Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems is Expanding in Indiana

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Houston, Texas). Bendix Commercial Systems (Elyria, Ohio) is currently investing $6.6 million to expand their plant in Huntington, Indiana. The company began construction late in 2002 and is currently about 90 percent complete with construction. Construction is scheduled for completion on the project by August 2003. Construction entails expanding the existing 125,000 square foot plant by adding 67,000 square feet and installing production equipment.

Baker & Sons Construction Company (Huntington, Indiana) is performing Design-Build services for the expansion. Bendix will add about 25 new jobs when the expansion is complete.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems supplies air brake and filtration systems to the heavy-duty commercial vehicle industry on a global level. The company has three manufacturing sites located in Mexico, Kentucky, and Indiana employing over 1800 people. Knorr-Bremse Group in Germany, the parent company for Bendix was the first European company to develop a new kind of pneumatic system that applied the brakes simultaneously to all four wheels of a truck as well as its trailer. The resultant reduction in braking distances made a significant contribution to improving road safety.