R.H. Sheppard, a WABCO company, receives award from PACCAR

WABCO Holdings’ R.H. Sheppard, a key supplier of steering technologies for commercial vehicles has received the PACCAR Inc Supplier Performance Management (SPM) Achiever Award.

PACCAR Inc, a leading global truck manufacturer, annually recognises its top performing suppliers in the areas of product development, operations support, and business alignment with the truck maker’s objectives. Through the SPM program, suppliers and PACCAR cross-functional teams collaborate to identify performance enhancements and to develop product innovations. PACCAR selected Sheppard for its reliability and delivery performance. PACCAR has given 89 supplier awards since the launch of the SPM program in 2014.

PACCAR Vice President of Global Purchasing, Bill Jackson said: “We are excited about our suppliers’ performance achieved since we launched the SPM program three years ago. We appreciate the value created for customers, dealers and PACCAR from continuous improvement initiatives under the program. PACCAR recognizes and honors its leading suppliers that demonstrated top performance.”

WABCO Business Leader, Global Steering, Piotr Sroka said: “It is a great honor to receive PACCAR’s Supplier Performance Management Achiever Award on behalf of the entire Sheppard team. We continue to build on our more than 20-year strategic partnership with PACCAR by contributing advanced steering system to the commercial vehicle manufacturer’s world-class Kenworth and Peterbilt truck brands in North America.”

WABCO President, Americas, Jon Morrison said: “PACCAR’s top supplier award powerfully demonstrates how WABCO’s broad portfolio of industry-leading technologies help improve the safety, efficiency and connectivity of commercial vehicle manufacturers and fleet operators in North America and worldwide. The recent acquisition of Sheppard enables the combination of active steering, active braking, electronic stability control and other advanced driver assistance systems to help realize the commercial vehicle industry’s vision of autonomous driving.”

WABCO acquired R.H. Sheppard in September 2017. Sheppard offers a suite of power-steering gears that has set the industry standard for heavy-duty commercial and specialty vehicles. Sheppard employs approximately 900 individuals at its U.S. facilities in Hanover, Pennsylvania, and Wytheville, Virginia.

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3rd Jan 2018