WABCO Global Supplier Conference 2010

01 – The elegant Wroclaw town hall exterior, the venue for WABCO gala dinner

02 – Ekkehard Petzold, Vice President Sourcing and Purchasing, in discussion with guests at the WABCO gala dinner

03 – Jacques Esculier, WABCO Chairman and CEO, in discussion with guests at the WABCO gala dinner

04 – The dining area within the Wroclaw town hall

05 – Guests enjoyed pre-dinner drinks in the Wroclaw town hall

06 – Michael Collie opened the WABCO Global Supplier Conference 2010

07 - Jacques Esculier, WABCO Chairman and CEO, began the conference with the WABCO story and the current market conditions

08 - Ekkehard Petzold, Vice President Sourcing and Purchasing, outlined the conference content and WABCO expectations

09 – Kurt Lehmann, Vice President. Product Development,WABCO, outlined the WABCO Development process, technologies, customer requirements and product roadmaps

10 – Daniel Samson, Vice President of Manufacturing and Logistics, explained the WABCO manufacturing evolution and footprint and his need for supplier flexibility to demand changes

11 – Suppliers listened to the first presentation session – “Passion for Leadership”

12 – Luis Martins, WABCO Group Quality Director, passionately delivers WABCO quality expectations

13 – Sylvain Da Cunha, Supplier Development Leader, explains how we need to move from reactive to proactive quality

14 - Sylvain Da Cunha, Supplier Development Leader, continues to explain key expectations from our Component Quality Planning process

15 – Andreas Roeders, G.A Roeders, a plastics injection and aluminium die casting company, explains how Lean partnership with WABCO helped his company make breakthrough improvements

16 – Natalia Noblet, Six Sigma Business Improvement Leader, presents to the audience how WABCO are developing and standardising to improve connectivity and efficiency in WABCO and with its suppliers

17 – Suppliers enjoy the third session of the conference – “Performance through Partnership”

18 – Salvador Munoz, Product Engineering Project Manager, illustrates the key aspects to successful project management

19 – A chance for some interesting reflections, discussions and networking during the conference breaks

20 – Suppliers have the opportunity to see and touch WABCO technology and products

21 – John Hynes, Strategic Sourcing Leader, WABCO, explains what the process and expectations are to continue to generate and realise breakthrough quality improvement

22 – Christian Wiehen, WABCO’s Chief Technology Officer, Kurt Lehmann, Vice President, Product Development, WABCO, and Ekkehard Petzold, Vice President, Global Sourcing and Purchasing, WABCO, take the stage to answer supplier questions

23 - Dongsuk Kim and Taeil Kim, Dae Yong Industry Co, collect the supplier award for “Excellence in QUALITY”

24 – Simon Heil and Guenter Weisser, Grieshaber GmbH & Co. KG, collect the supplier award for “Excellence in BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE"

25 - Juergen Klohe, Würth Elektronik GmbH & Co.KG, collects the supplier award for “Excellence in PRODUCT INNOVATION”

26 - Sigfrid Steiner and Ivor Ng, Mann + Hummel GmbH, collect the supplier award for “Excellence in CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE”