[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             TRIBUTE TO MGM BRAKES ON ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. MELVIN L. WATT

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, December 8, 2006

  Mr. WATT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor MGM Brakes, 
headquartered in Charlotte, NC, on its 50th anniversary.
  MGM Brakes is a division of Indian Head Industries, Inc., also 
headquartered in Charlotte, NC, and maintains manufacturing facilities 
in Cloverdale, CA and Murphy, NC.
  MGM Brakes was founded in 1956 and is a leading U.S. manufacturer of 
spring parking brakes and actuators for vehicles with air brakes. Fifty 
years ago the company's founders (Miller, Gummer and Meyers) invented 
the spring brake actuator to prevent air braking failures in heavy, 
over-the-road vehicles that usually resulted in runaway vehicles. MGM 
Brakes is now a leading world-wide supplier to the commercial vehicle 
industry and its actuator products have become standard equipment on 
more than 125 makes of commercial vehicles currently manufactured in 
over 40 countries.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to pay tribute to MGM Brakes and its 
employees for 50 years of pioneering technology and innovative products 
that have helped increase the safety of commercial vehicles, transit 
buses and school buses across the states and around the country.

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