Haldex AB, also known as Haldex Group, is a Swedish public company operating in the commercial vehicle industry. It is listed on the OMX Stockholm Stock Exchange, and has an annual turnover of around 4.4 bn SEK.Haldex focuses on brake products, air suspension systems and products to enhance safety for heavy vehicles. The Foundation Brake product line includes brake products for wheel ends such as disc brakes, brake adjusters for drum brakes and actuators. Air Controls comprises products that improve the safety and driving dynamics of the brake system, such as compressed air dryers, valves, ABS and EBS.Haldex production plantsHaldex has production plants in the following countries: Brazil China Germany Hungary Mexico United States Sweden IndiaHistoryHaldex early history has two branches – Halda Fickurfabrik and Svenska Bromsregulatorer .Halda Fickurfabrik:The company has its base in Halda Fickurfabrik in Svängsta, which was founded 1887 by the entrepreneur Henning Hammarlund. When the company went bankrupt in 1920 it was split into two companies. Halda manufactured typewriters in Svängsta, and Fabriks AB Haldataxametern, which manufactured taximeters in Stockholm.1922 a group of business men in Halmstad created a company called AB Trafikkontroll, later AB TAKO to manufacture taximeters and other equipment. The company went bankrupt 1927 and was bought by a new company. The new AB TAKO, which was controlled by Fabriks AB Haldataxametern, moved the manufacturing of the taximeters from Stockholm to Halmstad in 1931. The same year the new AB TAKO ended their business. AB Trafikkontroll had started their business on the south side of Halmstad, but was moved in 1026 to a factory on Tollsgatan. 1943 Fabriks AB Haldextaxamtern moved to more modern premises at Knäredsgatan. The name was changed in 1944 to Verkstads AB Haldex and was later aqcuired by SAB. Not until 1985, the whole company changed its name to Haldex.
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