Raybestos Powertrain Announces New Hybrid Technology Friction Clutch Plates
Raybestos Powertrain has introduced new Hybrid Technology (HT) friction clutch plates for automatic transmissions. The patented Raybestos HT design integrates a groove pattern and a proprietary blend of premium, high-energy friction material to create a new generation of friction clutches that the company says seamlessly combines the fluid dynamics of segmented friction lining with the
New Packaging For TMD Friction’s Textar Brand
Friction material specialist TMD Friction has unveiled a new packaging design for its premium brand Textar. The new packaging retains the yellow color that customers have come to know. However, according to TMD, the new box design features new imagery and has a futuristic feel in keeping with the brand’s innovative ethos. Similarly, the new
TRW Announces Fourth Premium Friction Range Extension This Year
TRW Automotive Aftermarket’s business in North America (NA) has announced its fourth 2014 range extension for its premium brake pad program. The range extension comprises 27 part numbers and will provide coverage for an additional 4.7 million newer vehicles. This brings the total number of references in the program to more than 880 and covers
Centric Parts Opens Friction Lab To Enhance Research And Development Program
Centric Parts has opened a new state-of-the-art friction materials lab at the company’s Compton, Calif., facility. The new lab expands the company’s engineering department and features a LINK Chase dynamometer as well as equipment to measure, mix, mold and cure friction materials. The facility is being led by Centric’s Director of Friction Materials Sciences, noted
Beck/Arnley Launches TRUE|Friction Brake Pad Series
Beck/Arnley has launched a new brake pad series that using the same type of material recommended by the vehicle’s manufacturer. TRUE|Friction pads are specifically designed to match the most current OE friction type by application, according to the company. “We are very excited to bring this unique program to the market,” said Tom Fritsche, director
Honeywell Friction Materials Expands Portfolio To Cover An Additional 82 Million Vehicles
Honeywell Friction Materials, makers of Bendix and JURID branded brake products, and now its Stop by Honeywell branded disc pads, has added 185 new model numbers in the fourth quarter of 2013. The new parts expansion covers an additional 82 million vehicles on the road today.
StopTech Announces Five-Year Pirelli World Challenge Sponsorship Extension, Becomes Series’ Official Friction Partner
StopTech Brakes and its parent company, Centric Parts, have announced an agreement with WC Vision to extend the relationship between the two brands for five years through the 2018 Pirelli World Challenge Championships Series (PWCCS) season. In addition to the extended partnership that has seen StopTech serving as the Official Brake Upgrades of the series, StopTech also becomes the Official Friction Partner of Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) as it enters its 25th anniversary season in 2014.
Federal-Mogul Signs Definitive Agreement To Purchase Significant Portion Of Honeywell Friction Business
Federal-Mogul Corp. today announced that its European subsidiaries entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire certain business assets of the Honeywell automotive and industrial brake friction business, including two recently established manufacturing facilities in China and Romania.
New Monroe Brakes Catalog Highlights Growth Of Brand’s Friction Program
Tenneco’s Monroe Brakes friction program continues to expand into additional product and application categories, as seen in the brand’s new master catalog featuring new friction product lines and several new part numbers for late-model applications.
TMD Friction Reveals Complete Overhaul Of Mintex Brand
Brake friction specialist TMD Friction has announced a new face for its longstanding Mintex brand. According to the company, the complete brand overhaul builds on the rich heritage of the Mintex name with a global rollout of new brand identity, packaging and advertising.