<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20250515/1747301488302814.png" title="1747301488302814.png" alt="1.png"/></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Schaeffler Supplier Award 2025 goes to 15 suppliers for their exceptional performance</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Global challenges and technological transformation high on the agenda at Supplier Day</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Decades-long partnership with suppliers is key to enduring success</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The Motion Technology Company Schaeffler honored 15 suppliers with the Schaeffler Supplier Award in recognition of their outstanding performance at this year’s Supplier Day in Herzogenaurach. The event was held for the first time since the merger with Vitesco Technologies and featured an expanded lineup of core suppliers. At a ceremony attended by about 320 guests, Schaeffler AG family shareholder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board Georg F. W. Schaeffler and Chief Operating Officer Andreas Schick presented the prestigious awards in five categories: Sustainability, Supply Chain, Quality, Values, and Innovation. Themed “United in Motion,” this year’s Supplier Day was very much about technological change and overcoming current global challenges through partnership.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Andreas Schick: “Schaeffler is on track to become a leading Motion Technology Company. In today’s challenging business environment, agile, flexible and localized value chains are essential. Close partnerships with our suppliers are one of the keys to our success. Our focus is on leveraging network synergies and our technological expertise to create innovative solutions for the future in collaboration with our partners.”</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Schaeffler recognizes top-performing suppliers<br/>In the Sustainability category, Schaeffler honored suppliers who are actively championing climate neutrality in various ways, such as increased uptake of green electricity and recycling or efficient use of raw materials. In the Supply Chain category, suppliers were recognized for their highly stable supply chains and exceptional on-time delivery performance. The awards in the Quality category were given in recognition of outstanding performance in product and manufacturing excellence. In the Values category, Schaeffler showed its appreciation for key supplier relationships that contribute to the company’s competitiveness around the globe. And in the Innovation category, Schaeffler gave recognition for technological advances that are being implemented with a clear business focus.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The recipients of the 2025 Schaeffler Supplier Award are as follows:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Sustainability category</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Deutsche Edelstahlwerke GmbH Co. KG</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Suzhou Barnett</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Supply Chain category</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Zhejing ChengChuang Precision Ma. Co. Ltd.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Ningbo Hongxie Corporation Ltd.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Quality category</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">BBS Automation</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Berger Holding GmbH &amp; Co. KG</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Nexperia BV</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Values category</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Tyrolit Schleifmittelwerke</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Strojmetal Singen GmbH</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Brück GmbH</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Alt (Jiangsu) Industrial Co. Ltd.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Innovation category</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Brand KG</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">WUS PCB</span></p><p><br/></p>