Source: Akebono Brake Corporation announcement FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – Akebono Brake Corporation has been awarded 2021 “Best Problem-Solver for Import Vehicles” by the Import Vehicle Community, Product and Marketing Awards held at AAPEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. The winning entry…
Source: Akebono Brake Industry Co. announcement TOKYO – Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. announced that its products have been adopted by Lynk & Co, a premium automotive brand owned by Geely Auto Group headquartered in China, for one of its…
Source: Akebono Brake Industry announcement TOKYO – Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. has announced that all of the four Japanese factories which lost its IATF 16949 certification earlier this year, has regained this status. The company’s Akebono Brake Fukushima Manufacturing…
Source: Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. announcement TOKYO – Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. has announced that one of the four Japanese factories which lost its IATF 16949 certification earlier this year, has regained this status. The company’s Akebono Brake…
Source: Akebono Brake Corporation announcement FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Akebono Brake Corporation announced the addition of Willy Molina to the aftermarket sales team. Molina will fill the role of Southeast District Manager reporting to Matt Kenefick Akebono Eastern Region Sales…
Source: Akebono Brake Corporation announcement Farmington Hills, Mich. — Akebono Brake Corporation has added front brake coverage for a variety of Toyota and Lexus vehicles in the ProACT Ultra-Premium Disc Brake Pad line. Kit also includes Premium 301 Stainless Steel…
Source: PROLIM Corporation announcement PLANO, Texas — Akebono Brake Corporation selected PROLIM to deploy Solid Edge® software and Teamcenter® X software from Siemens Digital Industries Software to drive digital transformation. With more than 90 years of brake design and production…
Source: Akebono announcement FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – Akebono Brake Corporation has been placed on the Forbes list of America’s Best Employers 2021. This award is presented by Forbes and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. Forbes…
Source: Akebono announcement and NIKKEI Asia post TOKYO – Akebono Brake Industry, a major Japanese supplier of brake components to the automotive industry including clients like Toyota Motor and Nissan Motor, has admitted to falsifying data, including component-quality assessments, on…
LOS ANGELES – A California court of appeals denied a lower-court’s motion, thus allowing service of a personal-injury lawsuit asbestos-related filed last fall against Akebono Brake Industry Co. Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary Akebono Brake Corp. Akebono had argued…
Source: Akebono Brake announcement TOKYO – Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. announced the following organization and personnel changes effective Jan. 1, 2021. To steadily implement the business turnaround plan and achieve future growth, organization changes will be implemented at the…
Source: Akebono Brake announcement Farmington Hills, Mich. – – Akebono Brake Corporation is excited to announce the addition of Matthew Kenefick to the aftermarket team as Sales Manager for the Eastern Region. Kenefick joins Akebono with an impressive aftermarket background,…
Source: Akebono Brake Industry announcement TOKYO, Japan – Akebono Brake Industry’s six-piston calipers and disc brake pads will be the front brake components of Volvo’s high-performance SUV, the XC60 T8 Polestar Engineered, which became available in Japan November 6th. The…
TOKYO – Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd., has dissolved its research and development subsidiary in the United Kingdom, Akebono Advanced Engineering Ltd., according to a notice posted on its corporate Website. The reason mentioned in the notice for the closing…
Source: CAWA announcement Sacramento, CA – Mike Eldard of the Akebono Brake Corporation has been appointed to CAWA’s (California Automotive Wholesalers’ Association) Manufacturers’ Advisory Council. “We are pleased that Akebono will continue in our leadership through Mike’s participation and contributions,”…
Source: The Leaf Chronicle post UPDATE: The information source used for this post, The Leaf Chronicle, was inaccurate. Per Akebono, the Clarksville facility is now closed.
Source: Akebono Brake Corporation announcement Farmington Hills, Mich. – Akebono Brake Corporation named Mike Eldard national sales manager of the aftermarket. Prior Akebono roles held included Pacific Northwest District and Western Region sales manager as well as account manager for…
Source: Akebono Brake Industry announcement TOKYO – As part of its continuing action to limit the spread of the coronavirus, Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. announced the additional designation of company holidays for the month of July. In addition to…
Source: The Post & Courier post WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. – Japanese automotive supplier Akebono Brake Corp. will shutter its West Columbia, S.C. plant by September as part of a company-wide consolidation that follows slumping sales to a key customer. Akebono,…
Source: Akebono announcement TOKYO – Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. has since April 14 been implementing measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, including additional company holidays for employees from non-manufacturing departments. In light of the current situation, the company…
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. – Tommy Rivera has rejoined Akebono Brake Corporation as Director of Aftermarket Operations. He previously held a variety of leadership positions at Akebono which included responsibilities in Sales, Product Development, Operations, and Plant Management. Rivera will be based…
Source: Akebono Farmington Hills, Mich. –Akebono Brake Corporation has expanded its ProACT Ultra-Premium Disc Brake Pad line by four part numbers, which increases coverage by more than 2.5 million vehicles. Premium 301 stainless steel abutment hardware is included in the…
Source: Akebono Brake Corporation Farmington Hills, Mich. – Akebono Brake Corporation is excited to start 2020 with the release of its new Web catalog loaded with features for improved user experience and look-up accuracy. With the new responsive design, users…
Source: Akebono Brake FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd., has announced two U.S. plant closures as part of its consolidation plan to establish a production structure for the optimization of North American operations. The two plants to…
Source: Akebono Farmington Hills, Mich. – Last month, the Akebono Team, put visitors to its “The Hardware You Need, with the Brakes You Trust” themed booth at AAPEX 2019 in Las Vegas to the test where they gave eligible participants…