Master Sistemas Automotivos Ltda., a non-listed company, is based in Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil, and is the largest manufacturer of S-Cam and SAC (Simplex Air Cam) air brakes in Brazil. Master was established on April 24, 1986, as a joint-venture between two leading companies in the field of road equipment and automotive – Randon S/A.- Implementos e Participações, from Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil, and ArvinMeritor, from Troy, Michigan, United States. Its stock equity is divided into 51% to Randon and 49 to ArvinMeritor.

With a product line made up of automotive brakes for commercial vehicles ( trucks, buses, microbuses and road equipment), Master leads the Brazilian market. It also exports components and brake sets and actuates in the Aftermarket. With a workforce of 500 employees, the company produces 600 thousand brake sets and 2,400,000 sets of brake shoes a year. Its net turnover has increased by 38% when compared to 2003.

The focus on the principle “Satisfied Customer” is one of the main concerns of Master, which provides complete technical and commercial support to its customers through more than 30 field people. This way, the company gains agility to meet its customers needs, in addition to strengthening its commercial relationship.

Master makes it a point to believe in the development of its people as a way to achieving better results and this has always been one of the aspects that differentiates Master. By showing its confidence in the abilities and competence of its employees, encouraging them to accept challenges, stimulating their creativity and gaining their commitment to the company’s goals, Master shows its concern in being a company that shares its goals and vision in search for effective learning.

In order to gain the satisfaction of its employees, Master develops several programs that include: Good Ideas Program, Incentive to Education, Private Pension Plan, Florescer Program (corporate social action), Professional Appreciation System, Here you Can Grow Program, Growing Program (a corporate program for people’s training and development), Handling Life Well Program ( a corporate program to raise the employees` awareness of the danger posed by alcohol and drugs at the workplace and in the family), and the Profit Sharing Program.