July-August 2016 Oceania Edition

Business View Australia - July - August 2016 83 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 AT A GLANCE WHO: Bremtec WHAT: Bremtec is dedicated to distributing only the highest quality aftermarket brake friction products nationally to automotive parts resellers and independent brake specialists. WHERE: Victoria 3132 WEBSITE: bremtec.com.au