Suppliers

We believe that strong, transparent and collaborative supplier relationships are a foundation of sustainable success. Whether you’ve been working together with us for many years or are exploring the possibility of partnering with us, we are open for pioneering positive impact together.

Alfa Laval offers enormous possibilities for production related purchasing. We have around 40 production sites and distribution centres in Europe, Asia and the Americas with a total purchasing volume of more than 1,000 MEUR.

We offer one point of contact to our chosen suppliers, opening up possibilities to sell very large volumes globally. We bring you the chance of regular and growing business, built from a wide range of customer segments.

Explore business opportunities

handshake We want to develop relations with our current and potential new suppliers to find the right competitive partners for the future.

In order to find the right, competitive partners for the future we are interested in developing relations and business with existing and potential new suppliers.

Developing together

Having a contract with Alfa Laval involves a common process development towards common objectives, with a continuous evaluation of performance. Good results open up the possibility for additional assortments and growth. The Supplier of the Year Award has been established to recognize the best global performance based on cost development, deliveries, quality, lead times, volume increase, flexibility and communication.

Our expectations

Based on agreed upon plans and activities, Alfa Laval’s expectations on our suppliers are...

cooperation to reach continuous quality improvement in the spirit of ISO 9001 and in accordance with an agreed progress plan.
cooperation to continuously cut lead times and increase flexibility based on an agreed upon plan.
co-operation to continuously decrease total costs based on a common objective and an agreed upon progress plan. Our aim is to always be better than inflation.
promotion of capacity, functions and modules on a global basis instead of items on a local basis.
Alfa Laval is to be a major customer, representing 15 – 35% of the supplier's turnover.
that Alfa Laval documents and developed procedures and techniques shall in no way at all may be disclosed to a third party.
commitment to co-operate in initiating actions in case of a catastrophe.
open communication to continuously cover general information regarding the health of the businesses.
willingness to take action to always be on the cutting edge of technology for products supplied to Alfa Laval and committed to use that knowledge within Alfa Laval’s product development projects.
accept and adapt Alfa Laval’s Business Principles as a guideline for a fruitful cooperation. This includes the supplier:
being able to continuously guarantee that the work force and employees that are utilised are working under acceptable. conditions and in adherence to all local roles and regulations
having a basic system to keep track of environmental impact and improvements.

Become a supplier

We look forward to see what the future holds and how we can further grow collaborations and development to create positive impact.

Before proceeding to submit your interest to become a supplier, you need to confirm that you have read and comply with the Alfa Laval Business Principles for Suppliers and General Conditions of Purchase. We expect all suppliers to be transparent in all kinds of information sharing and reporting that may impact the value chain.

Prerequisites

I have read and comply to the Alfa Laval Business Principles for Suppliers

I have read and understood our General Conditions of Purchase

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CONTACT DETAILS

First Name*:

Last Name*:

Job Title:

Phone:

Email*:

COMPANY INFORMATION

Company name*:

Address:

City*:

State/Province:

Postal code:

Country*:

Factory locations:

Website URL:

Short overview of your company:

Main commodity group:

D&B DUNS Number:

Sales turnover (Million Euros):

Number of employees:

Top customers and share of business

Customer name and share (in %):

Top customer industries: Automotive Marine Energy Food Pharma

Other, please specify:

CERTIFICATIONS

ISO9001:

ISO14001:

ISO45001:

ISO50001:

IATF 16949:

Other, please specify:

SUSTAINABILITY

Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)

Do you buy renewable electricity?

The material in your products contain on average % recycled material (by weight)

Do you report your sustainability data to any third party?

Other, please specify:

Are you using Geiger counter in your environmental monitoring?

CAPABILITIES AND PERFORMANCE

Production planning system:

Export capability:

Do you work with stock agreement:

Preferred payment terms (in days):

Delivery on Time (goods delivered on or before the promised delivery date) – Last year (%):

Quality performance (returns by customers due to defects or non-conformance) – Last year (%):

Does your company have a general liability insurance with a per claim limit of not less than one million Euro?

Transparency: do you work with cost break down:

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Contact person at Alfa Laval (if any):

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Suppliers

Explore business opportunities

Developing together

Our expectations

Become a supplier

More information

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Supplier Handbook

General Conditions of Purchase

Business principles for suppliers