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Business Upturn
12-06-2025
- Business
- Business Upturn
Wabash Recognizes Outstanding Suppliers for 2024
LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wabash (NYSE: WNC), a leader in end-to-end supply chain solutions for the transportation, logistics and infrastructure markets, recognizes 38 of its top suppliers with 2024 Wabash Supplier Awards for supply chain excellence. Each year, Wabash presents awards to top suppliers for excellence in supply chain performance, considering criteria such as innovation, quality, delivery, cost and service. The company's highest honor is its Pinnacle Award, which recognizes the company's supplier of the year. This year's Pinnacle Award winners are Fastenal of Winona, Minnesota, and Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp of Buffalo, New York. 'Our ability to deliver innovative solutions for our customers depends on strong, collaborative supplier relationships,' said Richard Mansilla, vice president, global supply chain for Wabash. 'Partners like Fastenal and Whiting Door exemplify what it means to go beyond transactional support. They bring ideas to the table, help us solve complex challenges, and contribute meaningfully to the performance and reliability our customers expect. We're proud to recognize their outstanding contributions with our highest supplier honor.' With more than 3,600 in-market locations spanning 25 countries, Fastenal supplies a broad offering of fasteners, safety products, metal cutting products and other industrial supplies to customers engaged in manufacturing, construction, warehousing, wholesale, and state and local government. By investing in local experts and inventory, customer-facing technology, wide-ranging services, and best-in-class sourcing and logistics, they offer a unique combination of capabilities to help their customers reduce cost, risk and scalability constraints in their global supply chains. This high-touch, high-tech approach is reflected in their tagline, Where Industry Meets Innovation™. This award marks Fastenal's third overall Wabash supplier award and its first Pinnacle Award. Founded in 1953, Whiting Door is the leading manufacturer of dry freight, insulated and specialty roll-up doors for the transportation industry. A fourth-generation, family-owned company, Whiting has built its reputation on quality, innovation and customer support—underscored by ISO-certified processes and a commitment to continuous improvement. With three manufacturing locations, Whiting is well-positioned to efficiently serve customers from coast to coast. This year marks Whiting's seventh overall Wabash supplier award and its first Pinnacle Award. 'When Fastenal began its partnership with Wabash three years ago, we asked a simple but important question: What does success look like? The response was clear — Wabash needed Fastenal to operate as if we were part of the Wabash team, bringing forward ideas that would drive efficiencies and reduce costs,' stated Bryce Burgess, Fastenal's National Account Business Manager. 'Being presented with the Pinnacle Award is a testament to the hard work and commitment both teams have invested in developing this strategic relationship. We are truly honored and excited to continue growing together and exploring new opportunities for shared success.' 'Our relationship with Wabash spans many years and is built on shared goals and a mutual commitment to serving our end-user customers,' said Ben Whiting, Vice President of Corporate Development at Whiting Door. 'From manufacturing to in-the-field support, we're proud to be a trusted partner that delivers reliable solutions and adds value throughout the supply chain. Being honored with the Pinnacle Award is a meaningful recognition of the dedication our team brings to this partnership every day.' Twenty-nine companies earned Platinum Awards for excellence in supply chain performance. These select group of suppliers have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to excellence and logistics optimization that support Wabash's growth and accelerating innovation. Platinum Award winners are (in alphabetical order): Alcorn Industrial Lafayette Steel Sales All State Fastener Landstar System, Inc. American Logistics Service, LLC dba KTB Global Maxion Wheels AMT Trucking Old Dominion Freight Line CDW Phillips Industries Clarience Technologies Pink Team Constellium Process Development & Fabrication Crossroads Galvanizing R2X LLC Dayton Freight Spurlock Transport LLC Dow Chemical The Sherwin-Williams Company Hendrickson Topshelf Wood Packaging Hydro TransLand Hynes Industries Venture Logistics Jost International Webb Wheel KW Plastics Recycling In addition, Axel Logistics, Creative Producers Group Agency, Elliott Company of Indianapolis, ESAB México, GardaWorld Security Services, Topper Industrial, and Wiley Metal