HBPO, a joint venture between Hella, Behr and Plastic Omnium specialising in the front-end business, started to produce and deliver front-end modules on the just-in-time basis for VW in the early nineties.
Now the joint venture employs about 1250 people in 16 JIT production sites in Europe, North America and Asia. Together they produce approximately 2.8 million front-end assemblies and generate a turnover of about 762 million Euro.
The Volkswagen Group Award is a prize for the 15 leading European suppliers.