MSC Industrial Supply announces Supplier of the Year Award winners

MSC Industrial Supply, a distributor of metalworking and MRO supplies, has selected Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Worcester, Mass., from more than 3,000 companies to receive its annual Supplier of the Year Award.

Award selection is based on criteria including a strategic approach to customer service, technology innovation, new product introductions, breadth and quality of brand portfolios, operational excellence, sales training and engagement, and marketing and sales materials.

In addition to the premier Supplier of the Year Award, this year MSC introduced awards for breakthrough suppliers. These awards were presented to tooling supplier Sandvik Coromant and to Parker Hannifin, manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, for outstanding effort, partnership, and above-market performance within the Metalworking and Managed Assembly Consumables categories, respectively.