WABCO’S R.H. Sheppard Receives Award from PACCAR

WABCO Holdings Inc., a leading global supplier of technologies for commercial vehicles, has announced that R.H. Sheppard, a key supplier of industry-leading steering technologies for commercial vehicles recently acquired by WABCO, received the PACCAR Supplier Performance Management (SPM) Achiever Award.

R.H. Sheppard received the honor for the second year in a row.

PACCAR Inc, a leading global truck manufacturer, annually recognizes 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.

According to Jon Morrison, WABCO President, Americas, “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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