On August 19, 2015, WABCO announced that it has reached a long-term supply agreement with Jiangling Heavy-Duty Trucks Co., Ltd., a brand new Chinese customer. JMC is a well-known truck OEM in China and is currently entering the heavy truck market.
According to the agreement, WABCO will provide JMC with wheel end solutions including pneumatic disc brakes, automotive brake systems, other brake components and clutch booster technology. WABCO will provide support for two new independent product platforms of JMC, which will be used in different brands of medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks of JMC. The mass production of vehicles is expected to start within three years, and the products are expected to be exported to the Southeast Asian market while supplying the Chinese market. With tailor-made, cost-effective wheel-end solutions tailored to the needs of the local market, WABCO further highlights the ability of JMC to provide products and services that are uniquely differentiated.
Together with other technologies to improve vehicle safety and efficiency, WABCO will supply the industry-leading MAXX® pneumatic disc brake system (ADB) for JMC. WABCO MAXX® pneumatic disc brakes are the single-cylinder pneumatic disc brake systems for commercial vehicles that have the lightest weight and best performance in the entire commercial vehicle industry. With excellent engineering design and compact size, it is suitable for wheels of various sizes ranging from 17.5 inches in diameter to 22.5 inches in diameter. It fully supports various models such as trucks, passenger cars and trailers, and can be fully matched with light, medium, heavy, etc. Various application environments. Therefore, the WABCO MAXX® pneumatic disc brake system is regarded as a breakthrough change product in the industry and can be applied to almost all kinds of commercial vehicle wheels of various sizes around the world.
In a world-class Chinese engineering team and manufacturing facilities, WABCO will also fully utilize the company's global engineering team, supply chain and manufacturing resources in Europe, Turkey and Brazil to provide full service for JMC. Jiangling Heavy Duty Truck Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jiangling Motors Co., Ltd., located in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province.
“WABCO is very proud to be the new preferred supplier of JMC. We fully foreseed the various safety and efficiency demands of JMC in different vehicle platforms to help our customers better serve the Chinese market and potential. Southeast Asian economies, said Ms. Yu Sujie, Vice President of WABCO Group and President of Asia Pacific. “By providing solutions with the industry's best cost-effective performance and compliance with industry-leading quality, reliability and service standards, WABCO has successfully demonstrated its differentiated competitive advantage and helped JMC boost its full range of products. The competitiveness in the market, especially at the critical moment when customers try to enter the new business area of ​​heavy-duty vehicles."
“Winning this new business further demonstrates how WABCO can effectively use our technological leadership, global design and manufacturing capabilities, and superior execution capabilities in the face of diverse and changing market needs. Customers create and provide differentiated value," Yu Sujie said.
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