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WABCO Wins Gold Award for Quality Excellence From Ashok Leyland, One of India's Largest Manufacturers of Commercial Vehicles

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  Published in House and Home on Tuesday, July 6th 2010 at 4:10 GMT by Market Wire
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM--(Marketwire - July 6, 2010) - WABCO Holdings Inc. (NYSE: [ WBC ]) [[ www.wabco-auto.com ]], a global technology leader and tier-one supplier to the commercial vehicle industry, today announced that its WABCO-TVS subsidiary in India has been recognized with a gold award for quality excellence from Ashok Leyland, one of India's largest manufacturers of commercial vehicles.

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 their 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 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 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."

"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," said Leon Liu, WABCO President, Asia. "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.

About WABCO
WABCO Vehicle Control Systems (NYSE: [ WBC ]) is a leading supplier of safety and control systems for commercial vehicles. For over 140 years, WABCO has pioneered breakthrough electronic, mechanical and mechatronic technologies for braking, stability, and transmission automation systems supplied to the world's leading commercial truck, trailer, and bus manufacturers. With sales of $1.5 billion in 2009, WABCO is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. For more information, visit [ www.wabco-auto.com ]