Brembo S.p.A.

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.brembo.com

■Address

Via Stezzano, 87, 24126 Bergamo BG, Italy

Business Overview

-The Company is an Italy-based global leader in the research, design, development, and production of braking solutions and technologies and other components for the automotive industry in the original equipment and aftermarket sectors. It provides solutions for passenger vehicles, motorbikes, and commercial vehicle applications. The Company also supplies clutches and other components for automotive racing applications.

-The Company provides components and systems primarily across four vehicle segments:

Passenger cars
Motorbikes
Commercial and industrial vehicles
Racing applications

-In January 2025, the Company announced that it had completed the acquisition of Öhlins Racing, a leading manufacturer of premium, high-performance suspension technology for motorcycles and cars in the original equipment, motorsport, and aftermarket segments. The Company signed an agreement with Tenneco in October 2024, with the transaction valued at USD 405 million. The acquisition enhances and expands the Company’s brand portfolio and solution offerings for its customers. Öhlins Racing had projected sales of approximately USD 144 million in 2024.

Shareholders

-The Company is listed on Italian Stock Exchange, Borsa Italiana.

(As of Apr. 24, 2025)

Main Shareholders	% ownership
Nuova Fourb S.r.l.	53.56
Brembo S.p.A.	4.51

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Products

Passenger cars
-Braking calipers
-Monoblock fixed calipers
-Two-piece fixed calipers
-Extrema high-performance brake calipers
-Braking discs
-Floating brake discs
-Dual-cast brake discs
-One-piece brake discs
-Composite brake discs
-Co-cast brake discs
-UV-coated brake discs
-Braking modules
-Brake pads
-Carbon-ceramic pads
-Ceramic pads
-Hub carriers
-Carbon-ceramic discs
-Aluminum suspension components
-Sensify intelligent braking system with digital control system and integrated AI
-Brake-by-wire systems

Commercial vehicles
-Brake discs with pillar venting technology for commercial vehicles
-Parking brake systems integrated with caliper or drum for commercial vehicles
-Parking brake systems in drum in hat installations for commercial vehicles
-Cast iron floating single- and dual-piston hydraulic calipers for commercial vehicles
-Oversized floating hydraulic calipers
-Brake-by-wire systems

Motorbikes
-Fixed brake discs
-Floating brake discs
-Brake calipers
-Brake pads
-Radial front brake master cylinders
-Radial front clutch master cylinders
-Axial front brake master cylinders
-Axial front clutch master cylinders

Greenance eco-friendly solutions
-Greenance brake kit with brake discs and pads
-Enesys spring technology which reduces brake residual torque, reducing emissions and improving efficiency
-Motorcycle pads
-Greentell set featuring brake discs with a nickel-free dual-layer coating and brake pads offering a total of 80% less wear

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History

1961	Founded in Paladina (Bergamo, Italy) as a small mechanical machining workshop.
1960's	Influenced by the impulse of the motor car industry and strong market expansion, the Company specialized in the manufacturing of disc brakes that were exclusively exported to the U.K.
1964	A supply contract was stipulated with Alfa Romeo.
1975	Enzo Ferrari instructed the Company to conduct a study on a braking system to match the power of Maranello's "Red Streaks".
1980's	Technical innovations in products, use of aluminum as a material.
1980's	Expanding its customers base, including Porsche, Mercedes, Lancia, BMW, Nissan, Chrysler.
1981	Starting to supply aluminum calipers for passenger vehicles.
1983	The American group Kelsey Hays, major components supplier, invested in the company.
1985	Received an order for exclusive supply of calipers for Porsche.
1991	In view of a considerable increase in production and personnel, the operations base was transferred to Curno.
1995	Listed on the Milan Stock Exchange.
1996	Announced a joint-venture with Rassini of Mexico.
1997	Increased its interest in B.S.E. to 51%.
	Increased its interest in Norbit A.B. to 100%.
	Sold its interest in Alloy Technologies Ltd.
Feb. 1997	Acquired Fonderie Officine Meccaniche Mapello SpA.
Mar. 1999	The Company's subsidiary, Brembo Participations B.V., acquired 100% of Brembo do Brasil Ltda.
Jun. 1999	Set up Brembo Participations B.V., transferred shares of subsidiaries located outside Italy.
Sep. 1999	Set up Brembo International S.A. (LUX).
Sep. 1999	Transferred 50% of shares in Bref S.r.l. Fonderia to de Torbole S.r.l.
Feb. 2000	Acquired 100% of Alfa Real Minas.
Mar. 2000	Acquired 70% of Marchesini S.r.l.
	Announced a joint venture with SKF.
	Announced a joint venture with the AI Group (owned by the South African company DFI) and Lemforder, a division of ZF Friedrichshafen.
Jul. 2000	Announced its acquisition of AP Racing (UK).
Jul. 2001	Formed a joint venture, Nanjing Yuejin Automotive Brake System Co. Ltd.
Jul. 2001	Sold the entire holding in Stepal S.r.l., the holding company of Fonderia Regali S.r.l.
Jan. 2002	Acquired a further stake in the already partly held Brembo Rassini S.A. de C.V, taking the Company's interest from 51% to 76%.
Jul. 2002	Resolved on the merger of Brembo Engineering S.p.A. into the Company.
Nov. 2002	Acquired 30% of Marchesini S.r.l. for a value of EUR 310,000.
Jan. 2004	Brembo Ceramic Brake Systems S.p.A., a joint venture with DaimlerChrysler AG, started the production of the first ceramic brake discs.
Jul. 2005	Signed an agreement with Simest to establish a new production company in China, specializing in the production and sales of braking systems for the original equipment.
Aug. 2012	Acquired remaining 32.26% of Brembo China Brake Systems Co. Ltd. from Simest, making it a wholly owned subsidiary.
2013	Acquired full ownership of Brembo Nanjing Brake Systems Co. Ltd., after purchasing remaining 30% stake from Chinese partner Donghua Automotive Industrial Co. Lt., for CNY 90 million.
May 2016	Acquired 66% stake in ASIMCO Meilian Braking Systems, a manufacturer of cast-iron brake discs for local Chinese joint ventures for approximately EUR 78 million.
Oct. 2016	Inaugurated new plant for the production of aluminum calipers with an investment of USD 36 million in Escobedo, in the State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
Apr. 2019	Inaugurated it new production hub for the manufacturing of aluminum brake calipers in Nanjing, located in China's Jiangsu province.
Oct. 2022	Founded Brembo Ventures, as the company's venture capital unit.
Feb. 2023	Increased interest in Pirelli to 6%.
Jun. 2023	Transferred registered office to the Netherlands.