Bendix is a commercial vehicle equipment brand specializing in air-brake components, compressed-air management, electronic braking controls, and driver-assistance technologies. Its equipment supports medium- and heavy-duty trucks, tractors, trailers, buses, and other commercial vehicles.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems is part of Knorr-Bremse and is headquartered in Avon, Ohio. This page brings together the company’s history, equipment categories, company information, and Bendix product profiles published on Truck Equipment Atlas.

History and Background

Bendix’s commercial vehicle braking history dates to 1930, when the Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Company was established. The business helped develop and supply air-brake equipment for the growing commercial transportation industry.

The company established its headquarters in Elyria, Ohio, in 1941. Over the following decades, the Bendix product range expanded across air supply, brake controls, and commercial vehicle braking equipment.

Bendix became part of Knorr-Bremse in 2002. Its development subsequently extended across electronic stability systems, collision mitigation, and other technologies that integrate sensing and electronic controls with vehicle braking.

In 2021, Bendix relocated its headquarters from Elyria to Avon, Ohio, continuing its longstanding presence in Northeast Ohio.

What Bendix Manufactures and Supplies

Bendix supplies components and integrated systems for commercial vehicle braking, air management, and driver assistance. Its equipment categories include:

  • Air compressors: Engine-driven equipment supplying compressed air to approved vehicle systems.
  • Air dryers and air-management equipment: Components that remove contaminants and manage compressed-air supply.
  • Foundation-brake equipment: Air disc brakes and associated wheel-end braking components.
  • Brake actuators and pneumatic controls: Spring-brake chambers, valves, and related air-brake equipment.
  • Electronic braking and stability systems: Antilock braking, traction control, and vehicle-stability technologies.
  • Driver-assistance systems: Collision warning, collision mitigation, and blind-spot detection technologies.
  • Electronic parking-brake controls: Systems coordinating parking-brake operation on compatible vehicles.
  • Tire-pressure monitoring: Equipment providing tire pressure and temperature information.

Bendix Products on Truck Equipment Atlas

Explore the Bendix product profiles below for operating principles, major components, applications, and ownership considerations. Additional profiles will be linked here as they are published.

The library includes equipment from different product generations. Availability and compatibility should be confirmed using the complete part number, vehicle configuration, and manufacturer documentation.

Air Compressors

Air Dryers and Air Management

Air Disc Brakes

Spring Brakes and Pneumatic Controls

Electronic Braking, Stability, and Parking

Driver Assistance and Collision Mitigation

  • Bendix BlindSpotter Radar System — Explore radar-based detection alongside a compatible commercial vehicle.
  • Bendix Wingman Fusion Collision Mitigation System.
  • Bendix Wingman Advanced Collision Mitigation System.

Tire Monitoring

  • Bendix SmarTire Trailer-Link TPMS.

Technology and Product Development

Bendix equipment connects several layers of commercial vehicle operation: compressed-air supply, pneumatic controls, brake actuation, electronic monitoring, and driver assistance. These technologies perform different functions while interacting within the complete vehicle.

Air compressors and dryers support the pneumatic supply. Brake valves and actuators control or convert that air pressure, while foundation brakes create braking force at the wheels.

Electronic braking and driver-assistance systems add sensors, controllers, and intervention functions. Capabilities depend on the installed generation, vehicle integration, and enabled features. The presence of one Bendix system does not establish that a vehicle includes every other Bendix technology.

Company and Location Information

  • Brand: Bendix.
  • Company: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems.
  • Commercial vehicle braking origins: 1930, as Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Company.
  • Parent company: Knorr-Bremse.
  • Headquarters: Avon, Ohio.
  • Headquarters address: 35500 Chester Road, Avon, Ohio 44011.
  • Manufacturing locations listed by Bendix: Acuña, Mexico; Bowling Green, Kentucky; and Huntington, Indiana.
  • Official website: Bendix.

Bendix provides product literature, technical support, replacement-part resources, and training. Consult the manufacturer’s current documentation for application-specific information.

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