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.
UK aftermarket distributor PartsInMotion has added TRW and Brembo brake brands plus Yuasa and O/L batteries to its motorbike range, targeting the spring servicing surge as bikes return to UK roads.
ZF Aftermarket has commissioned an in-house brake particle emissions dynamometer in Spain to validate TRW-brand pads and discs against Euro 7 limits taking effect in November 2026.
NHTSA has closed Recall Query RQ24-003 without further action against Ford, accepting data that previously inspected 2021–2022 E-350 and E-450 chassis show a less-than-0.25% projected 10-year failure rate.
DRiV has launched Installer's Advantage, a portfolio-wide program flagging more than 5,000 aftermarket SKUs — across Wagner, MOOG, Monroe, Fel-Pro, and Walker — as engineered to address technician-identified service-bay pain points.
Otto Zimmermann GmbH has expanded its Brake Kit Z range with three new references for the Mercedes Sprinter and e-Sprinter, giving independent workshops a matched disc-and-pad kit format for one of Europe's highest-volume commercial van platforms.
Akebono Brake Industry raised its FY2026 net profit forecast to ¥1.8 billion from ¥0.3 billion, driven by ¥1.1 billion in deferred tax asset recognition, alongside a ¥1.7 billion U.S. restructuring charge.
PureForge reported 3.3 mg/km brake particulate emissions in independent TÜV-Nord testing — 53 percent below the Euro 7 ICE limit that takes effect November 29, 2026 — using standard OEM rotors processed through its Atomic-Forging treatment.
CVSA's 2026 International Roadcheck runs May 12–14 across North America, with ELD tampering as the driver focus and cargo securement as the vehicle focus. Brakes remain the top OOS violation category.
