The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has scheduled its 2026 Brake Safety Week for Aug. 23–29, with inspectors across North America targeting brake drum and rotor condition under the Operation Airbrake program.
Teletrac Navman has added an Electronic Braking Performance Monitoring System to its compliance portfolio, delivering DVSA-aligned trailer braking data at 95% confidence as an alternative to roller brake testing.
NRS Brakes has been approved as an official vendor partner to The Group APSG, joining roughly 150 aftermarket brands and extending its galvanized brake pad reach across the buying group's distribution network.
Momentum USA released more than 100 new brake part numbers in May 2026, adding AmeriPLATINUM and AmeriPRO pads, 72 coated rotors, 20 VGX pads, brake shoes, and wear sensors covering 80 million additional VIO.
PAGID Racing has eliminated polyurethane foam from its motorsport brake pad packaging, cutting 10 tonnes of plastic-based foam at its Essen plant and switching to recycled honeycomb cardboard.
Brembo returns as Mugello MotoGP title sponsor for the third consecutive year, supplying braking systems to every rider on the 2026 grid alongside Öhlins, AP Racing, and Marchesini components.
Winhere Origine Motorsport's No. 96 Porsche 911 GT3 R swept double pole and double victory at Round 2 of the 2026 China GT Championship in Ningbo, moving into the championship lead.
AP Racing reached its 1,000th Formula 1 Grand Prix as a component supplier at the Canadian Grand Prix on May 24, 2026, supplying brakes and clutches to eight of 11 teams.
Bethel Automotive Safety Systems (WBTL) has earned its fifth GM Supplier Quality Excellence Award, recognizing 2025 quality performance on aluminum knuckles and control arms supplied to Cadillac, Buick, and Chevrolet programs.
Joint administrators have sold substantially all of Surface Transforms' business and assets to CCST Limited for £1.4 million in cash, with ten employees transferring and AIM de-listing set for 26 May 2026.
Hyundai is recalling 421,078 2025-2026 Santa Cruz, Tucson, Tucson Hybrid, and Tucson Plug-In Hybrid vehicles after the Forward Collision Avoidance system was found to apply the brakes prematurely.
NHTSA has closed Preliminary Evaluation PE25015 into Acura ILX brake force loss, citing Honda Recall 25V859, which replaces the master cylinder on 70,658 vehicles to fix a plasticizer contamination defect.
Brembo signed joint venture agreements with Ningbo Huaxiang Electronic (NBHX) to localize its Sensify brake-by-wire platform for the Chinese market, extending the Italian supplier's software-defined braking strategy into the world's largest auto market.
Revolution Race Cars has named Alcon as official braking supplier for its sub-700 kg HyperSport track car, with four-piston calipers and 300 x 26 mm discs engineered for endurance use.
FAI Auto Parts has expanded its UK aftermarket braking range to more than 1,200 part numbers covering roughly 34 million vehicles, adding a surcharge-free caliper programme with electric parking brake support.
Bosch and India's TSF Group will form a 50:50 joint venture to develop electronically controlled commercial vehicle air systems, with Chennai-registered operations targeted to start by end of 2026.
Delphi has launched its "Make Some Noise" campaign, focusing on premium braking components and workshop support, including its Professional+ range that offers up to 40 percent longer pad life.
Frenkit Performance high-temperature caliper rebuild kits were the only product to pass every test category in an independent ASTM-standard comparison against leading competitors, the company reports.
A new class action alleges Subaru EyeSight commands unwanted brake application through the ABS Control Module and VDC across 2022–2026 vehicles, citing miscommunication among the modules Subaru is responsible for integrating.
PAGID Racing brake pads equipped the front axles of 33 percent of class winners at the 54th ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring, including the overall-winning RAVENOL Mercedes-AMG GT3 #80.
Brembo Solutions has launched a free version of ALCHEMIX, opening its AI-driven industrial formulation platform to R&D teams and smaller companies across food, chemicals, textiles, rubber, and consumer goods sectors.
Apec has added 84 new components to its Red and Blue braking ranges in May 2026, with 64 brake cables among the additions covering applications including the Ford Tourneo Courier and Maxus eDeliver 3 Electric.
ASK Automotive Limited reported FY26 consolidated revenue of ₹4,196 crore, up 16.2% year-over-year, with EBITDA of ₹551 crore and PAT of ₹297 crore, marking ten consecutive strong quarters since listing.
CVSA's unannounced 2026 Brake Safety Day placed 574 of 4,021 inspected commercial vehicles out of service for brake-related violations — a 14.3% OOS rate, up sharply from 8.7% in 2025.
Brembo says its aftermarket portfolio covers up to 98% of the Turkish circulating car parc in brake discs and pads, a claim the company unveiled at Automechanika Istanbul alongside its five product families.
Endurance Technologies will bring expanded ABS capacity online by September 2026, adding 1.2 million units annually as India moves to extend ABS requirements to lower-capacity two-wheelers ahead of final regulations.
Winhere Brake Parts took home two 2026 ACPN Content Excellence Awards at Auto Care Connect in Atlanta, recognized for ACES® and PIES® data on both brake rotor and friction product lines.
First Line Ltd. has added 50 new aftermarket parts spanning brake hoses, friction, transmission, and steering, with Borg & Beck additions for Porsche, Audi, Volkswagen, Kia, and BMW applications.
Corvette Chief Engineer Josh Holder will keynote the 44th SAE Brake Colloquium & Exhibition, September 20–23, 2026, in Palm Desert, California, bringing an OEM vehicle-integration perspective to the brake industry's premier annual gathering.
Wilwood has released an Aero6-DM direct-mount front brake kit for 2007–2015 Toyota Tundra trucks, pairing six-piston Aerolite calipers with 13.39-inch rotors. MSRP starts at $1,966.26.
