Akebono Brake holds opening ceremony for new plant in Slovakia  [ Slovakia ]

Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. announced that it has held an opening ceremony for Akebono Brake Slovakia s.r.o. (ABSK), a new subsidiary to manufacture brake calipers in Trencin, Slovakia. Mass production is scheduled to start in August 2015. ABSK will initially assemble cast iron brake calipers, and plans to install new equipment to produce aluminum brake calipers for high-performance vehicl...