On February 6, the center manager of POSCO-CDPC, Tae-hyun Cho (eighth from the left), received the Excellent Supplier Award from DPCA.

During the award ceremony, 14 excellent suppliers were selected in the fields of distribution, parts, design, electrical and electronic systems. Among the selected companies, POSCO-CDPC is the only processing company that handles raw steel materials.

The DPCA Chengdu production base has an annual production capacity of 360,000 vehicles, and started operation in September 2016. POSCO-CDPC’s No. 2 plant moved into DPCA’s facilities to supply entire orders of blanking processing at the end of 2014. POSCO-CDPC was selected as an Excellent Supplier based on its product quality, delivery and service over the years of the companies’ partnership.

POSCO-CDPC produces and supplies products for 39 different parts in total, including exterior steel used for DPCA’s main SUV models, 4008, 5008 and Tianyi. In the future, POSCO-CDPC hopes to capitalize on its geographical advantages and maximize processing quality and service capabilities to ensure a stable and consistent order base.  

Cover photo courtesy of Autocar.

POSCO-CWPC has been selected as an excellent supplier for the third consecutive year by DPCA, the largest finished carmaker in the Central China region. (From left) DPCA’s technical director, Tan Min Qiang and POSCO-CWPC’s President, Young-ki Seo

Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile (DPCA), the largest finished carmaker in the Central China region, selects the recipient of its Excellent Supplier Award each December after evaluating purchase amount, quality, delivery and technical cooperation. This year, POSCO-CWPC was the only recipient among the company’s steel product suppliers.

This achievement is the result of POSCO-CWPCeliverya region,warded tthe strategic partnership between both parties and to improve its solution marketing by actively utilizing the sales channel of POSCO’s automotive flats.

POSCO-CWPC has completed quality certification on about 70 percent of the galvanized steel products produced at the Guangdong Pohang Automotive Steel Corporation in the two years since its quality certification process began. In doing so, POSCO-CWPC is able to successfully supply high quality materials that meet DPCA0 of POSCO’s au, solidifying its position as a major supplier to automobile manufacturer.

POSCO-CWPC held a technical exhibition in October to expand its technical marketing. It also improved its technical response to DPCA through the operation of its Technical Service Center based in Wuhan, China, and is actively working on EVI activities to apply POSCOponse to DPCA throughthe G25 and G95 DPCA automotive models.

POSCO-CWPC plans to strengthen the cooperation between both parties by constructing a JIT supply system and to expand the sales infrastructure of WP products through the extension of solution marketing with DPCA.

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