ArvinMeritor Inc. Commercial Vehicle Systems (CVS) business group will manufacture the Meritor Air Link suspension in its Sistemas Automotirices de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. joint venture facility in Monterrey, Mexico. Manufacturing will begin

effective immediately in the QS9000-certified facility.
The company added the Air Link suspension to its product line up through a licensing agreement with Raydan Manufacturing Inc. of Alberta, Canada, in 2004. The agreement covers suspension applications up to and including 52,000 pounds GAWR for commercial truck, and specialty and military vehicles.
ArvinMeritor engineers have taken the suspension through the paces in its technical center in Troy - initially through simulation modeling, then through demanding lab durability tests modeled from actual road profile data. The suspension achieved over 3 million customer-equivalent miles in laboratory system validation.
Air Link's walking beam air suspension design offers the ride and handling advantages of an air suspension for heavy-haul applications. Other design advantages include desirable roll stability characteristics and lower suspension maintenance as a result of fewer moving parts.
Currently, the suspension is being used on U.S. Air Force refueler vehicles.