{"id":30647,"date":"2021-08-18T08:20:04","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T07:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/?p=30647"},"modified":"2021-08-18T16:31:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T15:31:14","slug":"bkt-achieves-caterpillar-sqep-platinum-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/bkt-achieves-caterpillar-sqep-platinum-status\/30647","title":{"rendered":"BKT achieves Caterpillar SQEP Platinum status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BKT has been approved for Caterpillar SQEP (Supplier Quality Excellence Process) recertification and elevated from Gold to Platinum level, for the year 2021.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This recognition is dedicated to suppliers who distinguish themselves over the year by achieving the highest levels of quality and control over processes.<\/p>\n<p>Caterpillar said the off-highway tyre specialists stood out for its &#8220;unwavering and total commitment&#8221; in terms of leadership, quality, service and customer support.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for BKT said the SQEP Platinum certification is a major success for the Indian multinational&#8217;s efforts in logistics and its range of innovative, high-quality products.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[The SQEP Platinum certification] is further confirmation of the successful collaboration between Caterpillar and BKT, which lays the basis for even stronger synergies and partnerships in the future,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30648\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30648\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-18-at-4.19.35-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"718\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-18-at-4.19.35-PM.png 718w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-18-at-4.19.35-PM-300x262.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arvind Poddar, chairman and managing director of BKT.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud of this result,&#8221; stated Arvind Poddar, chairman and MD of BKT. &#8220;We have not only confirmed the high quality of our processes, we have gone beyond that and reached the highest level possible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This prestigious recognition from Caterpillar is concrete proof of that, but we won&#8217;t stop here. 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BKT&#8217;s journey is one marked by continuous evolution and development.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on BKT Tyres contact Agrigear on 042 9666 444.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BKT has been approved for Caterpillar SQEP (Supplier Quality Excellence Process) recertification and elevated from Gold to Platinum level, for the year 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":30648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[552,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bkt","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BKT achieves Caterpillar SQEP Platinum status - TyreTrade.ie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/bkt-achieves-caterpillar-sqep-platinum-status\/30647\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BKT achieves Caterpillar SQEP Platinum status - 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