annual RepoRt 2011 - Haldex

equirements that affect the oeMs, and therefore
Haldex’ product development, include:
• legislation to increase vehicle and road safety
• increased environmental awareness
• improved vehicle dynamics
• continuous cost-efficiencies
at present, many oeMs are focusing on lowering
fuel consumption and emission levels. In 2011,
Haldex started shipping the new generation of
disc brakes for the trailer segment. Modult is 15%
lighter than a conventional disc brake, which enables
a higher payload per vehicle. Fuel consumption/cost
per shipped weight unit decreases and
improves transport economy in total.
equally critical to the market is vehicle safety,
especially in the emerging market. the Haldex tK+
truck and bus aBS system was successfully launched
with two important Chinese bus manufacturers.
this adoption of high quality Haldex brake control
technology meets the advancing requirements
in this market and strengthens our position in this
important region.
this year Haldex in north america started
production on an air management panel that incorporates
all trailer air management functions in one
panel module. the panel significantly reduces overall
trailer assembly time, and offers lower air leak
rates and easy maintenance for failed components.
local development
Haldex’ development centers develop core technologies,
which are distributed and adapted in our
local application centers close to the markets. Since
product development is customer-driven, it’s vital for
our technical experts to have direct contact with the
different local markets and demands.
Haldex has a proven record of industrializing
our innovations. We develop ideas from the concept
stage to actual products and then adapt them to
the customer’s specific demands, production and
markets. Haldex can satisfy each customer’s unique
requirements, which calls for a solid knowledge of
the customer’s product planning.
Innovative cooperation
Haldex cooperates with several european universities
and colleges. these include the Royal Institute of
technology in Stockholm, the Faculty of engineering
at lund university, Chalmers Institute of technology
in Gothenburg, the university of dresden and
Cambridge university. By creating partnerships with
leading research institutes, we get access to the latest
findings in interesting topics; information that
otherwise would be unknown to us. as a part of
their relationship with universities, Haldex regularly
invites students to do internships and master’s
degree projects at our company.
In 2011, a 3-year european research project
successfully ended. the project, called HaVeit
(Highly automated Vehicles for Intelligent transport)
was aiming for development of new systems for
increased traffic safety and engaged several oeM’s
suppliers and research institutes. Haldex successfully
developed a full brake-by-wire system for trucks
using electromechanical brakes. Main benefits with
the system are better braking performance and
reduced energy consumption compared to existing
systems on the market today. project HaVeit
paves the way for a new technology and proves that
Haldex is a world leader in its business.
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