http://Brakes.industrysearch.com brakes, machine brakes, brake controls, motor brakes, brake fittings, brake actuators, brake testers, brake monitors, brake gages, air brakes, crane brakes, hoist brakes COLUMBUS, Indiana - Lt. Governor Becky Skillman joined executives from Indiana-based LHP Technologies and Chinese-owned manufacturer Techtop today to announce the companies joint venture that will bring a new manufacturing and distribution center here, creating more than 60 new jobs. http://Brakes.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14471%2etxt Novi, Michigan, Citation Corp. will idle its Butler, Ind., permanent and semi-permanent aluminum molding operations by the end of July 2008, transferring production and equipment to foundries located in Bristol, Ind., and Milwaukee, Wisc., owned by Diversified Machine Incorporated (DMI). The transition is part of Citation’s long-term business strategy aimed at enhancing its manufacturing efficiencies and refocusing on core competencies. http://Brakes.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14345%2etxt WILMINGTON, N.C., — Providing unparalleled control of its high efficiency EC100 and EC110 RollerDrives, Interroll Corp. has partnered with Insight Automation to optimize the performance of its roller drive system. Insight Automations’ new ConveyTrax® CANopen roller speed controller (CRSC), a four-zone logic and motor control module, operates Interroll’s RollerDrives safely and securely while enhancing the performance level in approved applications such as postal, distribution center and light pallet handling. http://Brakes.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14326%2etxt SPRINGFIELD OH, The LoadMate® Electric Chain Hoist by R&M Materials Handling Inc. is a compact, versatile, and cost-effective electric chain hoist. With load capacities from 1/8 to 1 ton, a lifting height up to 262 feet, and a wide range of lifting speeds and power supplies, the LoadMate® is ideal for wind turbine applications. The LoadMate® is a compact electric chain hoist that can be installed inside the wind turbine nacelle to assist with standard maintenance activities, including change-outs and repairs of generators, high-speed gears, yaw and pitch motors, etc. http://Brakes.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14324%2etxt CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Hawk Corporation (AMEX:HWK) announces that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to sell its performance racing segment. The performance racing segment, consisting of Quarter Master Industries, Inc. and Tex Racing Enterprises, Inc., engineers, manufactures and markets premium branded clutch, transmission and driveline systems for the performance racing market. The segment reported net sales of $12.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2007 accounting for 5.6% of the Company's total net sales for the year. The Company will retain its Hawk Performance(R) brake business which will remain a part of its friction products segment. http://Brakes.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14286%2etxt HANOVER and REGENSBURG, Germany, The international automotive supplier Continental will launch first-time volume production of a high-performance lithium-ion battery for hybrid vehicles at the end of the present year. It will be used in the Mercedes S 400 BlueHYBRID. "This marks an important innovation for Continental as supplier of battery systems. In the next few years we will be launching production of further lithium-ion energy storage devices for mild- and full-hybrid and electric-powered vehicles," says Continental Executive Board member Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann. http://Brakes.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14210%2etxt Erlanger, Kentucky, Castell will be showcasing safety solutions for attendees of the Material Handling Industry of America’s NA 2008 annual show and conference, April 21-24, 2008 at the I-X Center (Cleveland, OH). Castell’s dock safety, motion monitoring and interlock products safeguard personnel and equipment in material handling warehouses. http://Brakes.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14179%2etxt Erlanger, Kentucky – Pork Farms, one of the UK’s leading bakeries, has eliminated the risk of unscheduled truck departures with an investment in Castell’s Salvo safety system, protecting its workers from injury and its property from damage. The systems have been installed on all four loading docks at Pork Farm’s Palethorpes site in Shropshire, which handles several hundred vehicles a month. http://Brakes.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14142%2etxt ERLANGER, Kentucky -- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA) has announced award-winning North American suppliers for 2007. The awards recognize those suppliers who exceeded the company's expectations in the following areas: Launch Performance, Technology, Supplier Diversity, Value Improvement and Quality. http://Brakes.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14106%2etxt http://Brakes.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14100%2etxt The expansion will add aftermarket disc manufacturing to the Glasgow facility by 2009 — creating “a single disc pad manufacturing powerhouse,” CEO Go Kashiwagi, said in a news release. http://Brakes.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14093%2etxt Drive-away prevention system and more on display for logistics industry Erlanger, Kentucky (February 19, 2008) – Castell will be showcasing safety solutions for attendees of the Material Handling Industry of America’s NA 2008 annual show and conference, April 21-24, 2008 at the I-X Center (Cleveland, OH). Castell’s dock safety, motion monitoring and interlock products safeguard personnel and equipment in material handling warehouses. http://Brakes.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14068%2etxt BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich, TriMas Corporation (NYSE:TRS) - a diversified growth company of high-end, specialty niche businesses - today announced that its Cequent group acquired Parkside Towbars, located in Western Australia. With annual revenues of approximately $5 million, Parkside Towbars adds to Cequent's towing and truck accessory product offering, while strengthening its position in an attractive international market. Parkside Towbars will be integrated with Cequent's already well-established business in Australia, operating under the brand of Hayman Reese(R). http://Brakes.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14007%2etxt ABM Drives Inc. widens the options for pallet truck OEMs with new, modular-design, wide-wheel bevel gear drives. The innovative TDB254WR drives bring greater compactness, stability, efficiencies and design flexibility to traction drives for pallet, reach, narrow aisle and stand-up trucks, AGVs, sweepers and scrubbers. Special gearing allows industry's tightest swing radius — just 7"/175mm — for wide wheel (up to 5" tread) capability with zero-offset drive http://Brakes.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=13974%2etxt Unscheduled truck departures increase risk to workers and the potential for damage to loading docks and equipment. The Salvo loading dock safety system from international safety expert Castell ensures that a particular sequence of events happens before a truck is able to pull away from the dock. A new product design and complete kit purchase option have increased ease of installation and shortened order lead times http://Brakes.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=13928%2etxt