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Racing for the podium – Gerd Körber (front) and his team captain Egon Allgäuer challenge the third place in the second race of the European Truck Racing Championship in Barcelona.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – 19 APRIL 2007 – WABCO and Truck Race Team Allgäuer ranked well in both cup races at the first European Truck Racing Championship weekend in Barcelona. Team Allgäuer’s Gerd Körber ranked third in both cup races, outpacing team captain Egon Allgäuer, who ranked fourth.

WABCO, one of the leading producers of electronic braking, stability, suspension and transmission control systems to the global commercial vehicle industry, supplies the latest braking technology for Egon Allgäuer’s team, including the high performance Air Disc Brake, the lightest brake available for trucks.

Gerd Körber (right) celebrates his third place in Barcelona with Markus Bösiger ranked in first place and Antonio Albacete who ranked second.

"It was a great start to the racing season,” said Harald Kaess, WABCO vice president OE sales. “Our truck racing engagement serves two objectives: it is an opportunity to present our systems' capabilities under tough racing conditions to a broad industry audience, and helps us to gather data on the performance of our products which we can then feed back to our product and development teams to the benefit of our customers worldwide,” Kaess added.

Air Disc Brake New Generation NG 22 Plus – The new generation WABCO air disc brakes are currently the lightest brakes available for heavy trucks. The use of lightweight material protects the chassis and reduces the fuel consumption, helping fleet owners benefit from improved payload potential and vehicle service life, as well as reduced operating costs. NG22 Plus retains the performance of WABCO’s PAN range of patented, single-piston technology while optimizing disc cracking resistance. A key differentiator of WABCO’s latest generation of Air Disc Brakes is the new brake caliper with pad offset in which the rim side brake carrier is eliminated, making installation easier for manufacturers.

The next European Truck Racing Championship event will take place in Zolder, Belgium, from May 19-20.

Editors Notes
WABCO, the vehicle control systems business of American Standard Companies, is one of the world's leading producers of electronic braking, stability, suspension and transmission control systems for heavy duty commercial vehicles. WABCO products are also increasingly used in luxury cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs). Customers include the world’s leading commercial truck, trailer, bus and passenger car manufacturers. Founded in the US in 1869 as Westinghouse Air Brake Company, WABCO was acquired by American Standard in 1968. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, the business today employs more than 7000 people in 34 offices and production facilities worldwide. In 2006, WABCO contributed US$ 2 billion to American Standard’s total sales of more than US$ 11.2 billion. On February 1, 2007, American Standard announced a plan to separate its businesses and to spin off WABCO as an independent, publicly traded company by the end of 2007.
Website: www.wabco-auto.com

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Tobias Mueller, +49-69-719168-34, tobias.mueller@klenkhoursch.de