Woodward Receives Technology Development Supplier of the Year Award from Mercedes-Benz of Brazil
9 January 2001
Woodward Receives Technology Development Supplier of the Year Award from Mercedes-Benz of Brazil
CAMPINAS, Brazil--Jan. 9, 2001--Woodward Governor Company announced today that Mercedes-Benz of Brazil has awarded them its Supplier Award of the Year in the Category of Technology Development. Woodward supplies Mercedes-Benz with the OH-1.2 control system for the M 366 LAG gas engine and the fuel components for the M 447 LAG gas engine, which are used in Mercedes-Benz heavy duty compressed natural gas (CNG) intercity buses.Mercedes-Benz presents this award to those key suppliers who demonstrate the commitment to continuously improve on key technology measures and who focus on Quality, Delivery, Responsiveness and Cost Reduction.
Approximately 500 of the qualified suppliers from Mercedes-Benz were present at the ceremony when the Mercedes-Benz Board of Directors presented the award to just seven key suppliers. The ceremony was held at the Melia Hotel in Sao Paulo.
"We are very excited to have received this award," said Tim Loyd, Woodward General Manager, European Commercial Operations. "It's an indication that the teamwork between Woodward's US, Holland and Brazil operations to provide the highest possible level of customer commitment has been recognized by one of our valued customers."
"Woodward has been an active partner of our gas engine development since 1996, when they started work on our OH 1623 LG gas bus," said Carlos Hollnagel, Mercedes-Benz gas engine development manager. "Between 1998 and 2000, Woodward developed the control system manager for our M 366 LAG and fuel components for the M 447 LAG that we are exporting to Germany to be used in the EvoBus gas buses. The principal advantages of the Woodward system are that the engine can work with a broader range of fuel quality with less consumption, better drivability, lower emissions, simplified maintenance and at a lower cost."
About Woodward
Industrial Controls, a Woodward business based in Fort Collins, Colorado, is a world leader in turbine and engine controls. The business provides innovative controls and fuel delivery systems that are used by engine and turbine manufacturers worldwide to make their products cleaner and more efficient.
Headquartered in Rockford, Illinois and serving global markets from locations worldwide, Woodward designs, manufactures, and services energy control systems and components for aircraft and industrial engines and turbines. The company's products and services are used in the aerospace, power generation, oil and gas processing, and transportation markets, which includes rail, marine and many light and heavy industrial applications. Woodward has approximately 3,300 employees. Visit our Web site at www.woodward.com.
The statements in this release concerning the company's future sales, earnings, business performance, and prospects reflect current expectations and are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from projections or any other forward-looking statement. Factors that could affect performance and could cause actual results to differ materially from projections and forward-looking statements are described in Woodward's Annual Report and Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2000, and Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2000 (expected to be available by mid-February, 2001).