Safran opens Malaysia aircraft-brake repair centre alongside €134m factory expansion
Safran's new Nilai centre will receive new and refurbished brake discs from Sendayan, 20 kilometres away, linking production and repair for Asia-Pacific airlines.
Safran Landing Systems inaugurated an aircraft-brake repair centre in Nilai on 28 October alongside the €134 million expansion of its carbon-brake factory in nearby Sendayan, Malaysia.
The new Nilai centre is a 1,000-square-metre maintenance, repair and overhaul site near Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Safran puts its investment there at €2 million and says the site is about 20 kilometres from Sendayan, which supplies it with new and refurbished carbon-brake discs.
Factory expansion and future capacity
At Sendayan, the €134 million project adds 7,000 square metres for textile production, carbonisation and machining. Safran says the expansion is intended to double its carbon-brake disc production capacity by 2028.
Safran says its Malaysian operations currently employ 160 people and that it aims to reach 220 by 2030. It describes the wider brake-production and service footprint as serving the needs of about 100 airline operators in Asia-Pacific.
Source: Safran, 28 October 2026.
