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WABCO Selected for Engine Business ‘Supplier of the Year’ and ‘Best Delivery and Capacity’ Awards from Cummins

WABCO Holdings Inc., a global technology leader and tier-one supplier to the commercial vehicle industry, today announced that Cummins Inc. has honored WABCO with two major supplier awards for outstanding performance during 2010. Cummins has awarded its overall top honor to WABCO as “Supplier of the Year” and it has also named WABCO as winner of the “Best Delivery and Capacity” award.

Cummins is a global power leader. It designs, manufactures, distributes and services engines and related technologies, serving customers in approximately 190 countries through a network of more than 600 distributor locations and 6,000 dealer locations.

WABCO has a long-term supply agreement with Cummins to furnish air compressors for applications in trucks, buses and industrial equipment worldwide.

According to Cummins, “WABCO is a very customer focused and driven supplier” with consistent cost reductions and Six Sigma based warranty analysis and problem solving processes contributing to the “Outstanding Supplier” rating.

Nikhil Varty, WABCO Vice President, Compression and Braking, said: “WABCO is proud to serve as a key supplier to Cummins worldwide, and winning their 2010 awards for overall best supplier and best delivery and capacity marks yet another significant step in further strengthening our relationship with Cummins in every market around the globe. WABCO air management products contribute to the sustained success of Cummins engines as clean, fuel efficient, dependable and durable while these major awards are evidence of WABCO’s excellence in execution.”

WABCO is a leading supplier of safety and control systems for commercial vehicles. For over 140 years, WABCO has pioneered breakthrough electronic, mechanical and mechatronic technologies for braking, stability and transmission automation systems supplied to the world’s leading commercial truck, trailer and bus manufacturers. With sales of $2.2 billion in 2010, WABCO is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. For more information, visit www.wabco-auto.com