Schaeffler automotive plant wins excellence award 15 January 2013

Schaeffler UK's automotive component manufacturing plant in South Wales scooped top prize at this year's Wales Quality Award 2012, for the plant's achievements in manufacturing quality.

The Llanell plant took the Overall Quality Award, as well as the Process Prize at the awards ceremony at City Hall, Cardiff.

Accepting the awards on behalf of Schaeffler UK were Roger Evans MBE (plant director), Donna Williams-Bevan (training officer), Dorian Quirk (quality manager), Adrian Roberts (HR director), Joachim Haes (automotive operations), Mark Tucker (plant controller) and consultants Dr David Bate and Sarah Townsend.

"Schaeffler's triumph was richly deserved; all the more so since the standard of the top four contenders was very high this year," states Vincent Kane, chairman of the Wales Quality Centre, the organisation responsible for the Wales Quality Awards.

"But Schaeffler emerged clear winners and that is a triumph, not only of quality, but of leadership, determination and perseverance," he adds.

Established in 1955, the Llanelli plant manufactures high precision engine components for the automotive market. The plant currently employs 250 people and is an autonomous subsidiary of multi-national German-owned company Schaeffler.

The Wales Quality Award is an annual competition based on the EFQM European excellence model. The awards are open to all companies based in Wales, including manufacturers, financial organisations, service providers, hospitals, educational establishments and local councils.

Brian Tinham

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