SAF-Holland’s Haldex Air Disc Brakes Provided on Worldwide Tractors – Gear

With closing antitrust approval of SAF-Holland’s takeover of Haldex, the corporate introduced that the Haldex ModulT DBT22LD Air Disc Brake might be out there as an possibility on Navistar Worldwide LT and RH collection tractor platforms, efficient in April.

The DBT22LD is new to the ModulT product household and optimized for North American tractors.

Based on SAF-Holland, the DBT22LD affords clients extra uptime and decrease working prices with a easy design. Key options are the large-diameter, single-piston, and lube-free slide pins. The brake package deal additionally options the premium Haldex LifeSeal+ double diaphragm spring brake chamber, which has a completely sealed spring brake housing to increase the product’s life.

“We’re very excited to develop our long-term partnership with Navistar,” mentioned Matt Resch, vice chairman – OEM Energy Gross sales (Americas) for SAF-Holland. “The ModulT DBT22LD and the LifeSeal+ brake package deal might be an awesome begin to this progress.”

SAF-Holland Haldex Takeover

On Feb. 23, SAF-Holland introduced that its takeover of Haldex gained closing antitrust approval from the Polish antitrust authority. German and U.S. antitrust authorities had already declared their approval. Final June, SAF-Holland made a money provide to Haldex AB shareholders to amass all of their shares.

The chairman of the administration board of SAF-Holland, Alexander Geis, mentioned in a press release: “SAF-Holland and Haldex are an ideal match on the subject of know-how: axle and suspension programs, telematics and EBS management will now develop to converge into one clever unit.”

Haldex re-entered the North American air-disc-brake market in 2016, bringing its ModulT Air Disc Brake to North America. It had beforehand offered air disc brakes within the U.S. however needed to withdraw its earlier ADB product offfering in 2011 after Bendix prevailed in a patent lawsuit. The ModulT Air Disc Brake was honored with an HDT High 20 Product award.

In 2016, SAF-Holland and ZF each made unsuccessful bids to purchase Haldex.