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Thresher Industries Receives Prototype Order from Baer Brake Systems for ThermaLite MMC
Thresher Industries Receives Prototype Order from Baer Brake Systems for ThermaLite MMC.
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[{"type":"text","content":"Hanford, California, November 8, 2006- Thresher Industries (THRI.PK), manufacturer of aluminum and composite castings has received a prototype order from Baer Brake Systems for evaluation of it's proprietary metal matrix composite ThermaLite. Baer Brake Systems is a leader in the engineering and manufacture of high performance aftermarket automotive brake systems. Thresher Industries is pleased that Baer has begun to evaluate our ThermaLite advanced metal matrix material, demonstrating Baer's commitment to advanced technologies including materials. Baer Brakes is the 'authority and source for brake systems'.\r\n\r\nAbout Thresher Industries\r\n\r\nThresher Industries provides conventional cast aluminum as well as reinforced metal matrix composite aluminum alloy components for a variety of customers and applications. Thresher's ThermaLite and TerraLite alloys offer unique properties compared to conventional aluminum alloys such as increased wear resistance, unique thermal properties and greatly increased strength. Thresher also offers proprietary casting technologies including its Nautilus Core Technology, a bio-degradable recyclable process that is used to generate internal shapes and passages in castings without sand or binders normally used in casting operations. \r\n\r\nAbout Baer Brake Systems\r\nBaer Racing, Inc., was established in 1986. Founder Hal Baer?s technical and analytical skills, coupled with a keen ability to spot people with strong, diverse talents and assemble them into a cohesive team, has and continues to be Baer Racing?s greatest strength, both on and off the track. Originally the business provided race preparation and fabrication services between seasons and race dates. But as popularity and demand for its brake systems grew, Baer was forced to look at beginning real production of its systems. To that end, following the 1993 race season, Hal Baer partnered with Todd Gartshore and Robert Sommers to form Baer Brake Systems. \r\nToday Baer offers the industry?s most complete line of performance brake products, from the new DecelaRotorTM line, offering entry level enthusiasts direct OE replacement rotors, to the family of race and road-going systems engineered and manufactured entirely by Baer. Baer's 6-piston MonoBlock calipers, machined in-house from a single chunk of forged aluminum alloy and featured in Bae...