WABCO Holdings Inc., a global technology leader and Tier-1 supplier to the commercial vehicle industry, has announced that its WABCO-TVS subsidiary in India has been recognized with a Gold Award for Quality Excellence from Ashok Leyland.
Ashok Leyland offers a world class range of trucks, buses, special application vehicles and engines across 20 countries worldwide. Currently, WABCO is adapting for Ashok Leyland its OptiDrive modular automated manual transmission system, a breakthrough in transmission automation technology and one of the most creatively engineered products in WABCO’s portfolio. WABCO’s OptiDrive system is expected to be in volume production in early 2011.
A jury comprising Ashok Leyland managers from strategic sourcing, product development, engineering and manufacturing named WABCO the Gold Award recipient for superlative performance in quality results during 2009 and 2010.
“As a technology leader in the commercial vehicle industry, Ashok Leyland is passionate about excellence in engineering and quality. It further drives our ambition to offer products with the best value for our customers,” said Mr. Anuj Kathuria, Head of Strategic Sourcing, Ashok Leyland Ltd. “WABCO strongly contributes to our success through their outstanding results across our criteria for top quality.”
“Everyone at WABCO-TVS is proud of the superlative recognition that Ashok Leyland has awarded to our organization, particularly in their assessment of quality systems at our manufacturing and logistics facilities,” said Mr. P. Kaniappan, Managing Director, WABCO-TVS (India) Ltd. “Winning Ashok Leyland’s Gold Award for Quality Excellence is another mark of our commitment to continuously achieve breakthrough levels of quality in our products and services.”
Said Leon Liu, WABCO President, Asia: “Ashok Leyland’s Gold Award powerfully acclaims WABCO’s quality excellence as we continue to demonstrate game-changing capabilities in lean manufacturing that offer competitive advantages for our customers in emerging markets. We are proud of WABCO-TVS for winning top honors in quality at Ashok Leyland as we strive to grow demand for automated manual transmissions worldwide, particularly in emerging markets where adoption of such systems is expected to expand rapidly.”
In 2009, Ashok Leyland became the first manufacturer of commercial vehicles in India to adopt WABCO’s highly advanced OptiDrive system.
