Adient receives Tata Motors Best Supplier Award for Quality

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06 Nov, 2017, 11:00 IST

PUNE, India, Nov. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Adient (NYSE: ADNT), the world's leading automotive seating supplier, today announced that it has received the Best Supplier Award for Quality from Tata Motors. The award, which recognizes Adient's exemplary quality in the trim category, was presented at the Tata Motors Annual Supplier Conference, recently held in Pune.

From left: Mr Thomas Flack, Chief Purchasing Officer, Tata Motors; Mr Guenter Butschek, CEO and Managing Director, Tata Motors; Mr Murali Rajagopalan, Director and Country Manager, Adient India; Mr Satish B Borwankar, Chief Operating Officer, Tata Motors
From left: Mr Thomas Flack, Chief Purchasing Officer, Tata Motors; Mr Guenter Butschek, CEO and Managing Director, Tata Motors; Mr Murali Rajagopalan, Director and Country Manager, Adient India; Mr Satish B Borwankar, Chief Operating Officer, Tata Motors
From left: Mr Thomas Flack, Chief Purchasing Officer, Tata Motors; Mr Guenter Butschek, CEO and Managing Director, Tata Motors; Mr Murali Rajagopalan, Director and Country Manager, Adient India; Mr Satish B Borwankar, Chief Operating Officer, Tata Motors

In presenting the award, Tata Motors commended Adient for having demonstrated exceptional performance with a consistent top quartile quality rating during fiscal year 2017. Adient, formerly the automotive seating division of Johnson Controls, supplies passenger and commercial vehicle seats for Tata Motors from six plants across India.

"We are honored to receive this award," said Murali Rajagopalan, Director and Country Manager, Adient India. "Earning such recognition from Tata Motors is a testament to the world-class quality that Adient delivers as the global leader in automotive seating. Over the years we have built up a fruitful relationship with Tata Motors and look forward to strengthening it further through consistent performance in support of our customer's success."

Adient previously received a supplier award from Tata Motors for quality performance in 2015. This year's award adds to a long list of supplier awards Adient received globally in 2017, which include the Toyota Regional Contribution Award, the Honda Supplier Development Award, the Nissan Supplier Quality Award (for the fourth consecutive year), and the Nissan Global Innovation Award.

About Adient:
Adient is a global leader in automotive seating. With 86,000 employees operating 237 manufacturing/assembly plants in 33 countries worldwide, we produce and deliver automotive seating for all vehicle classes and all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design all the way to engineering and manufacturing – and into more than 25 million vehicles every year. For more information on Adient, please visit adient.com.

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