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AWARD CEREMONIES

Capability demonstrated

yet again

SCHERDEL receives sought-after quality

awards from JLR and Borg Warner

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING – SERVICE CENTRE – TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT – NEWS AND INFORMATION
T
he SCHERDELGroup is known
National award for worldwide for the high quality of its
Tobias Krisch
products and services. Equally valued
are the extensive service work offerings
and the high degree of advisory skills
which customers can utilise during col-
laborative product development. That
said, the name SCHERDEL also stands
for reliability, on-time performance as
well as environmental and social
awareness – virtues, which traditionally
are of great significance in the owner-
Tobias Krisch, Manager of the managed, medium-sized company. So,
SCHERDEL manufacturing site
in Anqing, recently received the it is all the more pleasant when equalled and provide a very good foun-
coveted ‘Huangshan Friendship renowned clients continue to present dation for smooth cooperation.
Award’ for his outstanding com- the Group with quality awards as recog-
mitment to economic develop- nition of its exceptional capabilities. The quality award presented by
ment of Anhui Province in China
and for promoting German- Jaguar and Land Rover (JLR) is highly
Chinese friendship. The award For example, SCHERDEL’s Chinese coveted in the automotive industry. This
is comparable to the Bavarian plant in Anqing was recently the proud ‘trophy’ now takes pride of place in the
Order of Merit in Germany and recipient of an ‘Excellent Supplier’ SCHERDEL production site in Erlan-
represents the highest honour
bestowed by the state. This award from Borg Warner. The company gen, which can rightly call themselves a
award was established by Anhui was particularly praised for its perfor- valued supplier. As JLR explained, the
Provincial Government in 1995. mance with regard to quality and on- quality award was created to recognise
Since then it has been bestowed time delivery. The customer also as- those suppliers who constantly meet
upon 182 foreign experts who
have made an outstanding con- sessed the ‘smart targets’ sector – this the stringent requirements on quality
tribution to the economic and refers to the achievement of defined and delivery standards, and even ex-
social progress of the Province, collaborative targets. The result of ceed them in many cases. The strong
and this list of individuals now months of tests is extremely gratifying: growth of JLR has caused problems for
also includes Tobias Krisch. The
ceremony in the provincial capi- The Chinese SCHERDEL plant some suppliers. But all of SCHERDEL’s
tal, Hefei, was conducted by achieved 100 percent compliance over services were always exemplary in
Province Governor Li Guoying. a long period of time. Within this con- every sector during the assessment pe-
The tribute to Tobias Krisch can text, Borg Warner also commended the riod. The Erlangen plant currently sup-
also be seen as indirect recogni-
tion of SCHERDEL’s outstanding outstanding communication with the lo- plies deck lid tension spring assemblies
work for the past ten years at its cation in Anqing. Quick and always pro- directly to JLR. The presented quality
location in Anqing. fessional feedback as well as the over- awards are a further incentive for
all level of customer service are un- SCHERDEL to convince customers of
the capabilities of the Group through
top quality products. (dk)

SCHERDEL employees Steve Dela-
haye and Adnan Dzuzdanovic
were thrilled with the award; pic-
tured here with Declan Webb, Site
Manager STA and Paul Disney,
STA Engineer, from JLR. (From left
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to right)