Cummins announced its Meritor MFlex4 air disc brake pad at Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week (HDAW) in Grapevine, Texas. The company said the new brake pad is a patent-pending design engineered to cover a ...

Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells brakes for automobiles, industrial machinery and railway vehicles in Japan, North America, Europe, China, Thailand, and Indonesia. The company ...

You approach a traffic light, tap the brakes, hear a shriek that sounds like a screaming fox, and suddenly your day gets interesting. The shop says you need new pads at all four wheels. You're ...

Energy company Goldwind Australia says asbestos has been found in lift brake pads used across its wind farms. Goldwind has wind farms across Australia, contributing to about 5 per cent of the ...

There’s a certain satisfaction in fitting a set of shiny, high-end brakes to your bike – crisp levers, sculpted calipers and titanium bolts gleaming. On paper, the promise is clear: lighter, stronger, ...

Nearly 800 workers in Kentucky will be affected by upcoming workplace closures. The upcoming job cuts were reported under a federal act requiring employers to disclose larger-scale layoffs. Affected ...

Akebono to close Elizabethtown brake plant, lay off 450 workers by year-end. Company cites decline in U.S. business and implements permanent workforce reduction. Closure follows 2023 decision to ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Hundreds of people are set to lose their jobs in Elizabethtown. The Akebono Brake plant will fully shut down, leaving about 450 workers out of a job. The Japanese company said ...

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Akebono Brake Corp. has released seven new ultra-premium disc brake pad part numbers across its ProACT and EURO product lines, expanding coverage for vehicles including ...

Brake pads are one of the most overlooked, but vital, parts of our vehicles’ health. Every time you use your car’s brakes, it slightly wears away the brake pad friction material. Over thousands upon ...

The whole ‘save the rim brake’ thing is getting so old. Drop down into the comments of any lightweight modern road bike we test, and you’ll see someone pipe up about a bike they have, or had, that’s ...

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – A brake manufacturer is set to permanently lay off 48 employees at its Oakland County facility next month as the company faces a decline in sales. The Akebono Brake ...