Honda Recognizes Top Indirect Suppliers at Annual Conference

Honda honored 37 suppliers that provide indirect products and services to Honda business operations during Wednesday’s annual Indirect Procurement Supplier Conference in Dublin, Ohio. In 2025, Honda spent more than $7 billion (USD) on a wide variety of equipment, products and services from over 5,600 indirect suppliers for its business and manufacturing operations across North America.

The theme of the 2026 conference, ‘Driving Forward Together,’ underscores the importance of collaboration between Honda and its suppliers as the company strengthens its ability to meet customer needs in the rapidly changing market conditions.

“As we continue to invest in the growth of our business in America, we are working closely with our indirect suppliers to increase our speed to market and offer even greater value for money to our customers,” said Elly Bradford, director of the Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, LLC Indirect Procurement Division. “We congratulate and thank all of our supplier award winners for their outstanding support of our efforts to meet the needs of our customers.”

Supplier award winners were selected for their achievements in award categories including Supplier of the Year, New Supplier, Sustainability, Challenging Spirit and Outstanding Value, as well as two new award categories – Strategic Partner and Innovation.

This year’s conference also included a first-ever charitable component with Honda making a $10,000 contribution on behalf of its suppliers to Form5 Prosthetics, which designs and produces adaptive prosthetic and assistive products for individuals with limb differences.

2026 Honda Indirect Procurement Supplier Award Winners

Supplier of the Year
This award is bestowed upon the supplier that has set the standard across every pillar of their Honda partnership. This supplier embodies Honda’s own relentless pursuit of excellence, consistently delivering flawless quality, unwavering reliability, and unmatched value while proactively driving improvements, reducing costs, and ensuring business continuity.

Targetbase – Irving, Texas

New Supplier
This award recognizes new suppliers who have demonstrated exceptional performance, reliability, and commitment to collaboration; these suppliers exceeded expectations and enhanced customer satisfaction within their first two years of partnership.

GTI Energy – Des Plaines, Illinois

Incedo Inc. – Florham Park, New Jersey

MESSRING Inc. – Ann Arbor, Michigan

SAJJAN, LLC – St. Charles, Illinois

Torq Consulting – Plano, Texas

Sustainability
This award recognizes suppliers who exemplify excellence by driving impactful initiatives across environmental, social, ethical, and governance pillars aligning with Honda’s commitment to be a company that society wants to exist.

Amazon Web Services, Inc. – Seattle, Washington

Cotterman & Company, Inc. – Minster, Ohio

Hightowers Petroleum Company – Middletown, Ohio

Midwest Logistics Systems LTD – Marysville, Ohio

RTC Industries, Inc. – Bellefontaine, Ohio

TPG Trade Show + Event Marketing – Warrenville, Illinois

Challenging Spirit
This award recognizes suppliers who demonstrate resilience, overcome obstacles, and consistently rise to meet complex challenges. These suppliers deliver meaningful impact through their solution-oriented mindset and unwavering commitment to excellence.

APLS – Birmingham, Alabama

Arcadis U.S., Inc. – Novi, Michigan

Assemble-Rite, Ltd. c/o Spencer Butcher Group – Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Convergint Technologies LLC – Columbus, Ohio

Martin Brinkerhoff Associates – Irvine, California

Motion – Birmingham, Alabama

Palo Alto Networks – Santa Clara, California

Sapphire Printing Group, Inc. – Ontario, California

Outstanding Value
This award recognizes suppliers that have provided a strong competitive advantage by consistently going above and beyond to deliver exceptional value, forward-thinking solutions, and cost efficiencies through their dedicated service and project implementation.

Acclarity – Fort Lauderdale, Florida

LTM Limited – Edison, New Jersey

P&R Communications Service, Inc. – Dayton, Ohio

SBM Management Services, LP – McClellan, California

Targetbase – Irving, Texas

TARUS Products Inc – Sterling Heights, Michigan

Strategic Partner
This award recognizes suppliers who have evolved beyond transactional engagements into true strategic partnerships built on collaboration and trust; they operate as an extension of the Honda team. By helping position Honda as a customer of choice, these suppliers deliver meaningful and lasting impact to our business.

Adecco USA, INC. – Marysville, Ohio

Amazon Business – Seattle, Washington

BI WORLDWIDE – Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ernst & Young LLP – New York, New York

IBM – Armonk, New York

PowerBuilt Material Handling Solutions, LLC – Bellefontaine, Ohio

Innovation
This award recognizes suppliers who have delivered breakthrough innovations with a profound impact to Honda. These suppliers have introduced new ideas, technologies, or processes that drive measurable improvements in cost, quality, delivery, safety, or customer satisfaction.

American Solutions for Business – Glenwood, Minnesota

ARC3 GASES – Burlington, North Carolina

Humble Construction Co. – Bellefontaine, Ohio

Microsoft – Redmond, Washington

Pacific Rim Capital – Irvine, California

Pattison ID – Knoxville, Tennessee