OLATHE, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Garmin International, Inc. a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), today announced that it received two Supplier of the Year awards at the annual 2017 Embraer Suppliers Conference, which was held recently at Embraer’s facility in São José dos Campos, Brazil. Garmin was recognized as Supplier of the Year in two categories: Technical Support to Operators and Electric & Electronics Systems. These awards join seven Supplier of the Year awards previously presented to Garmin in various categories related to the support of the G1000® Prodigy and G3000™ Prodigy Touch integrated flight decks in the Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 respectively.
“It’s an honor to again be recognized by Embraer for our continued commitment to design, manufacture, sell and support industry-leading avionics,” said Carl Wolf, Garmin vice president of aviation sales and marketing. “Given the hundreds of suppliers to Embraer, and the four Embraer business units of Executive Aviation, Defense and Security, Commercial Aviation and Service and Support – to win two of the nine Supplier of the Year awards is incredibly humbling.”
As part of the 2017 Embraer Supplier Awards ceremony, Garmin was recognized as Supplier of the Year in the Technical Support to Operators category. This award acknowledges the technical expertise and product-level support provided by Garmin to Embraer and its customer base for the G1000 and G3000 integrated flight decks. Garmin was recognized within this category for its performance excellence within parts availability, technical manuals and representatives, AOG response timeliness, as well as superior product reliability.
Garmin also earned top honors as Supplier of the Year in the Electric & Electronics Systems category, which emphasizes design innovation and overall system architecture, as well as quality and on-time reliability of the supply chain. This award further highlights achievements in designing and manufacturing state-of-the-art flight deck systems while being sensitive to market preference and demand.
For more information about Garmin’s full line of avionics, go to www.garmin.com/aviation.
