Mumbai, April 30th, 2019: Setco Automotive Limited; the third largest clutch manufacturer for commercial vehicles in the world wins two highly acclaimed Gold Awards for the Best performing supplier in Reliability and Aftermarket categories from its esteemed customer, Ashok Leyland Limited.

The award recognises efforts across the 500 plus suppliers in their ecosystem. Mr Dheeraj Hinduja, Chairman, Ashok Leyland and his senior team presented the award in their annual supplier summit held at Chennai.

Speaking on the occasion, Harish Sheth, Chairman and Managing Director, Setco Automotive Limited said, “It is an honour to receive such prestigious award; we thank Mr Hinduja and the entire Ashok Leyland team for their trust in us and their proactive and catalytic support. These significant awards are a testimony of our teams continued efforts and a source of great motivation for the entire Setco family. This acts as an inspiration to dedicate ourselves for achieving such higher accolades in years to come. Our aim is to focus on innovation and bring further reliability and efficiency thus enhancing the customer experience.”

For decades, Setco has been a strategic supplier to Ashok Leyland and has currently supplied over 200,000 clutches in the last 30 months.

About Setco Automotive Limited:

Setco is the largest manufacturer of Premium Quality “LIPE” brand clutches for commercial vehicles and Farm Tractors in India. Incorporated in May 1982, currently the company employs more than 2000 people globally. It is a Tier I supplier of clutches to all the prominent Indian commercial vehicle manufacturers such as Tata Motors, Bharat Benz, Ashok Leyland etc. Setco has all the required global quality certifications such as TS 16949, ISO 14001, OSHAS 18001 and VDA 6.3.

Setco has a strategic global footprint with 4 manufacturing facilities, 2 in India, and 1 each in the UK and USA, with R&D centres in India and UK. Setco Automotive is the flagship company of The Setco Group which also includes state of the art fully machined Ferrous Iron Foundry “Lava Cast Pvt Ltd”; and its CSR wing, the Setco Foundation.

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