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Braking News 7th February 2007 - Sundaram Brake Linings 'Gets Connected' to Friction / Brake Search Sundaram Brake Linings, based in Chennai, India, is the latest company to 'Get Connected' to ifriction.com's popular on-line company directory - Friction / Brake Search. Founded in 1974, Sundaram Brake Linings Ltd. (SBL), the largest automotive friction material manufacturer in India, is a member of the TVS Group of Companies. The TVS Group is the #1 Indian manufacturer of automotive components with annual sales exceeding $2.5 billion. The SBL product range is focused on heavy duty commercial vehicle brake block and disc brake pads but also includes a variety of organic friction materials for passenger cars, motorcycles, agricultural equipment, railroad locomotives and rolling stock, household appliances and industrial applications. The company operates out of 4 manufacturing locations in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu that are strategically located near the major ports of Chennai and Tuticorin. SBL supplies OEM and aftermarket customers in over 60 countries worldwide with a comprehensive range of commercial vehicle brake block and disc brake pads under FMSI, BFMC and WVA designations. In addition to being an ISO / TS 16949 company, SBL was the first friction material manufacturer anywhere in the world to win the prestigious Deming Application Prize for the use of statistical process controls in the practice of Total Quality Management (TQM). SBL is also the leading Indian practitioners of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) practices and lean manufacturing techniques. SBL operates a full-fledged R&D facility at its headquarters in Chennai including brake and clutch dynamometers, gas chromatographs, scanning electron microscope and vehicle testing facilities for developing and testing friction materials for a wide range of applications. Overall, SBL is among a small circle of world class manufacturers of heavy duty friction materials. For more information visit Sundaram Brake Linings at: << Sundaram Brake >> Source: ifriction.com Press Release |