Brake hardware from coil to carton, in Cangzhou and Juárez.
We build the dies and stamp, heat treat and pack brake hardware in Cangzhou, China, where we’ve made it since 1996. In Juárez, Mexico, 17 identical presses stamp shims for aftermarket and OE programs across the Americas. The dies, the presses and the packing lines are ours, so a new number moves from print to production under one set of controls.
Two plants, by the numbers.
300
presses across both plants
610
progressive dies in Cangzhou
17
identical presses in Juárez
25+
new numbers added every month
In Cangzhou, we build the dies, run the presses and pack the parts.
Xinlida began in Cangzhou in 1996. Clips, springs and shims arrive here as coil and leave as counted, packed parts, for customers in China and every market outside North America.
Slitting
Steel coil is slit to width on our own line.
Tooling
We design and build our own progressive dies and keep them in our die warehouse.
Stamping
Our presses and 3 multi-stage machines run the dies.
Heat treating
Salt bath quenching and tempering lines heat treat the stainless clips.
Cleaning
Parts go through an ultrasonic cleaning line before packing.
Weighing and packing
Automated lines weigh and pack the parts, with a separate packing line for disc brake shims.
Above: Press line, Cangzhou. Below, left to right: Slitting, Cangzhou · Tempering line, Cangzhou.
In Juárez, we stamp shims for the Americas.
Juárez is a production plant and our warehouse for the Americas, running since January 2020. It stamps disc brake shims for aftermarket and OE programs, and keeps DIB kits and attaching hardware in stock close to customers in North America, Mexico and Brazil.
17 identical presses
Every press is set up the same way and every die runs on every press, so setups are quicker and there’s less downtime.
Slitting in the plant
We slit shim material from master coils in a range of widths and weights, for better yield and less waste.
Packed on the line
Shims are weighed and boxed at the press, with no second packing step.
Stock for the Americas
DIB kits and attaching hardware ship from Juárez to customers across the Americas.
Photos: Press and die, Juárez · Master coil on the uncoiler, Juárez · Packing at the press, Juárez · Slitting, Juárez.
Part
01
You send prints or an OE sample
With the FMSI or OE number, if there is one.
02
We identify and draw it
Our engineers in McHenry, IL and Shanghai identify the sample, reverse-engineer it and turn it into a full drawing and bill of materials.
03
We build the die
We design and build it in the Cangzhou die shop, then validate it before production.
04
You get finished parts
Off the new die, with production samples from North America or China.
Built to the number.
Send a number. Get a quote.
Give us an FMSI or OE number and a quantity. An associate from McHenry, IL cross-references it and sends your quote. We don’t publish a part-number catalog: our numbers are different from anyone else’s, so send the one you use.
An associate from McHenry, IL will reply by email.
Please try again, or call 815-425-8088.
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