| 1869: |
Westinghouse Air Brake Company established in Wilmerding, Pa., to manufacture air brakes invented by George Westinghouse. |
| 1924: |
Westinghouse air brake system including Broussouse compressor applied to International Harvester Coach in Akron, Oh. |
| 1927: |
Bendix Corporation formed by automotive engineer Vincent Bendix. Company produces "Safety Servo" vacuum brake under the Braggs-Kliesrath name. |
| 1930: |
Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Company established following the merger of Bendix Corp. and Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake. Headquarters located in Wilmerding, Pa. |
| 1934: |
Bendix-Westinghouse takes automotive air brake worldwide by establishing licensing agreements with Westinghouse companies in France, Germany, Italy and England. |
| 1941: |
Bendix-Westinghouse establishes new headquarters in Elyria, Oh. |
| 1949: |
WWII accelerates developments, and air braking becomes standard on all heavy trucks, tractor-trailers, buses, fire trucks and off-highway vehicles. |
| 1960: |
Automatic slack adjusters, air dryers, dual brake valves and first generation antilock braking systems are under development. |
| 1969: |
Bendix Corporation acquires 100 percent ownership of Bendix-Westinghouse. |
| 1973: |
Bendix-Westinghouse becomes Bendix Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, a division of Bendix Corporation. |
| 1975: |
Bendix dual air brake system becomes standard for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 121. |
| 1980: |
Bendix establishes worldwide parts distribution center and remanufacturing operation in Huntington, In. |
| 1982: |
Bendix Corporation merges with Allied Corporation and the division becomes an operating unit of Allied Automotive, an independent supplier to the worldwide automotive industry under the brand names of Bendix®, Fram® and Autolite®. |
| 1986: |
The Bendix Heavy Vehicle Systems Group of Allied merges with Bendix Limited European truck air brake operation establishing Bendix Heavy Vehicle Systems Group-Europe. Allied Corporation acquires Signal operations establishing AlliedSignal Inc. as the division's parent company. |
| 1989: |
Bendix Heavy Vehicle Systems Group-Europe acquires truck air brake operation of Magneti Marelli, strengthening European operations. |
| 1999: |
AlliedSignal merges with Honeywell International. The new company continues to offer Bendix® brand name air brake and control systems and components under its Honeywell Commercial Vehicle Systems unit. Honeywell operates Honeywell Commercial Vehicle Systems as a joint venture with Knorr-Bremse AG of Munich, Germany. Honeywell owns 65 percent of the unit. Knorr-Bremse owns 35 percent. |
| 2002: |
Knorr-Bremse assumes 100 percent ownership of Honeywell Commercial Vehicle Systems from Honeywell International Inc. The company changes its legal name to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC. |