AVANGRID Honors Partners at Supplier Awards Event
September 13 2017 - 12:21PM
Business Wire
NGC Renewables Recognized as 2017 ‘Supplier of
the Year’
AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a diversified energy and utility
company, named a Texas-based supplier of wind turbine components as
its 2017 Supplier of the Year at an event that celebrated the
achievements of business partners across a wide range of
categories.
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NGC Renewables, based in Fort Worth, Texas, provides gearboxes
and other mechanical components for wind turbines used by Avangrid
Renewables. NGC stood out for embodying the highest qualities of
partnership and teamwork, while meeting AVANGRID’s exacting
standards for quality and performance.
“AVANGRID has a large supplier base supporting its operations in
North America, so I’m surprised and honored that AVANGRID selected
NGC as its 2017 Supplier of the Year,” said Tom Marek, NGC's senior
manager for wind business development.
The company was one of seven honorees at AVANGRID’s 2nd Annual
Supplier Awards Event, held Sept. 12 at Anthony’s Ocean View in New
Haven, Connecticut. Approximately 250 suppliers and AVANGRID
employees from coast to coast turned out to attend the awards
event.
“AVANGRID is committed to sustainable practices and the
wellbeing of our communities, and we model the highest standards
for ethical practices and good governance. This event honors our
shared vision and values, and our business partners’ vital role in
executing them,” said James P. Torgerson, AVANGRID’s CEO.
In addition to Supplier of the Year, six other awards were
presented, representing a broad range of shared values. They
were:
- Health & Safety — Coutts Bros Inc.
(Randolph, Maine)
- Environmental Stewardship — True Blue
Environmental Services (Wallingford, Connecticut)
- Sustainability & Corporate
Responsibility — Par Electrical Contractors, Inc. (Kansas City,
Missouri)
- Supplier Innovation — Simple Energy
(Boulder, Colorado)
- Diverse Supplier — SAI Systems
International Inc. (Shelton, Connecticut)
- Storm Excellence — On Target Utility
Services (Gardiner, Maine)
Business partners were nominated by employees of AVANGRID and
its businesses. Winners were selected by a steering committee, as
well as representatives of the AVANGRID purchasing team.
About AVANGRID: AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) is a
diversified energy and utility company with more than $31 billion
in assets and operations in 27 states. The company owns regulated
utilities and electricity generation assets through two primary
lines of business, Avangrid Networks and Avangrid Renewables.
Avangrid Networks is comprised of eight electric and natural gas
utilities, serving approximately 3.2 million customers in New York
and New England. Avangrid Renewables operates more than 6 gigawatts
of owned and controlled renewable generation capacity, primarily
through wind and solar, in 22 states across the United States.
AVANGRID employs approximately 6,800 people. For more information,
visit www.avangrid.com.
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