With exceptional and innovative new developments, Knott is currently a market leader within both of the company divisions: one important aspect is the world’s first self-adjusting overrun trailer brake – for trailers up to 3.5 t....[more]

“Could we get your S-cam drum brake in a bigger size?” was the gist of a question recently put to KNOTT by a vehicle manufacturer. In keeping with the corporate philosophy of “serving the interests of the customer”, the technical...[more]

In mines throughout the globe, immeasurable tons of high-grade materials are transported daily, invariably with the invaluable assistance of heavy-duty dump trucks. In the process of developing the optimum brakes for this type of...[more]

KNOTT presented its highly innovative Hybrid Brake solution to an especially interested audience: renowned German forklift truck manufacturers attending the 9th Hamburg Forklift Truck Conference on 19th June 2012. They were shown...[more]

What do you do when you have to fit a high-performance pneumatic disc brake into a 15-inch rim and simply can't find anything suitable? KNOTT has developed the solution. Its unique "PGS 15" pneumatic disc brake provides...[more]

Forklift trucks save people's lives on a daily basis in every warehouse or logistics operation. How so? Quite simply by stopping both reliably and precisely several thousand times a day, therefore keeping personnel out of danger....[more]

Without fail they always steal the show at the BAUMA: Open pit mining mega-machines such as dump trucks the size of houses. But look behind the scenes – or rather behind those gigantic wheel rims – there are a whole host of...[more]