Ferodo

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Ferodo
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1897
FounderHerbert Frood
HeadquartersChapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, England
ProductsBrakes
Websitewww.ferodo.co.uk

Ferodo is a British brake company based in Chapel-en-le-Frith in High Peak, Derbyshire.

History

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A Ferodo bridge at Camden Road railway station
Ferodo's Caernarfon factory was opened by Princess Margaret in 1964

Ferodo was founded in 1897 by Herbert Frood (1864–1931),[1] with manufacturing starting in Gorton in 1901 and moving to Chapel-en-le-Frith in 1902.[2] Ferodo was the first company to use asbestos for brake linings and developed the first modern brake friction materials.[3]

Ferodo UK became part of Turner & Newall in 1926. It had a factory at Chapel-en-le-Frith and in 1964 opened another at Caernarfon.[4] In 1961, it merged its Australian operations with the brake lining division of James Hardie.[5] In 1980, Turner & Newall sold its 40% shareholding in Ferodo-Hardie to James Hardie.[6]

In 1998 Turner & Newall was acquired by the huge automotive group Federal-Mogul.[7] In 2012, £13 million was invested in new floors, insulation, low energy heating and new process machines.[8]

Visits

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On 21 November 1958, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh opened the £750,000 research centre, later visiting Chesterfield College of Technology.[9]

Asbestos trust

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Federal-Mogul got into financial difficulties and filed for Chapter 11 protection as a result of asbestosis claims.[10] In the United Kingdom the business went into administration in October 2001,[11] leaving a pension fund deficit estimated at £400 million.[12]

The T&N Subfund of the Federal-Mogul Asbestos Trust[13][14] was organized to pay all valid Asbestos Trust claims for which the T&N Entities have legal responsibility. The Trust was created December 27, 2007 as a result of the confirmation of The Federal-Mogul Chapter 11 Joint Plan of Reorganization.[15]

For claimants whose principal exposure to asbestos was in the United Kingdom or one of several other non-US countries, a UK Asbestos Trust[16] was established to provide for the payment of asbestos claims in addition to the US-focused Asbestos Trust described above. This includes posthumous payments to families of Ferodo factory workers.[17]

Advertising

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Ferodo is famous in Britain for advertising by having the Ferodo brand name painted on railway bridges over main roads.[18] From 1968 until 1980, Hardie-Ferodo was the naming rights sponsor of the Bathurst 1000 in Australia. [19]

References

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  2. ^ Summary of records held in Derbyshire Archives Office
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  5. ^ Ferodo-Hardie Merger Railway Transportation November 1961 page 8
  6. ^ "Deal to buy 40pc of Hardie-Ferodo". Canberra Times. Autodoc. 1980-04-29. p. 18. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
  7. ^ Federal-Mogul Corp. completes T&N; buy Rubber & Plastics News 16 March 1998
  8. ^ Ferodo seeks volunteers for redundancies Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Buxton Advertiser 11 July 2013
  9. ^ Derby Evening Telegraph 21 November 1958 page 17
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  13. ^ Federal-Mogul Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
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  17. ^ Ferodo worker’s family compensated over asbestos death Caernarfon Herald 6 May 2010
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  19. ^ The History of Great Race Naming Rights Sponsors V8 Sleuth 19 August 2020
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