Ideal Setech

Building on our celebration of the GM Supplier of the Year Award and the Ted O'Leary Problem Solver of the Year Award, we are proud to recognize the recipients and contributors of Ideal Setech's Pat Rylance Golden Broom Award!

The Golden Broom Award honors site teams that exemplify excellence across all aspects of crib and warehouse operations. This year, our Tonawanda site earned the top distinction for its commitment to operational excellence.

We also recognize this year's valued contributors, whose dedication, teamwork, and customer-focused mindset continue to strengthen our operations every day. Their efforts demonstrate the power of collaboration and the impact that high-performing teams can have across our organization.

Congratulations to all of this year's Golden Broom Award recipients and contributors, and thank you for your commitment to excellence.

The strength of our organization is built on people who identify challenges, embrace collaboration, and follow through with solutions. Congratulations to the contributors recognized through our 2026 Ted O'Leary Problem Solver of the Year Award program, and thank you for the impact you make across our Ideal Setech sites!

Our 2026 Ted O'Leary Problem Solver of the Year Award nominees demonstrated that great problem-solving takes many forms. Whether through disciplined standard work, thoughtful testing, innovative controls, exceptional ex*****on, or stepping up when it matters most, each nominee made a meaningful impact on our operations.

What united this year's nominees was their commitment to identifying challenges, collaborating on solutions, following through on improvements, and leaving the operation stronger than they found it.

Today, we proudly celebrate this year's award winners! Tomorrow, we'll shine a light on the contributors whose commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence earned them recognition among this year's nominees.

Our team was proud to come together earlier this month to celebrate earning our seventh General Motors Supplier of the Year Award! Team members from Setech sites across North America joined the celebration, recognizing this incredible milestone and the dedication and teamwork that made it possible.

We extend our sincere gratitude to everyone who has contributed to this achievement over the years. We also thank General Motors for their continued trust and partnership, and for recognizing our commitment to delivering dependable, high-quality service as a valued supplier.

This September, we're celebrating Rick Pickelhaupt for five years of dedication, teamwork, and impact with Ideal Setech.

Thank you for being a key part of our success!

This August, we're celebrating Change-Lee Thao and Lloyd Tharp for years of dedication, teamwork, and impact with Ideal Setech.

Thank you all for being a key part of our success!

This July, we're celebrating Juan Costilla Jr, Jesse Brandow, and Daniel Chinnadurai for 5 years of dedication, teamwork, and impact with Ideal Setech.

Thank you all for being a key part of our success!

This month, we proudly celebrate Michael Gutierrez and Sarah Penner for 5 years of dedication, teamwork, and impact with Ideal Setech.

Thank you all for being a key part of our success!

Last week, our PPO program team attended a Detroit Tigers game with one of our customers. It was a fantastic day that helped bring our team together and to grow our relationship with our customer.

Today, we proudly celebrate Alina Baciu for 20 Years of dedication, teamwork, and impact to the Ideal Setech team.

Alina has been a driving force for the Ideal team for two decades now and continues to be a key part of our success!