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
Robert Bosch GmbH (; ), commonly known as Bosch (styled BOSCH), is a German multinational engineering and technology company headquartered in Gerlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company was founded by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart in 188 ...
was sold to
KPS Capital Partners
KPS Capital Partners is an American investment company that manages KPS Special Situation Funds, a family of investment funds. KPS specifically invests out of two funds raised in October 2019: KPS Special Situations Fund V ($6.12 billion) and KPS ...
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
() is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in 1910 and headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company is active in various industries, including digital systems, power and renewable ener ...
.
References
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[Amit Panday (18 March 2015)]
Chassis Brakes Int’l ties up with J Juan Group for 2W braking systems in India
''Autocar Professional''. Accessed April 2016.
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Brakes
Automotive companies of the Netherlands