Category: Brakes

An independent wet condition brake performance test has shown that Ferodo® brake pads provide significantly greater stopping power than their main competitors. Braking from 80kph, Ferodo brake pads stop an average family car more than 30 metre quicker than the worst performing competitor.

Advances in brake friction technology are expanding the gap between pads manufactured to Original Equipment specifications and those designed for low-cost, generic applications.

Serfac Limited has added Borg & Beck braking to its brand range. A complete range of OE specified product designed to the highest standards, the Borg & Beck braking programme contains over 3600 part numbers and provides comprehensive coverage of the European car parc. Although predominantly known in the aftermarket for its clutch components and

Apec has added a further five high quality brake pads to its range, continuing the extension of Europe’s largest range of direct replacement braking items, which currently stands at over 1,400 brake pads, and over 6,000 braking products.

Braking materials specialist TMD Friction has received its first homologation for the application of copper-free friction materials in its braking products.

Juratek, represented in Ireland by HBA Distrubution has added four new references to its brake disc programme.

Brake friction specialist TMD Friction has signed a  sales cooperation agreement covering brake tools for the aftermarket with SW-Stahl, the manufacturer of automotive tools.

Apec is adding to its high quality brake pad range, with the addition of five new pads, bringing the range to over 1,400 brake pads, and over 6,000 braking products.

Allied Nippon’s ‘Doctor of Friction’ Dr Keith Ellis will be a key speaker at Eurobrake 2013 in Dresden, discussing the topic of motor cycle braking, more specifically – ‘A Comparative Study on Dynamometer Performance Evaluation of Semi-metallic and Non-ferrous Organic Motorcycle Disc Brake Pads’.