Hexcel Named Embraer Best Supplier of the Year for Second Consecutive Year
Embraer awarded Hexcel Corporation (NYSE:HXL), a global leader in advanced composite materials, with the Embraer Best Suppliers Award in the Standards & Materials Category for the second consecutive year, recognizing the company's outstanding performance across quality, delivery, collaboration, and operational excellence.
"This recognition is a testament to the dedication of our global teams and the strength of our long‑standing partnership with Embraer," said Lyndon Smith, President, Americas & Global Fibers, Hexcel. "We are honored by this continued recognition and remain focused on delivering advanced composite solutions that support Embraer's aircraft programs. Through our collaboration, we are lightweighting to propel the future, enabling stronger, lighter, and more efficient aircraft."
The award was presented during Embraer's annual Suppliers Conference in São José dos Campos, Brazil, where the company recognized partners that demonstrate exceptional engagement, performance, and alignment with Embraer's operational and strategic priorities.
"A strong and aligned supply chain is essential to Embraer's ability to execute, compete, and grow," said Roberto Chaves, Executive Vice President of Global Procurement and Supply Chain, Embraer. "Being recognized as Best Supplier of the Year reflects consistent performance, disciplined execution, and a collaborative approach that strengthens predictability and resilience across the value chain. This level of alignment is what enables us to move forward as one."
Hexcel has been a trusted supplier to Embraer for decades, providing advanced carbon fiber and composite materials that are integral to the performance, efficiency, and reliability of Embraer aircraft across commercial, defense, and business aviation platforms.
Being named Best Supplier of the Year for a second straight year underscores Hexcel's sustained ability to execute at scale, innovate alongside its customers, and deliver consistently high levels of quality and service in support of Embraer's global operations.
About Hexcel
Hexcel Corporation is a global leader in advanced lightweight composites technology. We provide innovative, high-performance material solutions that are lighter, stronger and tougher, shaping a world that moves farther, smarter and more efficiently. Our broad and unrivaled product range includes carbon fiber, specialty reinforcements, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials, honeycomb, resins, engineered core, and composite structures for use in commercial aerospace, defense and space, and industrial applications.
About Embraer
A global aerospace company headquartered in Brazil, Embraer has businesses in Commercial and Executive aviation, Defense and Security, and Agricultural Aviation. The company designs, develops, manufactures, and markets aircraft and systems, providing Services and Support to customers after-sales.
Since it was founded in 1969, Embraer has delivered more than 9,000 aircraft. On average, about every 10 seconds an aircraft manufactured by Embraer takes off somewhere in the world, transporting over 150 million passengers a year.
Embraer is the leading manufacturer of commercial jets with up to 150 seats and the main exporter of high value-added goods in Brazil. The company maintains industrial units, offices, services, and parts distribution centers, among other activities, across the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe.
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