Hastings Manufacturing Company has been awarded the Harley Davidson Supplier Achievement and West Michigan Safety Achievement Awards. The company fabricates piston rings, mechanics tools and additives for automotive engines, transmissions and cooling systems. The company s products are available through independent warehouse distributors and retailers. Hastings serves the original equipment manufacturing and automotive industries. Hastings Manufacturing was founded in 1915 as a fabricator of various automotive items. In 1935, the company introduced the Steel-Vent, the first multiple-piece oil control ring. Hastings Manufacturing, based in Hastings, Mich., has commercial warehouse locations throughout the United States from coast-to-coast, and in five Canadian provinces.