（2015/09/24）Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale. Ford has once again awarded their pres-tigious Q1 Award to Preh. Among other items, the complete center consoles for Ford’s Lincoln premium brand were developed  and  manufactured at the automotive supplier’s headquarters in Bad Neustadt. The Q1 Award is the highest recognition of suppliers by the American automobile manufacturer. It was received by Preh President  and  CEO Dr. Michael Roesnick  and  plant manager Benjamin Lobenz. In the previous years Preh had repeatedly won this prestigious award.

"The Q1 is outstanding recognition for the superior performance of the entire Preh team  and  an incentive for future projects with the highest demands on quality," said Dr. Michael Roesnick. "Such a success is possible only through hard work, study  and  continuous improvement."

The center consoles of the Lincoln premium brand combine the opera-tion of air-conditioning  and  infotainment functions including phone, navigation, radio  and  music systems in conjunction with the climate control.

Ford launched its Q1 quality system to guarantee worldwide unified production  and  quality standards in the area of component manufac-turing. To qualify for the Q1 Award, Preh had to undergo a rigorous examination to ensure that the group met the automaker’s strict criteria. In the process, company performance was also based on a number of other criteria such as the quality of the manufacturing process, materi-als management,  and  environmental impact.