A fundamental principle of Textar’s quality management system is in adhering to international quality standards. In particular ISO 9001:2008 and ISO/TS 16949:2009. These standards apply to products manufactured for both the original equipment and automotive replacement markets.
Textar is part of TMD Friction, a global brand with headquarters in Germany, and is the world’s largest manufacturer of brake friction products.
The group produces one million brake friction products daily across 13 production sites in eight countries. Textar this year celebrates its 100th birthday.
Textar uses advanced systems to ensure customer safety. In process control, Textar applies methods such as Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement (CI). Its reporting systems record and monitor the processes and procedures relevant to product quality, identifying problems and correcting them in real-time. And a key element of the quality management system is the training of employees.
The company’s internal actions are accompanied by certification audits. The German Society for Certification of Management Systems (DQS) has the worldwide responsibility for certification of Textar’s manufacturing sites. It conducts regular audits, checking the processes for compliance to standards and for areas of improvement.
Today, Textar offers the widest range of products and services for passenger cars. In the commercial vehicles sector 70% of vehicles with drum brakes and 50% of those with disc brakes leave the assembly line fitted with Textar friction products.
The trend in vehicle engineering and the development of Textar friction products is currently towards increasing both drive comfort and environmental compatibility.
Products that cause less brake dust and low noise, lighter and therefore reduce consumption are no dreams of the future for Textar. This is already available in the spare parts market through the Textar epad and in the commercial vehicle sector.
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About TMD Friction
TMD Friction is among the world’s leading manufacturer of brake friction materials for the automotive and brake industries. The product portfolio comprises disc brake pads and drum brake linings for passenger cars and commercial vehicles together with brake pads for racing cars and friction materials for rail and industrial applications. TMD Friction is one of the largest suppliers to the global replacement parts aftermarket with its Textar and associated products. Brake pads for rail and industrial applications are developed and produced under the brand names Cosid and Dynotherm. TMD Friction has operations in Germany, the United Kingdom, and three other European countries, as well as in the US, Brazil, Mexico, China, Japan and South Africa. The TMD Friction Group employs approximately 4 800 people worldwide. For further information please visit www.tmdfriction.com.
About Control Instruments
The Control Instruments group is primarily focused on the automotive after-market in sub-Saharan Africa through its subsidiary, CI-Automotive. The company was originally established in 1948 and today manufactures and distributes premium-branded automotive parts and associated products to the sub-Saharan Africa automotive after-market.
Brand names owned or exclusively represented by CI-Automotive in sub-Saharan Africa include Gabriel, VDO, Echlin, Autocom, Acsa-Mag, Mag Brakes, Warn, Hi-Lift, Textar, Eurocable, Contitech and Truck-Lite.
CI-Automotive comprises its trading division in Johannesburg and Gabriel manufacturing facility in Cape Town.