NORTHFIELD, N.H., July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. has announced the signing of a network contract for more than three years with Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership. Freudenberg-NOK is the Americas joint-venture partnership between Freudenberg & Co. in Germany and NOK Corp. in Japan. Together, the companies make up the world’s largest producer of elastomeric seals and custom-molded products. Extending its technology expertise beyond the automotive market, Freudenberg-NOK also provides an extensive portfolio to the fluid power, off-highway equipment, marine, aerospace, oil and gas, health care/medical, recreational and semiconductor markets worldwide. AT&T’s Virtual Private Network (VPN) will deliver secure, unified communications among 32 Freudenberg-NOK locations in the United States and 12 locations in Canada, Brazil, Malaysia and Mexico.
AT&T’s VPN solution is a globally consistent, Internet Protocol (IP)-based service that uses Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) technology to efficiently transport data over the network. Large, multinational companies such as Freudenberg-NOK benefit from the scalability, security and any-to-any connectivity that the service provides. AT&T’s Class of Service capability allows Freudenberg-NOK to control traffic on its VPN and to give priority to traffic that supports critical applications and optimizes overall network performance.
“We issued a competitive proposal for the management of our global network, and we were pleased that once again AT&T presented us with the most comprehensive and cost-effective solution,” said George Molchan, chief information officer for Freudenberg-NOK. “We look forward to building on our relationship with AT&T over the next three years.”
The solutions were packaged as an AT&T Business Network (ABN) contract, offering the ease and convenience of a single bill and the commitment across a comprehensive portfolio of services.
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About Freudenberg-NOK
Freudenberg-NOK is the Americas joint venture partnership between Freudenberg & Co. in Germany and NOK Corporation in Japan. At Freudenberg-NOK, we integrate Japanese, German and American technology to serve customers with globally interchangeable products as part of the global Freudenberg and NOK Group. As a Technology Specialist with core competencies in sealing, anti-vibration and elastomeric technologies, we offer a broad portfolio of precision-molded products for the automotive, aerospace, appliance, fluid power, marine, medical, off-highway equipment and recreational vehicle markets. Through our relentless pursuit of operational efficiencies, we have earned distinction as the benchmark for lean systems in North America and have won numerous awards for excellence in manufacturing and quality. Additional information about Freudenberg-NOK can be found at http://www.fngp.com.
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