Fabrication received Distinguished Supplier Awards for outstanding customer service, business responsiveness and performance. Wabash: Changing How the World Reaches You Wabash (NYSE: WNC) combines physical and digital technologies to deliver innovative, end-to-end solutions that optimize supply chains across transportation, logistics and infrastructure markets. Headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana, Wabash designs, manufactures, and services an extensive range of products supporting first-to-final mile operations, including dry and refrigerated trailers and truck bodies, platform trailers, tank trailers, structural composites and more. In addition, through the Wabash Marketplace and Wabash Parts, customers gain access to a nationwide parts and service network, Trailers as a Service (TaaS)℠, and advanced tools designed to streamline operations and drive growth. By enabling businesses to thrive today and prepare for tomorrow, Wabash is Changing How the World Reaches You®. Learn more at Media Contact: Heidi Murphy(312) 248-8856 [email protected]
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Wabash Recognizes Outstanding Suppliers for 2024
Fastenal and Whiting Door named suppliers of the year LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wabash (NYSE: WNC), a leader in end-to-end supply chain solutions for the transportation, logistics and infrastructure markets, recognizes 38 of its top suppliers with 2024 Wabash Supplier Awards for supply chain excellence. Each year, Wabash presents awards to top suppliers for excellence in supply chain performance, considering criteria such as innovation, quality, delivery, cost and service. The company's highest honor is its Pinnacle Award, which recognizes the company's supplier of the year. This year's Pinnacle Award winners are Fastenal of Winona, Minnesota, and Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp of Buffalo, New York. 'Our ability to deliver innovative solutions for our customers depends on strong, collaborative supplier relationships,' said Richard Mansilla, vice president, global supply chain for Wabash. 'Partners like Fastenal and Whiting Door exemplify what it means to go beyond transactional support. They bring ideas to the table, help us solve complex challenges, and contribute meaningfully to the performance and reliability our customers expect. We're proud to recognize their outstanding contributions with our highest supplier honor.' With more than 3,600 in-market locations spanning 25 countries, Fastenal supplies a broad offering of fasteners, safety products, metal cutting products and other industrial supplies to customers engaged in manufacturing, construction, warehousing, wholesale, and state and local government. By investing in local experts and inventory, customer-facing technology, wide-ranging services, and best-in-class sourcing and logistics, they offer a unique combination of capabilities to help their customers reduce cost, risk and scalability constraints in their global supply chains. This high-touch, high-tech approach is reflected in their tagline, Where Industry Meets Innovation™. This award marks Fastenal's third overall Wabash supplier award and its first Pinnacle Award. Founded in 1953, Whiting Door is the leading manufacturer of dry freight, insulated and specialty roll-up doors for the transportation industry. A fourth-generation, family-owned company, Whiting has built its reputation on quality, innovation and customer support—underscored by ISO-certified processes and a commitment to continuous improvement. With three manufacturing locations, Whiting is well-positioned to efficiently serve customers from coast to coast. This year marks Whiting's seventh overall Wabash supplier award and its first Pinnacle Award. 'When Fastenal began its partnership with Wabash three years ago, we asked a simple but important question: What does success look like? The response was clear — Wabash needed Fastenal to operate as if we were part of the Wabash team, bringing forward ideas that would drive efficiencies and reduce costs,' stated Bryce Burgess, Fastenal's National Account Business Manager. 'Being presented with the Pinnacle Award is a testament to the hard work and commitment both teams have invested in developing this strategic relationship. We are truly honored and excited to continue growing together and exploring new opportunities for shared success.' 'Our relationship with Wabash spans many years and is built on shared goals and a mutual commitment to serving our end-user customers,' said Ben Whiting, Vice President of Corporate Development at Whiting Door. 