The contract is to equip more than 500 buses operated by Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH (VHH) with the retrofittable ProFleet Assist+ Gen 2 turning assistant, with an option to upgrade another 100 buses.

The brake manufacturer has recommitted itself to its decarbonisation effort by issuing a EUR 700 million Sustainability-Linked Bond (SLB) at the European debt capital markets day in September this year.

New safety technologies included an upgraded all-electric power steering system (EPS) and new modular SYNACT disc brake.

Marc Llistosella, a former head of Daimler Truck AG Asia division and CEO of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation will take over as CEO at Knorr-Bremse in January 2023.

The partnership with Bobang will strengthen Knorr-Bremse’s e-motor capabilities and develop further competencies in automated driving and electrification whilst Bobang plan on expanding its commercial vehicle product portfolio.

Knorr-Bremse AG, based in Munich, Germany, has signed a contract to acquire a majority stake in Spanish connectivity and digitalisation specialist Cojali S.L., based in Campo de Criptana. The signed contract values the 55% stake in Cojali at EUR200 million.

Knorr-Bremse has announced that it has sold its 9.2% stake in Haldex to SAF-Holland, ending its financial interest in the Swedish brakes and suspensions manufacturer.

Knorr-Bremse AG, based in Munich, Germany, has achieved a key climate milestone of carbon neutrality across all group sites. The firm states that, considering carbon offsets, its operations have been carbon neutral since the end of 2021.

MAN, Knorr-Bremse, and Bosch are working together in a research and development project, called ATLAS-L4, with the aim of putting autonomous trucks on German motorways by the middle of the decade.

Knorr-Bremse AG, based in Munich, Germany, has announced it is to acquire the stake of Robert Bosch GmbH of Stuttgart in its European and Japanese commercial vehicle business.

Munich-based braking systems manufacturer Knorr-Bremse AG has announced it has acquired a 5% minority shareholding in Israeli start-up Autobrains Technologies Ltd based in Tel Aviv-Yafo. Autobrains supplies video perception technology and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).

Knorr-Bremse recently celebrated the official start of production of its Recirculating Ball (RCB) Integral Power Steering (IPS) at its new plant in Chachoengsao, east of Bangkok, Thailand.