carries the Bendix line of brake shoes, pads and other vacuum or hydraulic subsystems. In 2002 Knorr-Bremse took over the commercial vehicle brake business from Honeywell, USA its share of joint ventures in Europe, Brazil and the USA. Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems became a subsidiary of Knorr-Bremse. The Knorr-Bremse Group achieved sales of EUR 2.1 billion for the first time. Advertising In the 1960s and 1970s, Archie Comics ran comic-strip ads for Bendix brakes for bicycles featuring Archie Andrews and his friends. See also Bendix drive Ernest L. Webster, formed Startomatic Company, which was leased to Bendix Mary Cunningham William Agee References Footnotes Notes Bibliography External links GMnext.com: Bendix Aviation Corporation — on General Motors wiki Bendix Aviation Corporation and Your Business! – Michiana Memory Digital Collection Bendix Aviation Equipment Service Guide – AirCorps Library Bendix Appliances homepage (bad link) Popular Mechanics: "Certificate of Brake Test Made Automatically by Small Recorder" (April 1936) – portable brake testing unit developed and sold by Bendix in the 1930s. Bendixline (1957–1958, 1962–1964) – Digitized copies of the Bendix Products Division newsletter Bendix: First Fifty Years in South Bend – Michiana Memory Digital Collection 1914 establishments in Illinois 1983 disestablishments in Indiana 1983 mergers and acquisitions American companies established in 1914 American companies disestablished in 1983 Asbestos Auto parts suppliers of the United States Companies based in St. Joseph County, Indiana Computer companies established in 1914 Computer companies disestablished in 1983 Defunct computer companies of the United States Defunct manufacturing companies based in Indiana Engineering companies of the United States Electronics companies of the United States Honeywell Instrument-making corporations Manufacturing companies established in 1914 Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1983 South Bend, Indiana Superfund sites in Michigan Technology companies established in 1914 Technology companies established in 1983 General Motors