'From manufacturing to in-the-field support, we're proud to be a trusted partner that delivers reliable solutions and adds value throughout the supply chain. Being honored with the Pinnacle Award is a meaningful recognition of the dedication our team brings to this partnership every day.' Twenty-nine companies earned Platinum Awards for excellence in supply chain performance. These select group of suppliers have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to excellence and logistics optimization that support Wabash's growth and accelerating innovation. Platinum Award winners are (in alphabetical order): Alcorn Industrial Lafayette Steel Sales All State Fastener Landstar System, Inc. American Logistics Service, LLC dba KTB Global Maxion Wheels AMT Trucking Old Dominion Freight Line CDW Phillips Industries Clarience Technologies Pink Team Constellium Process Development & Fabrication Crossroads Galvanizing R2X LLC Dayton Freight Spurlock Transport LLC Dow Chemical The Sherwin-Williams Company Hendrickson Topshelf Wood Packaging Hydro TransLand Hynes Industries Venture Logistics Jost International Webb Wheel KW Plastics Recycling In addition, Axel Logistics, Creative Producers Group Agency, Elliott Company of Indianapolis, ESAB México, GardaWorld Security Services, Topper Industrial, and Wiley Metal Fabrication received Distinguished Supplier Awards for outstanding customer service, business responsiveness and performance. Wabash: Changing How the World Reaches YouWabash (NYSE: WNC) combines physical and digital technologies to deliver innovative, end-to-end solutions that optimize supply chains across transportation, logistics and infrastructure markets. Headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana, Wabash designs, manufactures, and services an extensive range of products supporting first-to-final mile operations, including dry and refrigerated trailers and truck bodies, platform trailers, tank trailers, structural composites and more. In addition, through the Wabash Marketplace and Wabash Parts, customers gain access to a nationwide parts and service network, Trailers as a Service (TaaS)℠, and advanced tools designed to streamline operations and drive growth. By enabling businesses to thrive today and prepare for tomorrow, Wabash is Changing How the World Reaches You®. Learn more at Media Contact:Heidi Murphy(312) 248-8856wabashprteam@
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Wabash Recognizes Outstanding Suppliers for 2024
Fastenal and Whiting Door named suppliers of the year LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wabash (NYSE: WNC), a leader in end-to-end supply chain solutions for the transportation, logistics and infrastructure markets, recognizes 38 of its top suppliers with 2024 Wabash Supplier Awards for supply chain excellence. Each year, Wabash presents awards to top suppliers for excellence in supply chain performance, considering criteria such as innovation, quality, delivery, cost and service. The company's highest honor is its Pinnacle Award, which recognizes the company's supplier of the year. This year's Pinnacle Award winners are Fastenal of Winona, Minnesota, and Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp of Buffalo, New York. 'Our ability to deliver innovative solutions for our customers depends on strong, collaborative supplier relationships,' said Richard Mansilla, vice president, global supply chain for Wabash. 'Partners like Fastenal and Whiting Door exemplify what it means to go beyond transactional support. They bring ideas to the table, help us solve complex challenges, and contribute meaningfully to the performance and reliability our customers expect. We're proud to recognize their outstanding contributions with our highest supplier honor.' With more than 3,600 in-market locations spanning 25 countries, Fastenal supplies a broad offering of fasteners, safety products, metal cutting products and other industrial supplies to customers engaged in manufacturing, construction, warehousing, wholesale, and state and local government. By investing in local experts and inventory, customer-facing technology, wide-ranging services, and best-in-class sourcing and logistics, they offer a unique combination of capabilities to help their customers reduce cost, risk and scalability constraints in their global supply chains. This high-touch, high-tech approach is reflected in their tagline, Where Industry Meets Innovation™. This award marks Fastenal's third overall Wabash supplier award and its first Pinnacle Award. Founded in 1953, Whiting Door is the leading manufacturer of dry freight, insulated and specialty roll-up doors for the transportation industry. A fourth-generation, family-owned company, Whiting has built its reputation on quality, innovation and customer support—underscored by ISO-certified processes and a commitment to continuous improvement. With three manufacturing locations, Whiting is well-positioned to efficiently serve customers from coast to coast. This year marks Whiting's seventh overall Wabash supplier award and its first Pinnacle Award. 