Bendix brake supplier enters voluntary administration
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 28 Oct, 21:44 · Archive
FMP Group, the Australian company behind brake manufacturer Bendix, has entered voluntary administration after more than 70 years of operation.
FMP Group (Australia) Pty Limited, which operates under the Bendix brand, has entered voluntary administration less than a year after celebrating its 70th anniversary. The company appointed Grant Thornton's Tianne Nagy-Jones and Philip Campbell-Wilson as joint administrators on 26 October 2026, with the first creditors' meeting scheduled for 5 November 2026.
The Ballarat, Victoria-based manufacturer was established in 1955 as Mintex Limited by Britain's BBA Group. In November 2025, its Ballarat factory employed around 120 people and produced more than 1.3 million sets of brake pads annually, with approximately 70 per cent manufactured locally. The company also operated a sales and marketing office in Melbourne and had manufacturing and sales facilities in Thailand and Malaysia.
Bendix was a major supplier to Australia's automotive industry, becoming sole supplier of brake linings to Holden in 1967 and supplying Ford, Toyota, Chrysler, Mitsubishi and Nissan's local operations. However, Australia's car manufacturing sector contracted significantly, with Ford closing its plants in 2016 and Toyota and Holden ceasing operations in 2017, removing key customers from Bendix's portfolio.
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- Holden brake supplier Bendix enters voluntary administrationThe Australian company behind Bendix, a former supplier to Holden, Ford and other local carmakers, has entered voluntary administration after more than 70 years of manufacturing.Perth Now · 28 Oct, 21:27
- Holden brake supplier Bendix enters voluntary administrationThe Australian company behind Bendix, a former supplier to Holden, Ford and other local carmakers, has entered voluntary administration after more than 70 years of manufacturing.The West Australian · 28 Oct, 21:27
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