Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC (BSFB) has surpassed the 1 million-unit production mark with its Bendix ADB22X air disc brake. The production effort is driven by the industry’s increasing use of air disc brakes and the company’s commitment to serve the North American fleets and owner-operators adopting the technology.
BSFB says it is on pace to manufacture more than 350,000 air disc brakes this year at its wheel-end production facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and continues to invest in resources to advance, manufacture and support air disc braking systems.
“Across North America, more people and fleets are turning to air disc brakes, and we’re strengthening our infrastructure to meet their needs and continuously improve air disc technology,” said Nicole Oreskovic, product line director for air disc brakes at BSFB. “This continued growth is just one of the reasons we recently doubled the size of our North American-based engineering team, adding employees in research and development as well as technical support. In addition, we’ve significantly expanded our testing capabilities; and we’re in the midst of a multiyear expansion of our production facilities, adding more jobs and even more air disc brake capacity.”
Approximately 13 percent of North American Class 6-8 air-braked wheel-ends are now equipped with air disc brakes, a 52 percent increase in overall market share from 2013. Oreskovic noted that the Bendix ADB22X accounts for more than 90 percent of that share, reflecting the popularity and value of the powerful Bendix brake for fleets of all sizes and vocations.
