PR Newswire
LONDON, Feb. 20, 2018
LONDON, Feb. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- CNH Industrial's (NYSE:
CNHI /MI: CNHI) Ulm plant near Munich in Germany has achieved
Bronze level certification in the World Class Manufacturing (WCM) program. Home to Magirus, the Company's global firefighting
equipment brand, the Ulm plant is a Center of Excellence for fire safety and the first Magirus firefighting plant globally to
achieve a Bronze certification. The Ulm plant manufactures the world's highest turntable ladder: the 68 meter M68L as well as the
Magirus SUPERDRAGON 8X8, a machine designed for complex airport fire safety tasks. The Magirus Fire Fighter Academy is also based
at Ulm. Recent important tenders have included some 100 fire trucks to the Chilean National Fire Brigade and 15 turntable ladders
to the German city of Munich.
WCM is one of the global manufacturing industry's highest standards for the integrated management of manufacturing plants and
processes. It is a pillar-structured system based on continuous improvement, designed to eliminate waste and loss from the
production process by identifying objectives such as zero injuries, zero defects, zero breakdowns and zero waste. To certify
improvements, a system of periodic third-party audits evaluates all of the WCM pillars, forming an overall score for each plant
that is the basis for three achievement levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold.
The Ulm plant made significant improvements in the areas of Quality Control, Clarity of Objectives, and Route Map to WCM. The
widespread use of WCM principles at CNH Industrial plants allows the entire Company to share a common culture based on efficient
processes and a language universally recognized across all plants and countries in which CNH Industrial operates.
CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI) is a global leader in the capital goods sector with
established industrial experience, a wide range of products and a worldwide presence. Each of the individual brands belonging to
the Company is a major international force in its specific industrial sector: Case IH, New Holland Agriculture and Steyr for
tractors and agricultural machinery; Case and New Holland Construction for earth moving equipment; Iveco for commercial vehicles;
Iveco Bus and Heuliez Bus for buses and coaches; Iveco Astra for quarry and construction vehicles; Magirus for firefighting
vehicles; Iveco Defence Vehicles for defence and civil protection; and FPT Industrial for engines and transmissions. More
information can be found on the corporate website: www.cnhindustrial.com .
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Media contacts:
Laura Overall
Corporate Communications Manager
CNH Industrial
Tel. +44 (0)2077 660
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E-mail: mediarelations@cnhind.com
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