Schaeffler receives quality award from Japan

Ein Strahlen f¨¹r die Kamera: Dr. Peter B¨¹hrle, Leiter Geschäftsbereich Getriebetechnologien Schaeffler, erhält den ¡°Project Contribution Award¡± von Shigeo Tsuzuki, Deputy Chief Officer Purchasing Division Aisin AW Co. LTD. Japanese companies are known for their high process and quality requirements, and to receive an award from Japan - as Schaeffler has now done - is a particularly proud achievement. The automotive supplier has received the so-called ¡°Project Contribution Award¡± from AISIN AW. Schaeffler supplies double turbine dampers with centrifugal pendulum-type absorber for the new AISIN AW 8-speed transmission and received the award for the outstanding collaboration and support during the volume production startup of the transmission in Japan. Award ceremony at Schaeffler¡¯s location in B¨¹hl ¡°Our team is incredibly proud of this award¡±, said Dr. Peter B¨¹hrle, President of Schaeffler¡¯s Transmission Technologies business unit, who accepted the prize from Shigeo Tsuzuki, Deputy Chief Officer Purchasing Division AISIN AW CO., LTD. in B¨¹hl. The team has made an important contribution to successfully implementing future projects at Aisin. ¡°We regard this as a gesture of enormous appreciation and as proof of our excellent technological and manufacturing expertise¡±, said B¨¹hrle.