Bendix, Australia's 70-year brake pad maker, enters voluntary administration
FMP Group runs the Bendix brake brand. It entered voluntary administration after its US parent, First Brands, filed for bankruptcy.
The Australian company behind brake maker Bendix entered voluntary administration. First Brands Group, the US parent, collapsed into liquidation.
Bendix was started in Ballarat, Victoria, in 1955. In November 2025, the Ballarat factory had about 120 workers.
It made more than 1.3 million sets of brake pads each year. Around 70 per cent of the brake pads sold into the Australian market were made there.
Bendix supplied brakes to Australian car makers including Holden, Ford, Toyota and Nissan. These companies then closed their local factories.
First Brands, based in Cleveland, filed for bankruptcy in September 2025. Grant Thornton was appointed to manage the Australian business.
The first creditors' meeting is scheduled for November 5.
- around 120 people in November 2025
- Workers at Ballarat factory
- more than 1.3 million sets
- Annual brake pad production
- around 70 per cent of brake pads sold
- Australian market share
- 70 years since 1955
- Years in operation
Why it mattersA major Australian brake pad maker faces closure. It puts 120 jobs at risk and ends local production.
AustraliaAustralian brake pad manufacturing, which supplied the domestic market and car industry, is now in jeopardy.
✓ Claims checked against the source and corrected before publish. checked 2 h ago
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