Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Friction material manufacturers worldwide
RevenueBase identified 358 friction material manufacturers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 13,842 professional contacts across them, including 1,467 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Delhi the largest hub.
This list covers friction material manufacturers worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 30, 2026. Country and city lists for friction material manufacturers follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest friction material manufacturers worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,184 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “TMD Friction is a leading global supplier of high-quality brake friction solutions for the automotive and brake industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 970 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Fras-le, a Randon Company, is one of the largest friction materials manufacturers in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 852 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “FCC is the only clutch assembly manufacturer that maintains comprehensive product development and manufacturing systems encompassing everything from development of friction…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 327 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “RANE BRAKE LINING LIMITED is friction material industry supplying Brake linings, disc Pads and clutch facings.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 288 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Masu Brakes Pvt Ltd is a Preferred Supplier to leading Vehicle Manufacturers, well known Friction Material Manufacturers, Axle Manufacturers, Brakes System Manufacturers, Brake…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 231 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Raicam develop friction material compounds and actuation systems, combining materials engineering, electromechanics and control.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 136 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Hindustan Composites Limited has pioneered the development, manufacture & marketing of Friction Materials in India comprising of Brake Lining, Clutch Facing, Disc Brake Pad, Roll…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 105 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MAKINO is committed to consistently provide the Original Equipment Manufacturer and vehicle owner quality products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 94 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Alto is Manufacturer of Bonded Friction Materials and Steel Separator Disks.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 88 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Brescia, 1952: Pietro Arici had a factory for high precision machining, specializing in the production of brake hydraulics for first equipment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 80 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Groupe industriel international, MAT développe, fabrique et distribue des équipements principalement pour le secteur de l'automobile (60% de son activité).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Westrock Company is a world leader in friction materials serving a wide range of industrial applications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1961, ICER Brakes has solidified its position in recent years as Europe’s leading independent manufacturer of friction material and the best and most solid…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Eren Balata founded in 1990 in Kemalpaşa country has been demonstrating a continuous improvement by building its own technology on friction materials from day one and moved to its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “FMP Group (Australia) Pty Ltd (FMPA) the makers of Bendix, produce a large range of disc brake pads from its operations in Ballarat, Victoria Australia and has gained a reputation…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “NUADI is born to ensure that friction and brake system companies get the support they need to efficiently run their operations, but also to bring innovation, develop new…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Reconhecida mundialmente como uma das maiores fabricantes de materiais de fricção, a Duroline utiliza a melhor tecnologia do mercado na produção de lonas para freios de veículos…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Scan-Pac Mfg, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “SBS Friction manufactures brake pads and friction solutions for motorcycles, scooters, motocross, ATVs and industrial applications such as wind turbines.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In life and in geometry, the most mature shape ever to exist is the circle.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Still privately owned, EBC Brakes (Freeman Automotive UK Ltd.) is a world leader in the manufacture of disc brake wear components.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Miba Frictec GmbH in Roitham ist Entwicklungspartner und Hersteller von hochqualitativen Composite- und Sinter-Reibbelägen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1986, IAG Industrie Automatisierungsgesellschaft m.b.H.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: friction material manufacturers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names friction material manufacturers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of friction material manufacturers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name friction material manufacturers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Friction material manufacturers worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 30, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among friction material manufacturers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for friction material manufacturers are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “friction material manufacturers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names friction material manufacturers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among friction material manufacturers, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,467 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 30, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Friction material manufacturers by location
1 lists · largest firstEvery Friction material manufacturers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names friction material manufacturers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many friction material manufacturers are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 358 friction material manufacturers worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
TMD Friction, headquartered in Leverkusen, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most friction material manufacturers?
The United States leads with 44 companies. Every friction material manufacturers list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most friction material manufacturers?
Delhi leads with 8 headquartered companies, followed by Mumbai (8) and Noida (6).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,467 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 358 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 30, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.