In October, at the “2025 JATCO North America Quality Manufacturing Seminar and Supplier Conference” hosted by JATCO in Mexico, Shanghai NTN Precision Machinery Co., Ltd. (referred to as “Shanghai NTN”) stood out among global suppliers and was honored with the “FY24 Quality Excellence Award” for its outstanding product quality and flawless delivery record.
This honor not only signifies authoritative recognition of Shanghai NTN’s long-term dedication to precision manufacturing but also highlights NTN’s core competitiveness within the global supply chain.
01 Zero Complaints, Zero Defects: Crafting Quality Benchmarks with Artisanal Precision
The core highlight of this award lies in Shanghai NTN achieving an exceptional “zero defects per ten thousand” quality performance during FY24. The CVT transmission ball bearings supplied to Getrag’s Mexico production base in 2024 achieved a dual breakthrough of zero customer complaints and zero-defect delivery, successfully supporting Getrag’s global capacity expansion and quality upgrades.
02 A Decade of Partnership: A Win-Win Journey from Local to Global
Shanghai NTN has established a long-standing strategic partnership with GATCO, becoming its core supplier for CVT transmission ball bearings. Their collaboration began at the Guangzhou base in China and gradually expanded to overseas factories in Thailand and Mexico, forming a global supply network spanning Asia and the Americas. This award marks a milestone in their quality synergy and lays a solid foundation for future deep collaboration in the new energy transmission sector.
03 Quality as the Foundation: NTN Group’s Global Technology Empowerment
As a key manufacturing base of Japan’s NTN Group in China, Shanghai NTN deeply integrates the Group’s century-long bearing manufacturing expertise with localized innovation strengths. Aligning with China’s smart manufacturing transformation needs, Shanghai NTN has established a comprehensive quality control system spanning R&D design, precision machining, and intelligent inspection. The award-winning CVT ball bearings have achieved advanced performance metrics, exemplifying the evolution from “Made in China” to “Quality Made in China.”
NTN High-Speed Deep Groove Ball Bearings
04 Looking Ahead: Driving Global Supply Chain Upgrades Through Quality
This award represents GATCO’s highest recognition of Shanghai NTN’s quality management capabilities and embodies NTN’s commitment to the “zero-defect” philosophy. Moving forward, Shanghai NTN will deepen collaboration with GATCO in new energy and intelligent transmission fields, delivering more reliable precision bearing solutions for the global automotive industry’s electrification transformation through technological innovation and quality enhancement.
This award not only solidifies Shanghai NTN’s position as a global quality benchmark within the automotive supply chain but also showcases the formidable capabilities of China’s high-end manufacturing enterprises in the precision components sector. As the global automotive industry accelerates its shift toward electrification and intelligentization, Shanghai NTN is leveraging its “zero-defect” quality foundation to continuously empower global partners, jointly writing a new chapter in high-end manufacturing.
05 About JATCO
JATCO Ltd. ranks among the world’s top three automatic transmission manufacturers. Since commencing production of continuously variable transmissions (CVTs) in 1997, its cumulative CVT output has surpassed 60 million units, maintaining its longstanding industry leadership. It remains the sole manufacturer globally offering a complete CVT product line spanning compact vehicles to 3.5L large vehicles.