Category: Brakes

TTC is partnering with one of the world’s leading manufacturers of Spring Brake Chambers to launch the ‘quality alternative’ range; covering the most popular brake disc applications.

Textar, Mintex, Don – TMD Friction’s major brands of brakes for more than 100 years, are a part of the world’s largest manufacturer of friction products, the Nisshinbo Group. Spanning the globe, production is carried out in 14 countries with a million brake parts a day being manufactured.

As part of the Ferodo® “You’re in Control” programme, Federal-Mogul has developed new packaging for its range of OE-quality brake products to better meet the needs of its aftermarket customers. The entire friction range now includes a top opening design for greater accessibility and improved structural stiffness for better product protection.

Federal-Mogul Corporation has developed a range of zero-copper and low-copper brake pad formulations using a new tribological fingerprinting process. As companies work to introduce alternative materials ahead of legal deadlines, Federal-Mogul’s Eco-Friction™ is already achieving excellent results in customer trials.

NTN SNR has extended its wheel components range with the addition of 18 new wheel bearing kits, two new disc brake hubs and seven wheel Bearings.

As a leading brand of OE quality aftermarket components, the Klarius Group has over 100,000 product lines available for both passenger cars and light commercials. The Klarius Group says it specialises in providing a cost effective alternative to OE products while maintaining the highest possible quality standards to eliminate the uncertainty of fitting white label

Juratek, represented in Ireland by HBA Distribution has been providing superior braking solutions for almost 20 years and is well established across Europe as a leading aftermarket distributor for heavy commercial vehicles, trailers and buses. The company is also a recognised and sought after supplier of discs and pads for light commercial vehicles and passenger

Bosch has received the Global NCAP Award 2012 for developing and launching the Electronic Stability Program (ESP®). The award, which is conferred by the Global New Car Assessment Programme, was presented on 24 May 2012, during the consumer safety organisation’s annual meeting in Malacca, Malaysia. Wolfgang Hiller, president of the Bosch Chassis Systems Control division

TRW, distributed by Serfac Limited, has launched Universal DOT 5.1 ESP brake fluid – a fluid specially developed for vehicles fitted with electronic stability control (ESP) systems. This new low viscosity fluid exceeds more international specifications than any other and provides the best flow properties for ESP systems, especially in cold conditions.