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Worthington Steel honored by John Deere

Worthington Steel, Columbus, Ohio, has announced that it has been recognized by Deere & Company as a Partner-level supplier for 2007 and was also named a 2007 Enterprise Supplier of the Year in the John Deere Achieving Excellence Program. The Partner-level status is Deere & Company's highest supplier rating.

Worthington Steel is a supplier of hot-roll and cold-roll cut-to-length steel sheets to the John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline, Ill., and the John Deere Ottumwa Works in Ottumwa, Iowa, for combine, baler, and mower conditioner parts. Suppliers who participate in Deere & Company's Achieving Excellence program are evaluated annually in several key performance categories, including quality, cost management, delivery, technical support, and wavelength, which is a measure of responsiveness. Employees accepted the recognition during formal ceremonies held at John Deere's headquarters in Moline, Ill., and at an informal plant-wide celebration at Worthington Steel's Porter, Ind., facility.

Worthington Steel, a Worthington Industries company, is an independent steel processor of flat-rolled steel. Operating 12 facilities across the U.S., the company's include acrylic coating, cleaning, cold-rolling, configured blanking, cutting-to-length, dry lubricating, edging, galvannealing, hot-dipped galvanizing, hydrogen annealing, pickling, slitting, stainless steel, temper rolling, and tension leveling.