Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) has awarded the 'Japan Quality Medal' to Sundaram-Clayton Ltd., Brakes Division for the year 2002. SCL-Brakes division is the first Indian company and the second outside Japan to win this honour. The Japan Quality Medal is an annual award presented to a company or a division of a company that received the Deming Application Prize three or more years ago (including the award year), that has continuously applied TQM to priority issues and has been achieving its objectives steadily and effectively in a changing business environment. Japan Quality Medal is the highest Honor in Quality Control – A Validation of Long-Term Practice of TQM. The medal is given to recognize that the company has substantially improved its implementation of TQM since the time it won the Deming Application Prize  >>>click here for more information

SCL Brakes division was awarded the prestigious Deming Prize by the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) for having "achieved distinctive performance improvement through the application of company-wide Quality Control". The examination procedures and selection process being exacting and elaborate, SCL considers it a matter of pride that it is the fourth organization in the world outside Japan to win this prize and the very first in India. Notwithstanding, SCL believes that the Deming Award is still only the beginning of a conscious and continuous search for new levels of excellence.