GOLDfren

GOLDfren is a brand of brakes and brake parts made in the Czech Republic. It makes sintered brake pads, brake linings, clutches and clutch segments, brake hoses, brake discs and brake callipers for many kinds of vehicles.

The brand grew out of racing and trials in heavy terrain. Today its products fit motorcycles, ATVs and UTVs, cars, racing cars, karts, mountain bikes and road bikes, aircraft, ultralights, cranes and industrial machinery. For fleets, it makes brake pads for buses, trucks and trailers. It also offers accessories, spare parts and complete sets and kits. The company says its products are environmentally friendly.

The aircraft division makes brake pads, brake discs, brake callipers, brake pumps, parking brake valves, and wheels and brakes. It has added aluminium aircraft wheels, such as nose wheels and main bogies with a brake. Unlike large aerospace firms with wide production lines, GOLDfren focuses only on brake systems and components for civil and military aviation. It says it is a preferred post-market supplier for MROs.

GOLDfren makes sintered, or metal-ceramic, brake pads. The company explains that organic linings glued with epoxy are cheaper and common in cars and aircraft, but they wear out faster and brake less well. Weight and size matter more in motorcycles and aircraft. Sintered pads brake with a progressive effect, which the company says is important in aviation. It does not recommend plasma-coated brake discs. It says the coating blocks heat transfer, which can overheat brake fluid and burn piston seals.

GOLDfren has made components for aircraft firms such as AEROSPOOL, Kašpar a synové and EVEKTOR. It shows at trade fairs, including Aero Friedrichshafen in Germany in April 2024, Eurobike in Frankfurt and EICMA in Milan. It adds new pad types to its range, such as types 419 to 441 in June 2024, and it offers an online catalogue searchable by vehicle.

Services

• Sintered brake pads
• Aircraft brake discs
• Aircraft brake callipers
• Aircraft brake pumps
• Parking brake valves
• Aircraft wheels and brakes
• Brake hoses
• Clutches and clutch segments
• Industrial brake systems