The Greater Noida, India plant of New Holland Agriculture, a brand of CNH Industrial has bagged the ‘Golden Peacock National Quality Award’ for 2020. The award highlights the company’s quality control process, characteristic of its global World Class Manufacturing programme. CNH Industrial was selected as a winner following a stringent three-tier evaluation process by a jury headed by Justice MN Venkatachaliah, former Chief Justice of India, Chairman, National Human Rights Commission of India and National Commission for Constitution of India Reforms. This award recognises CNH Industrial’s commitment to World Class Manufacturing and its significant achievement in the field of total quality.
Highlighting about the achievement, Narinder Mittal, Executive Director at New Holland’s facility in Greater Noida said, “This is a testimony to the overall performance, dedication and hard-work put in by each and every employee of CNH Industrial India. Our brand equity and worldwide recognition has been on a steady rise not only in terms of increasing our customer base but also in being recognised for our work by reputed industry bodies and associations. This adds to our motivation as we continue to scale to greater heights.”
Established by the Institute of Directors (IOD) in 1991, the Golden Peacock Awards are regarded as a benchmark of corporate excellence in India. The purpose of this award is to challenge competitors to raise their overall performance standards and distinguish the achievements of the best performing organisations. The Golden Peacock National Quality Award stimulates and helps organisations to rapidly accelerate the pace of customer-oriented improvement processes. It is a powerful self-assessment process and a way to build an organisation’s brand equity on quality. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the award winners were recognised through a special virtual ceremony held on July 15.
In India, CNH Industrial locally manufactures agricultural equipment through its New Holland Agriculture and Case IH brands at its industrial bases in Greater Noida and Pune. Furthermore, the company manufactures construction equipment through its CASE Construction Equipment brand at its Pithampur (Indore) plant. CNH Industrial provides financial services through CNH Industrial Capital (India). All three plants have reopened following initial shutdowns to protect the health and safety of employees and are operating according to the standard global protocols.
Throughout the pandemic crisis, CNH Industrial has continued to support its global dealer network and to maintain after-market services. Today, the majority of CNH Industrial’s 67 global plants have reopened. To ensure the health and safety of its employees, the company has established a global COVID-19 safety protocol throughout its plants and logistics centres, which encompasses 48 different measures and is in compliance with local regulations in all countries in which it operates.
