17th
September 2008 -
Honeywell Friction's New Leadership Team Poised for Success
Global
Investments in R&D to Double
Since Honeywell Transportation
Systems announced the formation of the Honeywell Friction Materials
business unit in April, a new leadership team has been working to
increase its position in the global marketplace.
Several executives have joined Dr.
Rainer Bostel, a 21-year Honeywell veteran and president of the
business unit, with a common goal of implementing change. Coming
onboard are Dr. Heribert Schumacher, vice
president, Global Friction Engineering; Uwe Kaster, vice president
of Sales and Marketing OE/OES; Willy Mohler, vice president of
Aftermarket Sales in Europe, Americas, the Middle East and Asia; and
the most recent addition to the leadership team is Miguel Tintoré,
vice president of Marketing. Tintoré is responsible for ongoing
portfolio development, new product launches and brand management. He
was previously marketing manager at Honeywell’s Environmental
Controls division.
This new team recently announced
plans to double Honeywell Friction Materials’ investments in
facility improvements, capacity expansions and research and
development worldwide.
“Our goal
is to further increase productivity in order to satisfy new demand,
as well as invest in R&D so that we can continue developing
world-class friction products for our OE and aftermarket customers,”
said Dr. Bostel.
For almost 20
years, the Bendix and Jurid teams have developed, manufactured and
marketed industry leading brake pads worldwide. Honeywell’s
comprehensive validation testing and rigorous research and
development program has helped set industry standards and enabled
the Bendix® and Jurid® brands to remain at the forefront in the
marketplace.
At the company’s R&D facilities in
Troy, Michigan; Glinde, Germany;
Conde-sur-Noireau, France; and Barcelona,
Spain, engineers are developing technological innovations for
OE and aftermarket customers that not only respond to current
automotive needs, but also address concerns such as reducing
abrasion levels and minimizing dust particles.
On the production
side, the division is also in the process of implementing the
successful Honeywell Operation System (HOS) and automating several
manufacturing functions to increase productivity, ensure uniformly
high quality standards worldwide as well as help cushion some of the
effects of rising raw material costs.
As a result of
these investment measures, Honeywell Friction Materials’ plants are
expected to attain an annual production capacity of around 100
million brake pads by 2010.
In the first half of 2008, total
revenue increased by $35 million compared to 2007’s numbers and the
Honeywell business unit is expecting strong numbers in the second
half of the year as well.
Honeywell Friction Materials, a
business unit of Honeywell International Inc., is headquartered in
Glinde, Germany. Serving both original equipment and aftermarket
customers, products offered include Bendix® and Jurid® friction
materials and hard parts.
Honeywell International Inc. is a $37
billion diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving
customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control
technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products;
turbochargers; and specialty materials. Based in Morris Township,
N.J., Honeywell's shares are traded on the New York, London and
Chicago Stock Exchanges.
Source: Test