PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

From the early days of flat, glued-on foams and rubber sheets, NVH parts have become highly developed to meet increasingly higher noise reduction and weight specifications and must be precisely moulded to meet these requirements. Car manufacturers at the same time demand greater input by their suppliers to add value to the overall car development process. This means that suppliers will have to undertake greater responsibility in design and development of parts that need to be only the responsibility of the car manufacturers themselves.

As a result, HASB has been increasingly involved in the design and innovation of the parts, manufacturing process and selection of materials. To meet these challenges, HASB has increased design and product engineering capabilities by investing both in people and equipment. From simple die-cut parts, HASB is now making multi-layered, 3-dimensional parts from sophisticated moulds. It has facilities for hot compression moulding and reaction injection moulding (RIM) that is capable of moulding parts from organic fibre composites and polyurethane foams, laminated with non-woven fabrics and heavy insulating sheets.

To further meet customers' requirements for quality, cost and performance, HASB enlisted assistance from their technical collaborator Rieter Automotive International AG (www.rieter.com), of Switzerland. Rieter provides technical know-how for the manufacturing process and selection of materials related to dampers and parts moulded in felt- and fibre-related materials.

In addition, the company is aware of the need for its quality to be recognised and intends to be certified under the ISO/TS 16949 Quality System. This quality system is a fusion of worldwide standards of ISO 9001:2000 and automotive industry's QS 9000 and has been devised specially for needs of the automotive industry. In this respect, the company will be ready to continuously maintain its competitive and technological edge in the industry.

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