Chassis Brakes International | |
Industry: | Automotive Industry |
Fate: | Sold to Hitachi |
Founded: | 2012 |
Defunct: | 2019 |
Hq Location: | Eindhoven |
Num Locations: | 15 countries |
Production: | Disc Brakes, Drum Brakes, Automated Parking Brakes, Rotors |
Num Employees: | 5500 |
Chassis Brakes International was a multinational manufacturer of automotive brakes and brake components. It was formed in June 2012 when the brakes division of Robert Bosch GmbH was sold to KPS Capital Partners[1] and was based in Netherlands. It was one of the three largest brake system manufacturers in the world.
The company had factories in 15 countries and had a workforce of about 5200, of which some forty percent were in Europe and the remainder in Asian and South American countries. Chassis Brakes International's French entity was a member of the, the French federation of vehicle part manufacturers.
In 2019, the group was sold to the automotive system division of japanese group, Hitachi.