Awarded to Supplier of the year

National is named "Supplier of the Year" by the trade association for the Swedish supplier industry, FKG

National Sweden, manufacturer and supplier of fiber, plastic and rubber products, is awarded the Stora Leverantörspriset 2023. Above all, it is the National Group's sustainability work that is awarded by the industry organization for the Swedish supplier industry, FKG.

"We are overwhelmed and extremely happy about this fine award, we were proud to just be nominated," explained Johan Rössel, Sales Account Manager and representative of National Sweden's owner, when he received the award together with Joakim Fritz, VP and Business Development Director on Stora Leverantörsdagen in Gothenburg.

The jury's reasoning reads as follows: "Using the earth's resources more efficiently is a decisive effort to reach the necessary climate goals. In the future, acting sustainably will not only be a competitive advantage in the supply chain, but a necessity. National Sweden's investment in research and self-developed materials, circular processes and energy-efficient solutions in the industry. The progress and results from the investments made are communicated in an inspiring way and encourage more suppliers to sharpen their sustainability work. National Sweden is awarded this year for their positive impact on the development of suppliers Supplier price".

Together with six other companies, National Sweden was nominated for the Large Supplier Award 2023. The jury fell for the long-term sustainability work that the company has been running for the past 5-6 years. A job that is growing in importance for the automotive industry's suppliers when the entire mobility and transport sector implements the green transition.

"We started with an overhaul of our rubber side, where we have now developed a whole family of materials (Rubust© EPDM) with a significantly reduced CO2 footprint. Today we also have several sustainable materials in fiber and plastic that we work strategically with, for example in form of so-called "One Polymer Solutions" and creation of closed circular material loops. Investments in buildings and production equipment have been made with clear sustainability aspects and enable future measurement of CO2 impact down to the item level. We have also run an energy efficiency project together with the Swedish Energy Agency and Siemens energy savings of 40 percent, says Joakim Fritz and adds that sustainability work not only permeates the entire business and is important for the future, but also constitutes a competitive advantage.

The Stora Leverantörspriset is awarded annually to the individual or organization that has benefited the industry's development in Sweden. Areas that the jury assesses are design, entrepreneurship, environment, internationalization and research and development. Last year, the award went to the workshop company AGES Industri, for the work of taking the metal industry's sustainability work to new heights and generously sharing it with other Swedish suppliers.

The award committee for the Large Supplier Award 2023 consisted of FKG chairman Martin Lidén, deputy chairman Christina Holgerson, CEO Peter Bryntesson, the winners from the last two years - Anders Magnusson, AGES Industri, and Clas Tengström, Bror Tonsjö AB, as well as Göran Björklund, senior advisor the communications agency Newsroom.