Though the process of sifting through sand is arduous, only after blowing away the sand can gold be found.
To better enhance the company's core competitiveness, establish a customer success-oriented service team, and continuously create maximum value for customers, the company established the CAT ME Project CFT team in 2018. Within a year, they held 85 weekly meetings, conducted 11 on-site audits, identified 12 audit improvement highlights, tackled 8 technical challenges, and addressed over 100 risk issues, completing all improvements. In October 2023 and March 2024, they successfully passed two rounds of on-site PPAP audits. In September 2025, after more than seven years of persistent effort, the company finally received information from CAT regarding the SER Excellent Supplier certification.
(SER: Supplier Excellence) (Recognition of Supplier Excellence)
Honored Ceremony
On the afternoon of May 19th, a high-level certification ceremony was held at the company headquarters. Caterpillar Wuxi Quality Team, including Senior Quality Manager Liu Ke, Quality Manager Gao Minggang, and other Caterpillar leaders, personally presented our company with the "Caterpillar Supplier Excellence Certification." The ceremony was warmly welcomed by Huang Yekai, General Manager of Cooperative Development, and other senior company leaders.
Caterpillar Inc., founded in 1925 and headquartered in Illinois, USA, is a global leader in construction machinery, mining equipment, off-road diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and internal combustion electric locomotives, renowned worldwide for its cutting-edge technology, stringent standards, and reliable quality. Its "Supplier Excellence Certification" has extremely high standards; it is awarded to companies selected from 20,000 suppliers worldwide through rigorous multi-dimensional audits based on on-time delivery, capacity, and service. In 2025, only 37 suppliers received the "Supplier Excellence" honor. In September 2025, KUS Group officially received Caterpillar's "Supplier of Excellence Certification," marking a further deepening of the strategic partnership between the two companies within the engineering equipment supply chain. This collaboration is committed to improving supply chain efficiency and developing highly reliable intelligent component solutions for the global market.
This honor is a tremendous recognition and glory for KUS Group, and a new milestone. We will continue to explore, refine, and continuously create maximum value for our customers, better serving them to earn their trust and make even greater contributions to KUS's future development!