2006 325xi Brake Pads

Textar Brakes - TMD Friction Group
Since 1913 the Textar brand has been the leading supplier of friction to the world´s car and commercial vehicle manufacturers and is also a driving force in the global automotive aftermarket. Textar is manufactured by the TMD Friction Group, one of the world’s largest producers of brake friction. 4,400 people are employed at 15 sites in 10 countries and dedicate themselves to producing 220 million brake pads each year.

Today’s vehicle manufacturers are developing brake systems with higher performance and the development of brake friction continues to advance in parallel. TMD Friction remains at the forefront of this development and continues to be the chosen friction partner for many of the worlds vehicle manufacturers.

Textar brake pads are derived from 160 different formulations, some of these consisting of more than 20 different raw materials and each one carefully selected to meet the various requirements of a vehicle, its braking system, specific power, loads and braking characteristics.

TMD specifications stipulate an even higher testing standard than ECE R 90, the European test standard to approve replacement pads. This separates Textar from its rivals, and offers distinct value to automotive part suppliers and garages.

Pagid Brakes
Pagid TMD Friction Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of brake friction materials in the original equipment market of the automotive and brake industry. Its product portfolio comprises disk brake pads and drum brake linings for passenger cars and commercial vehicles together with brake pads for racing and friction materials for industry. TMD Friction also supplies the global aftermarket with its TEXTAR, PAGID, MINTEX, DON, COBREQ and COSID brands.

Pagid pads are designed to produce the highest possible performance levels over a wide range of operating conditions. Pagid pads are produced in a total of seven different material formulations each one, the product of thousands of hours of testing and development work.

In addition Pagid brake pads are fitted as original equipment to some of the most prestigious and powerful production cars in the world including Porsche and Ferrari. With facilities in Rossbach and Essen in Germany, Pagid is one of only a small number of companies capable of developing and manufacturing brake friction solutions for use in the premier motorsport competitions including WRC, Formula 3,Formula 3000, NASCAR, Cart Series, Touring Cars and Porsche Super Cup.