TMD Friction Group is the world's number one manufacturer of brake friction materials in the original equipment market of the auto­motive and brake industry, producing one million brake friction products each day globally. Its product portfolio comprises disc brake pads and drum brake linings for passenger cars and commercial vehicles together with brake pads for racing and friction materials for rail and industry.
This extensive experience also forms the platform for our aftermarket friction brands; Textar, Pagid, Mintex, Don, Cobreq and Cosid, through which we provide a wide range of replacement friction parts, as well as associated components and accessories, to the global service and repair-sector.
Our business is structured to meet the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow, with global operations positioned to support our customers and to match the rising demand from emerging markets.
15 production sites in eleven countries and three continents are complimented by R&D centers in Leverkusen (Germany), Troy (USA) and Indaituba (Brazil). To create additional development support for Asian vehicle and brake manufacturers TMD Friction is currently expanding its R&D resources in Japan and China.

TMD Friction is the world’s largest manufacturer of brake friction materials, employing 4,500 people, at 15 production sites in 11 countries, who are dedicated to producing 1 million brake friction products per day.
However to become the biggest and the best takes time and TMD Friction’s pedigree stretches back over more than a century, right to the very beginnings of the automotive industry. It is a story that is full of important milestones, many of which have changed the face of friction forever. Take the journey with us through TMD Friction’s past to see why we have become the leading name in friction today.

Quality

Safety is of paramount importance in road traffic and in industrial manufacturing.
Reliable braking efficiency is pivotal here. This is why TMD Friction is committed to highest quality.

We also consider quality to be a significant factor for the long-term success of our company. Quality management is therefore a key duty for the organisation as a whole and for each and every employee: We are striving to achieve perfection in every process.

A fundamental principle of our quality management system is the observance of currently effective international quality standards, in particular ISO 9001:2000 and ISO/TS 16949:2002. These standards apply across all TMD Friction sites in which products for the original equipment and replacement markets are manufactured. Alongside these general quality standards, we also meet special customer demands with regard to manufacturing, products and supply.

At TMD Friction we have been at the forefront of environmental protection within the friction industry for a number of years.

Almost a decade ago the company was instrumental in the development of the ECO-Table, a set of ecological/environmental classification standards for friction materials. It ranges from ECO I to ECO IV and today it is a universally recognised standard. The product portfolio of TMD Friction has been constructed in line with the corresponding environmental requirements and it is constantly being further improved.
We believe that we have a responsibility to conserve the planet's precious resources wherever possible therefore we have set ourselves ambitious energy reduction targets and strict recycling processes.

By utilising simulation technologies to optimise the process parameters, we are able to more accurately specify the raw materials for the product.By doing this we can also fine-tune the production process to minimise any waste energy in the formation stages. These measures are a key part of achieving our long term aim of reducing our carbon footprint by as much as 50%.

We are focussed on reducing waste during our production processes and consequently we have developed a patented solution for reclaiming used friction material and re-using it in some of our friction formulations.

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