article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message brembo s.p.a type public borsa italiana bre industry automotive industry founded bergamo 1961 1961 founder emilio bombassei italo breda headquarters curno bergamo italy area served worldwide products brake components revenue 1.254 billion 2011 1 number of employees 7 700 2014 2 subsidiaries ap racing marchesini sabelt website www.brembo.com brembo s.p.a. is an italian manufacturer of automotive brake systems especially for high performance cars and motorcycles based in bergamo near milan . brembo plant contents 1 history 2 products 3 motorsport 4 brembo group brands 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit brembo was established in bergamo italy in 1961 . soon after the company was formed it specialised in disc brakes which were imported from the uk at the time . the company entered into a supply contract with alfa romeo in 1964 . it became the supplier of brake components to moto guzzi in 1966 . in the 1980s brembo began supplying bmw chrysler ferrari mercedes benz nissan and porsche with brakes . the company went public on the milan stock exchange in 1995 . corporate headquarters are located in bergamo and the company has more than 6 000 employees within italy and at branches in brazil china japan mexico us poland spain sweden and the uk . in 2000 brembo purchased the uk based racing brake and clutch manufacturer ap racing a former division of automotive products . on november 9 2007 the automotive brake components division of hayes lemmerz was acquired by brembo s north american subsidiary . the approximately 39.6 million sale included production facilities in homer michigan and apodaca mexico and approximately 250 employees . 3 an official press release on may 21 2014 announced an 83 million expansion of the michigan facility . on december 2 2014 brembo announced plans to invest 32 million into a 31 500 square meter production facility which is projected to produce 2 million aluminum calipers yearly . the current expectation is initial operation beginning in 2016 and full operation by the end of 2018 . 2 brembo s deputy chairman matteo tiraboschi reported on march 5 2015 the company s 2014 sales growth of 15 % up to 1.8 billion and a net profit increase of 45 % to 129.1 million . he also reported that possibilities for acquiring assets were being explored with focus on the automotive and aviation sectors . 4 products edit brembo specialises in performance braking systems and components as well as conducting research on braking systems . brembo sells over 1 300 products worldwide and is known for their aftermarket automotive brake components including calipers drums rotors and brake lines . except in the north american market brembo owns the foundries which produce their initial materials and supply the manufacturing plants . in all other markets the company controls the entire production system from raw materials through distribution . the company holds qs9000 and iso 9001 certifications . motorsport edit brembo brakes are also used by a variety of formula one teams including ferrari and brake supplier of the majority of motogp teams nissin brakes were in use by the gresini squad in the 2014 season . since 2012 season brembo is also an official brake supplier for indycar series . brembo group brands edit ap car brakes ap racing racing motorcycle and car clutches and brakes breco aftermarket discs and drums brembo high end brakes bybre small to midsize scooter and motorcycle brakes in brazil russia india china and south east asia marchesini wheels see also edit italy portal companies portal list of italian companies references edit key figures . brembo.com . retrieved 2007 08 06 . a b brembo to invest 39 million 32 million for a new aluminum caliper production plant in mexico pdf . 2 december 2014 . retrieved 15 march 2015 . brembo and hayes lemmerz complete sale of hayes lemmerz automotive brake component division to brembo north america pdf . 9 november 2007 . retrieved 15 march 2015 . agnieszka flak 5 march 2015 . brembo sees 2015 sales growing looking at m & a . reuters . retrieved 15 march 2015 . external links edit official website v t e automotive industry in italy automotive industry transport in italy economy of italy active manufacturers passenger cars and lcvs alk de tomaso dr ducati ferrari fca italy abarth alfa romeo fiat fiat professional lancia martin maserati fornasari lamborghini oto melara pagani piaggio commercial vehicles bremach cnh industrial italy iveco astra iveco bus quadricycles casalini giottiline grecav italcar racing cars dallara osella picchio racing cars wolf racing cars defunct manufacturers passenger cars and lcvs ats bianchi bizzarrini ceirano chiribiri cisitalia cizeta de tomaso diatto fiat s.p.a. 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