WABCO Showcases OnGuardPLUS Collision-Avoidance Assistance ...

WABCO Showcases OnGuardPLUS Collision-Avoidance Assistance Technology, a
Breakthrough Emergency Braking System, at Mid-America Trucking Show
BRUSSELS, Belgium / LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, March 23, 2012 – WABCO Holdings Inc.
(NYSE: WBC), a global technology leader and tier-one supplier to the commercial vehicle
industry, is featuring its breakthrough OnGuardPLUS collision-avoidance assistance
technology at the 2012 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) through March 24.
OnGuardPLUS – which builds on WABCO’s industry-leading OnGuard collision mitigation
system (CMS) – is the industry’s first advanced emergency braking system (AEBS), thus
offering significantly greater levels of vehicle safety and driver effectiveness.
OnGuardPLUS uses forward-looking radar to monitor traffic ahead. It reduces risk of
colliding with moving vehicles and decelerating vehicles ahead that come to a standstill. It
fully applies brakes in imminent collision situations. It provides the driver with acoustic, visual
and haptic warnings. It autonomously initiates emergency braking, enables maximum
possible deceleration and can bring the vehicle to a complete stop.
In the event of stationary vehicles ahead such as when approaching traffic congestion, the
system warns the driver and autonomously applies partial braking. This advanced safety
function is the industry’s only innovation of its kind in North America.
WABCO recently disclosed a long-term agreement to supply more than 50,000
OnGuardPLUS systems annually to the European operations of a global manufacturer of
commercial vehicles beginning in the third quarter of 2013. The company also previously
disclosed a long-term OnGuardPLUS supply agreement for trucks made by Hyundai Motor
Company, South Korea’s largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles.
“WABCO’s OnGuardPLUS is the commercial vehicle industry’s first and most advanced
emergency braking system, marking another major achievement in safety innovation and
further strengthening our technology leadership in North America and worldwide,” said Nikhil
Varty, WABCO Vice President, Americas. “OnGuardPLUS further demonstrates why
WABCO leads the industry in the number of introductions of breakthrough technologies to
improve vehicle safety and efficiency.”
OnGuardPLUS is WABCO’s newest generation of collision-avoidance assistance
technology. It is built on WABCO’s breakthrough OnGuard system, which was launched in
2008. Today, market leading OnGuard is onboard vehicles built by three of the four major
truck manufacturers in North America.
Press picture / caption: OnGuardPLUS reduces risk of colliding with moving vehicles and
decelerating vehicles ahead that come to a standstill. It fully applies brakes in imminent
collision situations. In addition, in the event of stationary vehicles ahead such as when
approaching traffic congestion, the system warns the driver and autonomously applies partial
braking.
WABCO Breakthroughs
As the technology leader in the global commercial vehicle industry, WABCO’s breakthroughs
include, among other vehicle safety and efficiency technologies, the first autonomous
emergency braking system (AEBS) , the first collision mitigation system (CMS) with active
braking, and the first electronic stability control (ESC) system. WABCO also pioneered the
industry’s first electronic braking system (EBS), the first electronically controlled air

suspension (ECAS), the first automated manual transmission (AMT) system, the first antilock
braking system (ABS), and the first high performance single-piston air disc brakes.
Founded in the United States in 1869 as Westinghouse Air Brake Company, WABCO is a
U.S. public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
About WABCO
WABCO (NYSE: WBC) is a leading global supplier of technologies and control systems for
the safety and efficiency of commercial vehicles. For over 140 years, WABCO has pioneered
breakthrough electronic, mechanical and mechatronic technologies for braking, stability and
transmission automation systems supplied to the world’s leading commercial truck, trailer
and bus manufacturers. With sales of $2.8 billion in 2011, WABCO is headquartered in
Brussels, Belgium. For more information, visit www.wabco-auto.com
For more press information, photos and videos, visit the Media Center on the WABCO
website.
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