FDP Brakes expands manufacturing capacity

Oct 14, 2015

Updated Oct 19, 2015

FDP has expanded its global manufacturing capacity by 5 million sets of disc brake pads to meet the growing requirements of aftermarket and OEM customers.

New specialty equipment was purchased from CoreSteel Hydraulics, a North American manufacturer of custom equipment for the automotive industry, along with other CoreSteel equipment. The equipment will be used at FDP’s Tappahannock, Va. facility, its Chinese facility, and a new facility planned for the third quarter of 2016, the company says.

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