Honda honored 37 suppliers that provide indirect products and services to Honda business operations during last week’s annual Indirect Procurement Supplier Conference in Dublin.
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
Honda started operations in the United States with American Honda Motor Co., Inc. in 1959.
Today, Honda employs over 30,000 associates in America engaged in the development, manufacturing, sales, and service support of Honda and Acura automobiles, Honda power equipment, Honda powersports products, and the HondaJet advanced light jet.
Based on its longstanding commitment to build products close to the customer, Honda operates 12 major U.S. manufacturing facilities, working with 665 U.S. OEM suppliers to produce a diverse range of Honda products using domestic and globally made parts.
Honda has built automobiles in America for over 40 years, and in 2025, more than 62% of all Honda and Acura automobiles sold in the U.S. were produced in America.
Honda also conducts research and development activities at 23 facilities in America, where it fully designs, develops, and engineers many of the products the company manufactures in America.
Honda and Acura high-performance racing programs are also conducted in America, including the design and development of powertrain, chassis, electronics, and performance parts, as well as technical and race support.
