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Article: TRW Produces Ten Millionth Unit of Electric Park Brake Technology.

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Journal of Transportation
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November 7, 2009
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TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE:TRW) is celebrating the production of its ten millionth Electric Parking Brake (EPB) motor-on-caliper unit at its plant in Koblenz, Germany. The plant is TRW's global technical center for braking systems where the breakthrough EPB technology was developed.

Josef Pickenhahn, vice president, braking engineering commented: "The production of our ten millionth EPB unit marks an important milestone for TRW and highlights the success of our electric parking brake product portfolio. TRW was first to market with its EPB system in 2002 which has since been launched on the Audi A4, A5, VW's Passat and Touran, the latest BMW Z4 and more." ...

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