"A reliable tool supply is something that is critical to our business," explained Markus Langer, leader buyer for global purchasing projects at Bosch. "We work with the Hoffmann Group because we know from experience that this partner can provide us with a supply of 'standard' tools around the world.”

When selecting the winners of the supplier awards, the following criteria are considered in particular: technical expertise, product quality, delivery reliability, entrepreneurial potential, price-performance ratio and production concept.

Christian Götschl, international key account manager at the Hoffmann Group, said: "This recognition that we are a strategically important supplier encourages us in our efforts to become even better and to continue in the future to work on not only meeting the high expectations of our customers, but exceeding them."

The Hoffmann Group was also the only tool supplier to win the Bosch Global Supplier Award in 2015.

APMEN Sept 2016, News