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Brake Testing International Ltd Company Start-up
BRAKE TESTING INTERNATIONAL LTD is a new business established to provide independent, full-scale inertia dynamometer brake testing services to OEM’s, Tier One and Tier Two suppliers in the motor cycle, automotive, commercial vehicle, rail, and motor sports industries. The Company started trading on 5 November 2002 with private funding, supplemented by investment from the East Midlands Regional Venture Capital Fund Limited.
BRAKE TESTING INTERNATIONAL LTD is led by a very strong management team with extensive international experience in the braking and friction industries. The team is headed by Rod McLellan (Chairman/Managing Director) who has 25 years technical experience in the friction materials industry, most recently as Director of Research and Development with Carlisle Motion Control Industries in the USA, and previously as head of Heavy Vehicle Brakes Research and Development with BBA Friction Ltd in the UK. Dennis Moran brings over 30 years of experience in the friction materials industry to the team as past Managing Director of TMD Friction Ltd, past Chairman of the British Friction Material Council (BFMC), and current Chairman of the Federation of European Manufacturers of Friction Materials (FEMF). The team benefits from the international business expertise of David Hillcoat, previously a director of Courtaulds Textiles plc, International Fabrics Division, who has 20 years of successful multi-national business leadership experience. The management team is completed by the participation of Doug Brown, a highly respected businessman, and well known as a supplier to the global friction materials industry.
BRAKE TESTING INTERNATIONAL LTD provides independent, full-scale inertia dynamometer brake testing services to OEM’s, Tier One and Tier Two suppliers in the motor cycle, automotive, commercial vehicle, rail, and motor sports industries. The company offers its customers testing for product development, Type Approval (including ECE Regulation 90), performance characterisation, and life cycle durability on full size inertia brake dynamometers ranging in inertia from 23.8 kgm^2 to 2000 kgm^2. The company also offers testing to industry standard procedures and will on request develop bespoke test protocols for individual customers.
To learn more about BRAKE TESTING INTERNATIONAL LTD or the services we provide to our customers, contact:
Rod McLellan, Brake Testing International Ltd, 3 Jacknell Road, Dodwells Bridge Industrial Estate, HINCKLEY, LE10 3BS United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1455 891222 Fax. +44 1455 891718 Company Website: www.btiltd.com Email. enquiries@btiltd.com |
