The UK-based quality management expert G&P has expanded its Far East client base by adding another world-leading Tier One automotive supplier to its growing overseas portfolio.

As part of the agreement, G&P personnel — including laboratory assistants and support technicians focusing on areas such as chassis, braking and steering systems — are being deployed in three plants within China; they will be responsible for technical inspection, reworking and testing to ensure that manufacturing standards of the highest quality are maintained within the operating facility and supply chain.

G&P’s new client produces a wide variety of mechanical, electrical and ‘technologically advanced’ systems for passenger cars, including petrol, diesel, hybrid and electric vehicles, as well as trucks, buses and motorcycles.

Steven Lu, G&P’s operations director at in China (pictured left), said: “This latest agreement further endorses G&P’s position as the leading provider of quality management services to the world’s biggest and most important automotive companies and those in the supply chain — as well as other manufacturing sectors, including aerospace.”

Geoff Cousins, G&P’s chairman and a former managing director of Jaguar UK, added: “G&P has more than 25 years’ experience — primarily in the automotive and aerospace sectors, and more recently in marine, defence and household goods — and a proven track record for improving quality, efficiency and profitability for our clients. Another prestigious client win is further evidence of G&P’s high standing within these industries.”

Founded in 1994, Birmingham-based G&P now has a global presence, operating in more than 100 manufacturing facilities around the world. To date, the company has completed more than 120,000 quality management projects for its manufacturing customers; and in one year alone its work helped them reduce their levels of waste by more than £2.5 billion.