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Top performing Qualified Suppliers and Member Distributors have been recognized by Strategic Market Alliance (SMA) and presented with the group’s Navigator award for outstanding performances in 2017.

The following organizations are 2018 Navigator Award recipients:

Navigator Recognition Category - SMA Qualified Suppliers Achieving the Largest Total Sales Volume to SMA Member Distributors
Qualified Supplier Organizations - Essity, Kimberly Clark Professional, Georgia Pacific Professional, DART Container, Pactiv, Anchor Packaging

Navigator Recognition Category - SMA Qualified Suppliers Achieving the Largest Percent Growth with SMA Member Distributors
Qualified Supplier Organizations - SafetyZone, DEB USA, NPS, Handi - Foil, Sabert, Inline Plastics

Navigator Recognition Category - SMA Qualified Supplier Achievement in Product Innovation as judged by Survey of SMA Member Distributors
Qualified Supplier Organizations - DEB USA, 3M, GOJO Industries, Fabri-Kal, Genpak

Navigator Recognition Category - Supplier Achievement in Field Sales Excellence as judged by Survey of SMA Member Distributors
Qualified Supplier Organizations - Spartan Chemical, SafetyZone, DART Container

Navigator Recognition Category - Largest Overall Dollar Purchases from Qualified Suppliers
SMA Member Distributors - Joshen Paper & Packaging, Brady Industries, Trimark, Leonard Paper Company, Walter E. Nelson, Superior Solutions, Roy Turk, Ltd.

Navigator Recognition Category - Largest Percent Increase in Purchases from Qualified Suppliers
SMA Member Distributors - Edmar Cleaning Corp., Liberty Distributors, Schneider Paper Company, Walter E. Nelson, Regional Distributors, Brady Industries, Trimark, Paper Chemical Supply, Brame

Navigator Recognition Category - Highest Ratio of Purchases from Qualified Suppliers
SMA Member Distributors - Philip Rosenau Company, Cole Papers, Leonard Paper Company, Allied Eagle Supply, Iowa Des Moines Supply, Singer Equipment Company, Daycon Product, Cosgrove Enterprises

Navigator awards were presented by Dick McGann, President, Strategic Market Alliance during Alliance Member-Supplier Conference 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

“Navigator recognition is something very special to the associates of SMA,” said McGann. “This recognition conveys our deeply-felt appreciation and respect for the efforts made by all of our supplier partners and member companies in service together to our mutual consumer customers.”