Adient, 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 (PRNewsfoto/Adient)
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.
