ELYRIA, Ohio — Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC. has been named a Diamond Supplier by truck builder Navistar, which recently recognized its top-performing suppliers for helping the company improve customer uptime and exceeding the performance expectations for quality, delivery, technology, and cost. This year’s 33 Diamond Suppliers represent the top two percent of Navistar’s worldwide supply base. Navistar presented the Diamond Supplier award in a ceremony at Bendix headquarters today.
“Earning a spot on Navistar’s Diamond Supplier roster is a true honor for everyone here at Bendix. We are proud to share and support their drive for customer focus and increasing uptime, fostering innovation, and delivering consistent high quality in their vehicles,” said Berend Bracht, president and CEO at Bendix. “As advances in technologies help create safer and more reliable trucks and buses, partnerships like the one we share with Navistar can go a long way toward raising standards across the industry and improving highway safety.”
Bendix, the North American leader in the development and manufacture of leading-edge active safety and braking system technologies for commercial vehicles, has a long relationship with Lisle, Illinois-based Navistar, and has provided a wide range of components and technologies for Navistar’s International trucks and IC Bus school and commercial buses.
In 2015, Navistar became the first North American truck manufacturer to offer the Bendix Wingman Fusion collision mitigation system. The company also added the Bendix ADB22X air disc brake as a data book option on its ProStar and DuraSta trucks.
“We strive to create products that have excellent quality and uptime,” said David McKean, vice president, Procurement, Navistar. “The suppliers receiving this award have proven to us that we can count on them to do the job, and do it well.”
Bendix’s complete lineup of air management, active safety, and wheel-end solutions delivers on performance, reliability, safety, and stopping power, plus other areas critical to fleets’ success. By improving vehicle performance and efficiency, and providing thorough post-sales support, Bendix helps the industry strengthen return on investment in technologies that make North American roads safer for everyone.
For more information about Bendix safety systems and technologies, visit www.safertrucks.com, www.bendix.com, or call 800-AIR-BRAKE (800-247-2725).
About Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC.
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, a member of the Knorr-Bremse Group, develops and supplies leading-edge active safety technologies, energy management solutions, and air brake charging and control systems and components under the Bendix® brand name for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, tractors, trailers, buses, and other commercial vehicles throughout North America. As an industry pioneer, employing more than 3,000 people, Bendix is driven to deliver solutions for improved vehicle safety, performance, and overall operating cost. Bendix is headquartered in Elyria, Ohio, with manufacturing plants in Bowling Green, Kentucky; Huntington, Indiana; North Aurora, Illinois; and Acuña, Mexico. For more information, call 800-AIR-BRAKE (800-247-2725) or visit www.bendix.com. Follow Bendix on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Bendix_CVS. Log on and learn from the Bendix experts at www.brake-school.com.
