Preparation work is currently under way to establish a state-of-the-art foundation drum and air disc brake manufacturing facility in Bowling Green, Ky., an official from Bendix Spicer Foundation
Brake LLC announced today at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky.
Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake will make an initial investment of more than $6 million into the facility, equipment, and layout for production.
The facility is located at 346 Central Ave., the former site of the Hayes Lemmerz aluminum wheel fabricating plant. It is the first dedicated foundation brake manufacturing facility for the wheel-end joint venture of Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC and Dana Corp., a natural next step in the company's global manufacturing facilities strategy.
Foundation drum brake (S-Cam) production - and associated employees - will move from its current location at a Dana Corp. facility 40 miles away in Glasgow, Ky. Air disc brake production will be transitioned from a Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems facility in Frankfort, Ky. Bendix announced last month that its Frankfort facility, which also manufactures air compressors, will shut down operation by late 2007.