BWI: Gabriel India’s Obsession with Quality Earns it Accolades in the FICCI Quality Systems Excellence Awards for 2012 for Manufacturing, a Second Time in a Row

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Source: Gabriel India Ltd
Friday, May 24, 2013 03:40 PM IST (10:10 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Entertainment, People; Business: Automotives, Business services, Media & entertainment; Technology; Automotive
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Gabriel India's Obsession with Quality Earns it Accolades in the FICCI Quality Systems Excellence Awards for 2012 for Manufacturing, a Second Time in a Row


New Delhi, Delhi, India, Friday, May 24, 2013 -- (Business Wire India) -- Gabriel India Ltd. won the first prize in the medium size category of FICCI Quality Systems Excellence Awards for 2012 for manufacturing a second time in a row. The award was presented by Shri Saurabh Chandra, Secretary Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) to Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar, MD Gabriel India Limited and Mr. PLR Reddy, Plant Head, Gabriel India Limited at the ceremony held in New Delhi.

According to Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar, MD Gabriel India Ltd, "We are proud to receive this prestigious award. We at Gabriel are very focused in ensuring high standards of quality in manufacturing processes. This award is a testimony to our conscious efforts to ensure high standards of quality in all our systems and processes.

Quality Council of India is the Knowledge Partner for these awards. Some of the key parameters that are being looked at for these awards are customer focus, effectiveness of customer related processes in organizations; the motivation and implication of top management; capability to assess suppliers' capabilities to meet product and service requirement on a continuing basis; ensuring effective, testing, calibration and inspection activities; the process approach and continual improvement; quality risk management process etc. These quality systems help ensure that customers get consistent, good quality products and services.

This year 79 companies applied for these awards as against 63 in the last edition. Applicants came from twelve broad sectors of manufacturing i.e. automotive, cement, steel, engineering, electronics, chemicals, FMCG, Tyres, Paper, Refinery, Food and Textiles. The awards are given after a three stage rigorous process of document evaluation; on-site audit and finally Jury's decision. Jury was chaired by Mr Surendra Singh, Former Cabinet Secretary to Government of India.

Gabriel manufactures a wide variety of suspension products Shock Absorbers and Front Fork that are precision engineered and ride-tuned to meet the growing demands of today's customers.

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About Gabriel India

Gabriel India Limited is the flagship company of Anand, established in 1961 and is the Pioneer of Ride Control products in India. As the leading manufacturer in the country, Gabriel India supplies to every major OEM in India, along with a strong focus on the Aftermarket and Exports. The Company has a comprehensive portfolio of products that have applications in 2-wheelers, 3-wheelers, Passenger Vehicles, Commercial Vehicles and the Railways.

Gabriel India has a product specific Technical Assistance agreement with KYB Corporation, Japan, KYBSE Spain and Yamaha Motor Hydraulic System, Japan for passenger cars and two wheeler applications.

About Anand

Anand is among India's leading manufacturers of Automotive Systems and Components. An Industry leader in automotive solutions, the group recorded a sales turnover of INR 58 Billion in 2012.

Anand was established in the year 1961 with Gabriel India, the group's flagship company in Mumbai for manufacturing Shock Absorbers. Today, with nineteen companies spread across 49 locations and nine states of the country, Anand is the country's leading OEM supplier.

The group is well known for its established and successful partnerships with a number of leading automotive component companies from around the world, each one being a world leader in its area of operation. Anand has a total of 15 Joint Ventures and 6 Technical Collaborations all of which stand testimony to Anand's well recognised spirit of partnership.

The group firmly believes that business is 90% people and proudly asserts its key asset to be its dedicated workforce of approximately 13,000 people. The group has pioneered a number of benchmark Human Resource practices in the Industry.


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