Brembo was founded as a small machine shop by Emilio Bombassei, father of the present chairman, who used the experience he had gained in the mechanical and metal working sectors to perform machining on behalf of important customers, such as Alfa Romeo. Today the company operates on three continents and has production sites in eleven countries. It has sales offices in Sweden, France and the United States, and markets its products in seventy countries throughout the world. 1964 was a milestone in the company's history: Brembo started manufacturing the first Italian brake disks for the spare-parts market. Up to that time, disks were imported from Great Britain. Later, brake disk production was flanked by the manufacture of other braking system parts. Its expertise, specialisation and quality led to Brembo becoming the leader in the disk-brake spare-part sector in Europe.
Challenge
Market pressures demand faster design. Brembo Brakes needed to accelerate its computer-aided product development to maintain market leadership.
Solution
The company implemented a computing cluster dedicated to three-dimensional modelling and simulation, consisting of a Dell* workstation and a server powered by Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series with four cores.
Benefits
Design data flow plunges leading to computing simulations that take two to three hours rather than up to 12 hours, and ultimately faster product
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