant and supplies them to GM. GM highly valued not only HL Mando's technological innovation but also its efforts toward localization.

HL Mando announced on the 29th that it has been selected as General Motors (GM)'s "2024 Supplier of the Year" for five consecutive years. Photo by HL Mando

HL Mando began its North American localization efforts in 1996. After establishing an R&D center in Detroit, the company built its first manufacturing plant in Alabama. Following the completion ceremony for the Alabama plant in 2004, HL Mando completed its second plant in Georgia eight years later.

In 2013, the company established its second local R&D center in the United States, named "HM." The first R&D center, Mesa, is responsible for mass-production automotive technology, while HM focuses on advanced automotive technology. To date, HL Mando's cumulative investment in the region amounts to approximately $700 million (about 1 trillion KRW).

Kim stated, "Our North American localization efforts over the past 30 years have led to customer satisfaction," and added, "Going forward, we will work with GM to shape a new future in fields such as automotive software and autonomous driving, as well as other areas of future mobility."