WABCO Holdings, Inc. provides electronic, mechanical and mechatronic products for commercial trucks, trailers, buses and passenger cars manufacturers. The company also manufactures and sells control systems, including advanced braking, stability, suspension, transmission control and air compressing and processing systems, that improve vehicle performance and safety and reduce overall vehicle operating costs. It develops manufactures and sells advanced braking, stability, suspension and transmission control systems primarily for commercial vehicles. The company’s products include pneumatic anti-lock braking systems (ABS), electronic braking systems (EBS), automated manual transmission systems, air disc brakes, and a large variety of conventional mechanical products such as actuators, air compressors and air control valves for heavy and medium-sized trucks, trailers and buses. It also supplies advanced electronic suspension controls and vacuum pumps to the car and SUV markets in Europe, North America and Asia. The company also sells replacement parts, diagnostic tools, training and other services to commercial vehicle aftermarket distributors, repair shops, and fleet operators and provides remanufacturing services. WABCO Holdings was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Piscataway, NJ.”

“About WABCO Holdings

WABCO is a leading global supplier of technologies and control systems for the safety and efficiency of commercial vehicles. Founded nearly 150 years ago, WABCO continues to pioneer breakthrough mechanical, mechatronic and electronic technologies for braking, stability and transmission automation systems supplied to the world’s leading commercial truck, bus and trailer manufacturers.

With 11,000 employees (1,650 engineers) in 34 countries and sales of $2.7 billion in 2013, WABCO has evolved its unique culture of innovation and diversity to meet customer needs across the world by leveraging local talents and knowledge into a global environment of collaboration.

WABCO’s track record of technology leadership features many of the commercial vehicle industry’s most important innovations:

• 2012 – First electronic braking system (EBS) for hybrid-driven trucks and buses
• 2012 – First hydraulic anti-lock braking system (ABS) with electronic stability control (ESC)
• 2011 – First Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) on a commercial vehicle in China
• 2010 – First autonomous emergency braking system (AEBS) in compliance with the European Union’s expected regulation
• 2009 – First simulation system for electronic stability control (ESC) homologation
• 2008 – First autonomous emergency braking system (AEBS)
• 2007 – First collision mitigation system (CMS) with active braking
• 2001 – First electronic stability control (ESC) system
• 1996 – First electronic braking system (EBS)
• 1986 – First automated manual transmission (AMT) system
• 1986 – First electronically controlled air suspension (ECAS) system
• 1981 – First anti-lock braking system (ABS)”

*Information from Forbes.com and Wabco-auto.com

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