Michelin North America said that it was recently honored with two Best Value Awards from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). Michelin Truck Tires and Michelin Aircraft Tires each received their fourth consecutive award at a ceremony held during the 2011 DLA Industry Conference and Exhibition in Columbus, Ohio.

The company added that in 2007, by competitive bid, it was awarded two Tire Privatization Initiative contracts to procure, store and distribute tires to the U.S. military, under which Michelin supplies tires for nearly every aircraft and ground vehicle used by the military. In order to maintain the military’s tire industrial base, Michelin sources some of these tires from other tire manufacturers. Since the contract award, Michelin has processed more than 130,000 requisitions and delivered more than 1.5 million tires to more than 2,500 military locations around the world.

“This award from the Defense Logistics Agency reflects Michelin’s expertise, reliability and commitment to supporting our military’s mobility through our global supply chain capabilities,” said Dick Wilkerson, chairman and president of Michelin North America.  “Working with our partners at Lockheed Martin and SAIC, as well as our suppliers, we are able to offer our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines the ‘right-tire, on-time’ service they need. The men and women of the U.S. military sacrifice a lot to serve our country, we at Michelin are glad we get the chance to serve them in this way.”