ADVICS North America today announced a contract award from General Motors for the supply and integration of an advanced brake system for the new Hummer H3 model GM vehicle. Under the terms of the award, ADVICS will supply the full brake system including: Actuation, Foundation Sub-Systems, and Park Brakes, along with Anti-lock Braking, Traction Control and Electronic Stability Control system.
This is ADVICS' first full brake system award from General Motors and an important milestone for ADVICS North America to support their expansion of business in North America.
In addition, ADVICS North America, Inc. was also recently awarded the Electronic Stability Control and Hydraulic Brake Actuation integrated system for another future GM vehicle.
ADVICS North America, Inc., which was founded in January 2002, is a subsidiary of ADVICS Company Ltd. (Japan). ADVICS Co. Ltd. was created for the Sales and Development of Brake Systems. This was accomplished by joining these resources from Aisin Seiki, Denso and Sumitomo Electric Industries. ADVICS plans to achieve $2.5B in sales in 2005 with $500M in North America.
Dr. Haruhiko Saito, President, ADVICS, Co. Ltd., said: "It is our goal to support GM in every way to deliver the quality and performance that exceed the levels of excellence identified for these programs. We are pleased that GM has chosen our brake system to be part of these new and exciting vehicles and hope that this effort is the stepping stone to a long relationship."
ADVICS provides industry leading component designs and system integration solutions, while providing superior customer satisfaction for the global automotive industry. ADVICS is eager to extend its industry-leading reputation by building on the foundation of its founding companies and their proven excellence in technology, quality and performance.
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