'When Fastenal began its partnership with Wabash three years ago, we asked a simple but important question: What does success look like? The response was clear — Wabash needed Fastenal to operate as if we were part of the Wabash team, bringing forward ideas that would drive efficiencies and reduce costs,' stated Bryce Burgess, Fastenal's National Account Business Manager. 'Being presented with the Pinnacle Award is a testament to the hard work and commitment both teams have invested in developing this strategic relationship. We are truly honored and excited to continue growing together and exploring new opportunities for shared success.' 'Our relationship with Wabash spans many years and is built on shared goals and a mutual commitment to serving our end-user customers,' said Ben Whiting, Vice President of Corporate Development at Whiting Door. 'From manufacturing to in-the-field support, we're proud to be a trusted partner that delivers reliable solutions and adds value throughout the supply chain. Being honored with the Pinnacle Award is a meaningful recognition of the dedication our team brings to this partnership every day.' Twenty-nine companies earned Platinum Awards for excellence in supply chain performance. These select group of suppliers have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to excellence and logistics optimization that support Wabash's growth and accelerating innovation. Platinum Award winners are (in alphabetical order): Alcorn Industrial Lafayette Steel Sales All State Fastener Landstar System, Inc. American Logistics Service, LLC dba KTB Global Maxion Wheels AMT Trucking Old Dominion Freight Line CDW Phillips Industries Clarience Technologies Pink Team Constellium Process Development & Fabrication Crossroads Galvanizing R2X LLC Dayton Freight Spurlock Transport LLC Dow Chemical The Sherwin-Williams Company Hendrickson Topshelf Wood Packaging Hydro TransLand Hynes Industries Venture Logistics Jost International Webb Wheel KW Plastics Recycling In addition, Axel Logistics, Creative Producers Group Agency, Elliott Company of Indianapolis, ESAB México, GardaWorld Security Services, Topper Industrial, and Wiley Metal Fabrication received Distinguished Supplier Awards for outstanding customer service, business responsiveness and performance. Wabash: Changing How the World Reaches YouWabash (NYSE: WNC) combines physical and digital technologies to deliver innovative, end-to-end solutions that optimize supply chains across transportation, logistics and infrastructure markets. Headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana, Wabash designs, manufactures, and services an extensive range of products supporting first-to-final mile operations, including dry and refrigerated trailers and truck bodies, platform trailers, tank trailers, structural composites and more. In addition, through the Wabash Marketplace and Wabash Parts, customers gain access to a nationwide parts and service network, Trailers as a Service (TaaS)℠, and advanced tools designed to streamline operations and drive growth. By enabling businesses to thrive today and prepare for tomorrow, Wabash is Changing How the World Reaches You®. Learn more at Media Contact:Heidi Murphy(312) 248-8856wabashprteam@
New York Post
11-06-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Car drives through anti-ICE protesters as Chicago joins nationwide anti-ICE unrest amid Trump crackdown
A car drove through a crowd of demonstrators Tuesday night as hundreds of anti-ICE protesters gathered in Downtown Chicago. The protests in Chicago come as Los Angeles has faced days of unrest. Advertisement Protests in LA started on June 7, with rioters burning cars, throwing objects and fireworks at police, smashing the windows of the LAPD's headquarters and looting stores. Tuesday's footage from FOX 32 Chicago shows what appeared to be a woman driving through the Chicago demonstrators walking with signs and biking on Wabash and Monroe. A police officer attempted to hit the window of the moving vehicle in an apparent attempt to get the driver to stop, but it kept moving, FOX 32 reported. It is unclear if anyone was injured during the incident. Advertisement The Chicago Police Department told Fox News Digital on Tuesday evening that they were waiting to hear from responding officers when asked if the car's driver would face charges for driving through protesters. While most Chicago protesters were peaceful on Tuesday, some demonstrators clashed and vandalized police vehicles, and public transportation was temporarily suspended downtown, FOX 32 reported. 6 Anti-ICE protesters gathered in Downtown Chicago blocking traffic from getting around the city streets. SkyFOX 6 A driver drives a car through a protest that took over a street in Chicago on June 10, 2025. Advertisement Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez noted on X that multiple police cars had been vandalized. 