Hormel Foods Corp. awarded 59 suppliers with a 2012 Spirit of Excellence Award for their roles in the company’s continuous improvement process throughout the last year. These suppliers are from a variety of areas including contractors, pork procurement, provisions, ingredients, packaging and transportation.

“The Hormel Foods Spirit of Excellence Award program recognizes the suppliers that truly go above and beyond, making an impact on our business,” said Melanie Faust, director of purchasing at Hormel. “We’re honored to partner with these distinguished suppliers.”

Suppliers that qualified for the Spirit of Excellence Award maintained a minimum supplier rating index score of 92 throughout a 12-month period. This score is determined by a universal measurement system that began in 1990 to ensure each supplier is held to the same standards. Award criteria include meeting performance requirements, making on-time deliveries and providing high-level customer support.

In addition to the Spirit of Excellence Award, suppliers compete for the Hormel No. 1 Award every five years. Two years ago, the company announced the Hormel No. 1 Award recipients, who were honored for providing long-term consistent, superior performance during the five-year period from 2006-2010. One of the criteria for the award requires recipients to have received a Spirit of Excellence Award during four out of five years.

Engineering

A.J. Lysne Contracting Corporation

Allweather Roof

East Penn Manufacturing

Environmental Land Management, LLC

Fehr Solutions, LLC

Fox Electric

Gleeson Constructors & Engineers, LLC

Hyster Company

The Joseph Company, Inc.

Kestner Electric, Inc.

KOFAB

Lou Rich, Inc.

Multivac, Inc.

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

Superior Companies of Minnesota, Inc.

Van Meter Industrial and Werner Electric Supply

Wolf-tec, Inc.

 Procurement

New Fashion Pork LLP

David Reuter

Daryl Muilenberg (PLM)

Gleason Farms Inc.

Jason Fett

Honeysuckle Farms LLC

Spronk Brothers LLP

Josie’s Pork Farm Inc.

BS Hogs/Vision Pork

Tip Top Pork

 Provision

Fieldale Farms Corporation

 Purchasing

Aramark Uniform Services

Bunzl Processor Division

CHR Hansen Inc.

Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc.

Curwood, Inc.

Dickson Industries, Inc.

DXP Enterprises, Inc.

Exopack LLC

Gamer Packaging Inc.

Griffith Laboratories USA

Hydrite Chemical Co.

International Paper

Kalle USA, Inc.

The Meyers Printing Companies, Inc.

Menasha Packaging

Minnesota Corrugated Box, Inc.

Newly Weds Foods Inc.

Progressive Packaging, Inc.

RR Donnelley

Rangen Inc.

Red Arrow Products Company LLC

Sargento Foods Inc.

Sensient Technologies Corporation

Smyth Companies

Zip Pak

Walter G Anderson Inc.

 Transportation

Dickey Transport, Inc.

ICS Logistics Corporation

McFarland Truck Lines, Inc.

K & B Transportation, Inc.