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Run with MAX
Meritor has designed its latest range of MAX premium brake pads to
withstand the toughest braking conditions such as in city bus, waste and
heavy-duty-cycle truck applications, with quality at the fore.
This year marks the 50th year
of Meritor’s operations in
Australia. In 1969, Rockwell
and Industrial Engineering
established a purposebuilt
drive axle manufacturing plant in
Melbourne. Over the years, the facility
supplied drive and steer axles to brands
like Ford, Chrysler, Atkinson, International,
White Motors, Leader, Volvo, Mack,
Kenworth and Iveco.
Despite significant changes in the
global heavy vehicle market Meritor has
continued to supply parts to some of the
world’s biggest heavy vehicle names –
including Kenworth, Volvo, Mack, Isuzu,
Iveco, Western Star and Freightliner – first
as part of Rockwell International, then as
Arvin Meritor, and eventually under the
Meritor banner.
Today, Meritor is a global leader in
braking systems for heavy-duty trucks,
trailers and buses. It supplies a huge
range of callipers, drum brakes, pads and
brake shoes to original equipment truck
manufacturers, both locally and globally.
The company recently celebrated the
production of 100 million brake shoes
in North America and is responsible for
almost half the aftermarket brake shoes
supplied to that market. As a result,
Meritor is a trusted name in the industry
and a major player in global braking
systems, it states.
“Off the back of Meritor’s 110-year
legacy, we are delighted to be celebrating
50 years in Australia, reflecting the
brand’s heritage and our dedication to
the commercial vehicle transportation
industry in this country, which has some of
the most demanding on- and off-highway
applications globally,” Meritor Australia
managing director David Cole said.
AUSTRALIAN SITES
Meritor has two sites in Australia – an
assembly facility in Sunshine, and an
aftermarket parts distribution warehouse
and brake shoe kit riveting facility based in
Derrimut, Victoria.
Established in 2010, the Derrimut facility
specialises in aftermarket (Euclid, Meritor)
and genuine (Meritor Genuine) brand
offerings, with over 1,500 stocked items
and 10,000 active parts on site at any time.
Meanwhile, the 10,000 metre square
manufacturing facility in Sunshine serves
as a semi-finishing and assembly plant,
which dispatches steer axles, differentials,
axle assemblies, drive axles and brake
components using a just-in-time lean
process, it explains.
Meritor Australia continues to
make significant investments in local
manufacturing expertise. It recently
added capability to build and balance
drivelines at the Sunshine facility as it looks
to gain better in-house quality control
and improve capabilities to support local
customer demand and diversification in
off-highway segments, it says.
While Meritor Australia has traditionally
focused on the truck and associated
aftermarket segments, it also has an
extensive and proven product portfolio
globally in bus, trailer, industrial,
off-highway, mining, agriculture, material
handling and defence.
Meritor Australia’s operations have
continued to adapt to changing
global dynamics and advancements in
technology. The company is well-known
for its extensive range of heavy-duty truck
axles and remains a trusted supplier of
tandem and tri-drive axles, steer axles,
drivelines, S-cam brakes, brake drums, air
disc brakes and brake pads. Meritor uses
its global reach to both manufacture and
source a range of quality products that are
then tailored to suit Australian conditions.
MERITOR MAX PADS
The MAX premium brake pads are the
latest addition to Meritor Australia’s
product line-up. They represent the next
step-up in performance and durability
from Meritor’s popular MDP3000 standard
series. The MAX pads are designed
especially for applications with high brake
usage and high brake temperatures such
city buses, garbage trucks, coaches and
frequent start-stop truck applications.
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