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Bremtec is a company in the auto-
motive industry that distributes brake
pads, brake discs, brake wear sen-
sors and brake accessories. It has a
number of loyal customers in Austral-
ia, New Zealand and America.
The company is run by manag-
ing partners Steven Kreti and Victor
Makrievski. Steve has been in the au-
tomotive industry for over 25 years
out of which the last nine have been
spent in building up Bremtec. Victor
has also been with Bremtec since
its establishment and prior to this,
he was the marketing manager of a
company that imported brake friction
products from the U.K.
Bremtec is run on the principle that it
will distribute only the highest quality
aftermarket brake friction products to
automotive parts resellers and inde-
pendent brake specialists. Every item
that the company supplies is manu-
factured to the most exacting original
equipment standards.
Recollecting the events that led up
to the formation of Bremtec, Victor
says, “I saw an opportunity for us to
do something when the market was
tightening up. It was a difficult time
and sales were going down. I saw that
we could get a quality product from
China that could be priced right and
presented well.
“That was when I did a business
model study. Steve owned a brake
and clutch business that was selling