Valeo announces their reception of an Excellent Quality Performance Award from the Toyota Group at the 2008 Toyota Global Suppliers Convention held on February 29 in Nagoya, Japan. The award acknowledges the outstanding quality performance of the Valeo Group with Toyota last year.
In 2007, Valeo earned five awards from Toyota Europe, including the Superior Performance Award in Quality, as well as two other awards from Tianjin Toyota China and Toyota Mercosur.
At the end of 2007, Valeo reached the historically low level of 10 ppm in customer line returns. This is twenty times better than five years ago. Over 65% of Valeo’s sites are now below 10 ppm, and 18 sites are at 0 ppm.
Valeo have been present in Japan since 1985. With 10 production plants, 4 R&D centres and 5,200 employees in the country today, Valeo aim to increase sales to Japanese automakers by 15% per year.
