Westinghouse Air Brake Company was founded in 1869 by George Westinghouse in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania which manufactured air brakes. Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems was founded in 1924 by Vincent Bendix in Chicago. They merged their companies in 1930 becoming Bendix-Westinghouse and in 1969 Bendix Corporation acquired Bendix-Westinghouse. Later Bendix merged with Allied and in 1999 Allied merged with Honeywell International still offering the Bendix brand name air brake and control systems and components under its Honeywell Commercial Vehicle Systems unit. Knorr-Bremse who used to own thirty five percent of Honeywell Commercial Vehicle Systems now owns it one hundred percent and legally changed its name to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC. Some of the products they manufacture are foundation drum brakes, air disc brakes, ceramic brake pads and much more. Today the company is run by Joseph J. McAleese who is the president and CEO.