We would like to announce that the Management Board of SumiRiko Poland Sp. z o. o. has appointed Mr. Sławomir Kasperkiewicz as President of SumiRiko Poland Sp. z o. o. effective 26^th July 2024. Mr. Kasperkiewicz took over Mr. Hidehito Ikeda, who has assumed the President in 2020.

Mr. Ikeda will be transferred to our sister company, SumiRiko AVS Holding Germany GmbH as CEO and Managing Director.

Mr Kasperkiewicz joined SumiRiko Poland Sp. z o.o. in 2000, and was engaged in the production division for 24 years. Prior to his appointment as President of the Management Board, he served as Deputy Managing Director and COO (Chief Operating Officer).

For the 12th time, POLITYKA weekly, Deloitte and the Responsible Business Forum have honoured Polish ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) leaders in the POLITYKA CSR Leaves. The companies honoured with POLITYKA's CSR Leaves were assessed in terms of their activities for the environment, community and corporate governance. It was also the second time that some companies were awarded Green Leaves, recognising them as leaders in climate neutrality.
In this year's edition of the list, 127 companies from all over Poland took part; our company won the Silver Leaf for the second time in a row. We were assessed on the basis of an analysis of our answers to more than 150 questions in a questionnaire, developed according to the guidelines of the ISO 26000 core social responsibility standard and in relation to the European Sustainability Reporting Standards and the latest ESG trends.

This year, for the first time, SumiRiko Poland was also awarded the POLITYKA's Green Leaf distinction, which is awarded to companies distinguished by their actions towards climate neutrality, for which reducing their negative impact on the climate, preventing climate change and adapting to it are strategic elements of their business activities.

Also this year, the 17th edition of the Responsible Companies Ranking took place, organised by the Kozminski Business Hub, operating within Kozminski University, while the media partner is Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. The ranking is a recognised list of the largest companies in Poland, assessed in terms of the quality of responsible management, and is based on results presented by companies in a questionnaire, which are then subject to detailed verification by Deloitte. SRKP was ranked 11th, making it one of the 31 best companies in this ranking.

On 21 February 2024, a presentation ceremony of the “Ford Q1” Certificate took place at our company. The event was attended by representatives of Ford Europe, Mr. Robert Hoenen (Germany) and Miroslav Klement (Czech Republic), and the representatives of SumiRiko Poland.

We are very proud of this achievement because this "FORD Q1 preferred quality status" is awarded only to the best suppliers fulfilling a number of strict quality and logistics requirements, such as:

• quality of products,
• on-time deliveries to Ford factories,
• overall organizational performance and plant management, including employees’ awareness,
• continuous improvement.

During the ceremony, we also received the Ford Q1 flag, which symbolizes the hard work, dedication and determination that Ford's award-winning supplier has shown in implementing the required criteria for operational performance, both quality and environmental management systems. Ford has established its own quality system, known as Q1, to ensure the consistent high quality of parts across all plants, so that the corporation can produce cars of the highest quality to meet customer requirements.  

Receiving Q1 certification, means becoming  the preferred supplier of parts for new car models launched by Ford and its group companies. However, we should keep in mind that the Q1 award is not awarded once and for all, it may be taken away if certain conditions are not met in the future.

We will constantly improve our performance to maintain Q1 certificate.  

SumiRiko Poland (SRKP) won the "Superior performance award" of Toyota Motor Europe (TME) for the year 2021 in the category of “Supply”, which was announced during the TME Purchasing Annual Business Meeting held on 1st June 2022 (meeting took place virtually).

TME evaluates suppliers performance in 6 categories (Safety, Quality, Supply, Project Management, VA, Cost Management) and the "Superior performance award" - a “Gold medal” is given to the best company of each of 6 categories. Our stable supply and logistics KPIs achieved by daily efforts of all employees were highly evaluated. SRKP received the TME Gold awards for the 3rd time (in 2008 Project management, in 2012 Supply). We will continue our utmost efforts to maintain the position of excellent supplier in Europe despite current difficult business circumstances.