Bendix Corporation

Defunct American corporation Bendix CorporationFinal logoIndustryAutomotiveFounded1924; 102 years ago (1924)FounderVincent BendixFateBuyout; 2002SuccessorKnorr BremseHeadquartersAvon, OhioParentAllied Corporation (1983–1985)AlliedSignal (1985–1999)Honeywell (1999–2008)Knorr Bremse (2008–present)DivisionsBendix Pacific (later Bendix Electrodynamics)Bendix ScintillaBendix Field EngineeringRed BankWebsitewww.bendix.com Bendix Corporation is an American manufacturing and engineering company founded in 1924 and subsidiary of Knorr-Bremse since 2002. During various times in its existence, Bendix made automotive brake shoes and systems, vacuum tubes, aircraft brakes, aeronautical hydraulics and electric power systems, avionics, aircraft and automobile fuel control systems, radios, televisions and computers. A line of home clothes washing machines in the mid-20th century were marketed as Bendix, though those were produced by a partner company that licensed its name. As of 2025, the company focuses on the trucking and automotive industries. History Early history Classic Bendix wordmark, this variant introduced in the 1950s Founder and inventor Vincent Bendix filed for a patent for t