Akebono Brake Industry Co. Ltd

Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. researches, develops, manufactures, and sells brakes, and related components and parts Japan, North America, Europe, and other Asian countries. The company offers disc brake calipers, disc brake pads, disc rotors, drum brake linings, drum brake shoes, wheel cylinders, drum-in-hat brakes, brake drums, sensors, etc. for automobiles; and disc brake calipers, disc brake pads, master cylinders, and others for motorcycles. It also provides brakes for rolling stock, including disc brakes and brake linings for bullet trains, brake linings for regular trains, disc brakes for monorail, brake linings for rolling stock, brake shoes for railroad trains, etc. In addition, the company offers brakes for industrial machinery, such as drum brakes for forklifts, clutch facings for car air conditioner units, brake shoes for elevators, etc., as well as disc brakes for wind turbine generators and rough terrain cranes. Further, it provides sensor products comprising accelerometers, angular rate sensors, and sensor clusters; vehicle behavior detection and wireless portable vibration measurement devices; and inclinometers, concrete filing detectors, light emitting inclination sensors/pockets, and earthquake detectors for long-wave seismic motors. The company was formerly known as Akebono Sekimen Kogyo Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. in 1960. Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Show More...