ULTRA PREMIUM BRAKE PADS
100% Copper-Free* Vehicle-Specific Formulas
Comprehensive Coverage for Recent Model Years
Tested to Ensure Performance that Meets or Exceeds Industry Standards*
ULTRA PREMIUM BRAKE PADS
100% Copper-Free* Vehicle-Specific Formulas
Comprehensive Coverage for Recent Model Years
Tested to Ensure Performance that Meets or Exceeds Industry Standards*
ULTRA PREMIUM BRAKE PADS
100% Copper-Free* Vehicle-Specific Formulas
Comprehensive Coverage for Recent Model Years
Tested to Ensure Performance that Meets or Exceeds Industry Standards*
ULTRA PREMIUM BRAKE PADS
100% Copper-Free Vehicle-Specific Formulas
Comprehensive Coverage for Recent Model Years
Tested to Ensure Performance that Meets or Exceeds Industry Standards*
WE'RE COMMITTED TO COPPER-FREE BRAKES
By 2025, all brake manufacturers in the United States must eliminate copper from their friction formulations in order to meet the California and Washington Proposition 65 regulations.
The legislation was enacted in 2010 due to claims by environmental regulators that as brake pads wear down, copper and other materials are deposited on roadways and in parking lots and then washed into streams and rivers. Too much copper in the water may damage marine and freshwater organisms such as fish and mollusks.
On the way to the 2025 rule, the legislation requires brake manufacturers to switch their formulations to low-copper. By 2021, copper content in friction must not exceed 5%. Many friction manufacturers have been forced to start developing new formulations and test a number of different materials to match the characteristics of copper in order to meet the 2021 and 2025 deadline.
Level A
All brake manufacturers and importers must self-certify that their friction materials contain no more than .1% of asbestos, lead, cadmium, chromium and mercury.
Level B
All brake manufacturers and importers must self-certify that their friction materials contain no more than 5% of copper.
Level N
All brake manufacturers and importers selling in California must self-certify that their friction materials contain no more than .5% of copper.
Bendix has been keeping drivers safe by providing quality brake products since 1924. The Bendix brand is manufactured by MAT Holdings, a leading vertically integrated manufacturer of brake products located in Long Grove, Illinois.
Address: 6700 Wildlife Way, Long Grove, IL
Phone: (877) 203-9495