As the world's leading manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles, Knorr- Bremse has been pioneering development, production and marketing of modern braking systems for a variety of applications for over 100 years, making an important contribution to improved safety on the railways and the roads. Other lines of business include automatic door systems, rail vehicle air conditioning systems and torsional vibration dampers for internal combustion engines.
In 2007 the Group's workforce of almost 14,000 achieved world-wide sales of EUR 3.25 billion. The key to our market success is our local presence and high flexibility - the result of decentralized, transparent corporate structures, internationally co-ordinated development and manufacturing operations, and a global service network. As a forward-looking company we rely on the innovative skills and commitment of our workforce to retain our lead in the development of state-of-the-art technologies for rail and commercial road vehicles. 德国克诺尔集团成立于1905年，是一家专门从事于开发、设计、生产及加工火车、重型汽车的制动系统和空气系统的跨国性企业集团，现已迅速发展为一个在主干线、城市轨道交通的制动系统以及铁路系统产品方面位于世界领先地位的供应商。总部设在德国慕尼黑，是一家主要从事商用车辆制动器和轨道车辆制动器生产的公司，其刹车及制动系统在世界处于领先地位。
1994年4月，德国克诺尔集团在香港注册成立克诺尔远东有限公司，并于2000年收购英国西屋制动器有限公司。德国克诺尔集团公司技术处于世界领先地位，全球市场占有率高达45％的，排名世界第一。