'I guess we haven't learned,' he wrote in one Tuesday evening post. 'I'm so sick of anarchy apologists and their 'It's not violent, just property damage bro' bull—-,' he said in another. 6 Footage from shows what appeared to be a woman driving through the Chicago demonstrators walking with signs and biking on Wabash and Monroe. SkyFOX Advertisement 6 Police detain a protester in the Loop on June 10, 2025. Getty Images 6 Protesters take over a street and march through the Loop of Chicago on June 10, 2025. Getty Images An earlier protest Tuesday was part of a campaign called 'From LA to Chicago: ICE Out!' according to FOX 32. 'I just think it's not right what's going on right now … people are being snatched off the street, so you just gotta do something about it,' Benjamin Rose, one of the protesters, told the outlet. Demonstrations have been popping up across the country, from Asheville, North Carolina, to Chicago to Los Angeles, where unrest broke out over the weekend following a raid. The Department of Homeland Security said ICE raids in LA over the weekend resulted in 'hundreds of illegal aliens [being] arrested by ICE officers and agents,' including 'many with a criminal history and criminal convictions.' 6 An earlier protest Tuesday was part of a campaign called 'From LA to Chicago: ICE Out!' AFP via Getty Images Advertisement DHS listed more information about 19 suspects that ICE Los Angeles arrested on June 7 who are accused of crimes ranging from robbery to second-degree murder to rape. 'America's brave ICE officers are removing the worst of the worst from LA's streets, while LA's leaders are working tirelessly against them,' DHS said in a Sunday statement as riots continued through the weekend.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Car drives through anti-ICE protesters as Chicago joins nationwide anti-ICE unrest amid Trump crackdown
A car drove through a crowd of demonstrators Tuesday night as hundreds of anti-ICE protesters gathered in Downtown Chicago. The protests in Chicago come as Los Angeles has faced days of unrest. Protests in LA started on June 7, with rioters burning cars, throwing objects and fireworks at police, smashing the windows of the LAPD's headquarters and looting stores. Tuesday's footage from Fox 32 Chicago shows what appeared to be a woman driving through the Chicago demonstrators walking with signs and biking on Wabash and Monroe. A police officer attempted to hit the window of the moving vehicle in an apparent attempt to get the driver to stop, but it kept moving, FOX 32 reported. It is unclear if anyone was injured during the incident. Dozens Of Anti-ice Rioters Arrested In La As Trump Sends In National Guard To Quell Violence Read On The Fox News App The Chicago Police Department told Fox News Digital on Tuesday evening that they were waiting to hear from responding officers when asked if the car's driver would face charges for driving through protesters. While most Chicago protesters were peaceful on Tuesday, some demonstrators clashed and vandalized police vehicles, and public transportation was temporarily suspended downtown, FOX 32 reported. La News Anchor Claims People Are Having 'Fun' Watching Cars Burn, Riots 'Relatively Peaceful' Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez noted on X that multiple police cars had been vandalized. "I guess we haven't learned," he wrote in one Tuesday evening post. Rioters Smash Windows At Lapd Headquarters As Anti-ice Agitators Clash With Authorities "I'm so sick of anarchy apologists and their 'It's not violent, just property damage bro' bull----," he said in another. An earlier protest Tuesday was part of a campaign called "From LA to Chicago: ICE Out!" according to FOX 32. "I just think it's not right what's going on right now … people are being snatched off the street, so you just gotta do something about it," Benjamin Rose, one of the protesters, told the outlet. Demonstrator Steals Police Car During Anti-deportation Protest In Arizona Demonstrations have been popping up across the country, from Asheville, North Carolina, to Chicago to Los Angeles, where unrest broke out over the weekend following a raid. The Department of Homeland Security said ICE raids in LA over the weekend resulted in "hundreds of illegal aliens [being] arrested by ICE officers and agents," including "many with a criminal history and criminal convictions." DHS listed more information about 19 suspects that ICE Los Angeles arrested on June 7 who are accused of crimes ranging from robbery to second-degree murder to rape. "America's brave ICE officers are removing the worst of the worst from LA's streets, while LA's leaders are working tirelessly against them," DHS said in a Sunday statement as riots continued through the article source: Car drives through anti-ICE protesters as Chicago joins nationwide anti-ICE unrest amid Trump crackdown
