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Annual Report - Miba

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The technology for low-noise carbon friction materials<br />

developed by <strong>Miba</strong> Friction Group has proven particularly<br />

reliable. On the basis of this technology, the new generations<br />

of all-wheel drives in Europe and the US are being<br />

fitted with corresponding locking differential plates. Over<br />

the past year, <strong>Miba</strong> Friction Group introduced significant<br />

new developments in the field of wear-resistant wet<br />

running linings for synchronizers in passenger cars and<br />

commercial vehicles as well as for clutches of motorcycles. Additional main research was<br />

carried out in the field of high-performance brake linings for high-speed trains.<br />

Impressive proof of successful development activity has been furnished by the success<br />

of <strong>Miba</strong>’s friction materials in international racing. At the beginning of the year, Mitsubishi’s<br />

racing team won the Barcelona-Dakar desert rally using <strong>Miba</strong> Friction Group’s clutch<br />

linings.

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