What Commercial Vehicle Components makes

Commercial Vehicle Components (CVC) is a medium and heavy-duty brake pad manufacturer that designs, tests, and supplies friction products for commercial vehicles under the Lunar brand. The line covers three families: Lunar HP heavy-duty air disc brake pads for trucks, buses, and trailers running air-actuated foundation brakes; Lunar HD medium-duty hydraulic disc brake pads; and Lunar CR corrosion-resistant pads built for harsh, high-salt operating environments. The company says its pads are manufactured to OE specifications and engineered to hold up under extreme temperatures and heavy loads.

CVC positions itself as an aftermarket supplier rather than an OEM production partner, and it does not run the PPAP program approvals expected of a direct Tier 1 production partner. Its published catalog lists parts by Lunar part number with cross-reference and application data spanning GM, Ford, International Truck, Isuzu, and Bluebird platforms, so a fleet or distributor can match a CVC pad to an existing brake system. Those cross-references describe fitment, not customer relationships. Products are designed and engineered in the United States and, per the company, tested at an independent facility in Detroit, while research and volume manufacturing run through an affiliated operation, Commercial Vehicles Components (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Ownership and history

CVC is a privately held, Morse family company. It was co-founded by Peter Morse and Gina Morse and has operated as Commercial Vehicle Components LLC since roughly 2013. Peter Morse founded Morse Automotive in 1991 and led it as President and CEO until 2014; he also served as Chairman of the APRA Brake Division from 1998 to 2000, Chairman of the Brake Manufacturers Council from 2001 to 2003, and on the board of the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association from 2003 to 2006. Gina Morse, the CEO, was President and CEO of Orion Realty from 2002 to 2011 and has sat on the boards of Morse Automotive Corporation and Morse Automotive (Shanghai). The two describe CVC's founding premise plainly: a smaller, more responsive brake company built to move faster than larger competitors.

The company draws on the Morse family's brake-manufacturing heritage, which it summarizes as 20 years of experience and more than 200 million sets of brakes produced. The broader Morse operations include Morse Automotive Corporation, headquartered in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, and the Shanghai manufacturing arm. Day-to-day leadership beyond the founders includes Jack Mitchell, Chief Operating Officer, who spent 20 years at AutoZone rising to Vice President of Merchandising; Daniel Morse, Vice President; and Guipu Xiao, Senior Vice President of Research and Development, who holds a Ph.D. in materials engineering and serves as General Manager of the Shanghai entity.

Testing and quality

CVC does not publish an ISO 9001 or IATF 16949 quality-management-system certificate. Instead, it documents its products against the friction-industry's performance and environmental test standards. The company says its brakes are tested to SAE J661, the standard laboratory procedure for reporting friction and wear characteristics of brake linings; to FMVSS 121 together with TMC Recommended Practice 628B, which govern air-brake performance on trucks, buses, and trailers; and to SAE J2975 with SAE J866 environmental letter coding, the copper and heavy-metal content tests used to demonstrate compliance with state friction-material regulations. It also references ECE R90 approval for replacement brake parts and ISO 6310 and ISO 6312 for compressive displacement and bond-shear strength. Buyers evaluating CVC should read these as product test claims made by the company rather than as an audited quality-system registration, and confirm current test reports for the specific part numbers they intend to run.

Known customers

CVC sells into the medium and heavy-duty commercial-vehicle brake aftermarket, so its customers are distributors, fleets, and installers rather than named vehicle programs, and it does not publish a customer list. No direct customer relationship met the documentation bar for this profile. The GM, Ford, International, Isuzu, and Bluebird references in CVC's catalog are application cross-references that tell a buyer which brake systems a Lunar pad fits, not evidence of a supply agreement with those manufacturers. That is normal for an aftermarket friction supplier and is not a gap in the company. Buyers weighing tariff exposure on imported friction products should note where a supplier's finished goods are manufactured.

Sourcing evidence

US customs bill-of-lading records list Commercial Vehicle Components at its Delray Beach, Florida operating address with 57 recorded sea-import shipments, the most recent dated September 28, 2023. The pattern is consistent with an aftermarket brand that engineers and tests in the United States while sourcing finished friction products through an overseas manufacturing affiliate. Detailed supplier, origin, and commodity breakdowns were not available for this profile, so the customs read here is limited to shipment count and recency.

Coverage caveats apply. These are US ocean-freight records only; air, truck, and rail movements do not appear, and manifest data can name freight intermediaries rather than manufacturers. Absence of a recent US import record is not evidence that a company has stopped operating, particularly for a small firm that may source through affiliates or domestic channels.

Frequently asked questions

What does Commercial Vehicle Components make?

Commercial Vehicle Components (CVC) makes medium and heavy-duty brake pads for commercial vehicles under the Lunar brand. The range includes Lunar HP heavy-duty air disc brake pads, Lunar HD medium-duty hydraulic disc brake pads, and Lunar CR corrosion-resistant pads. The pads are built to OE specifications for trucks, buses, and trailers.

Who owns Commercial Vehicle Components?

CVC is a privately held Morse family company, co-founded by Peter Morse and Gina Morse and operating as Commercial Vehicle Components LLC since about 2013. Peter Morse founded Morse Automotive in 1991; Gina Morse serves as CEO. The family's brake operations also include Morse Automotive Corporation in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, and a Shanghai manufacturing arm.

Where is Commercial Vehicle Components located?

CVC is associated with Buffalo Grove, Illinois, the home of the founders' Morse Automotive Corporation, and maintains an operating office at 100 East Linton Boulevard in Delray Beach, Florida. Its products are engineered in the United States and tested at an independent facility in Detroit, while manufacturing runs through Commercial Vehicles Components (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Who are Commercial Vehicle Components' customers?

CVC sells brake pads into the commercial-vehicle aftermarket, so its customers are distributors, fleets, and installers rather than named vehicle programs, and it does not publish a customer list. The GM, Ford, International, Isuzu, and Bluebird references in its catalog are fitment cross-references, not supply relationships.

What certifications does Commercial Vehicle Components hold?

CVC does not publish an ISO 9001 or IATF 16949 quality-management-system certificate. It documents product test compliance to friction-industry standards including SAE J661, FMVSS 121 with TMC RP 628B, SAE J2975 and J866 environmental coding, ECE R90, and ISO 6310 and 6312. Buyers should confirm current test reports for the specific parts they intend to use.

What is the Lunar brand?

Lunar is CVC's brake pad product brand, marketed under the tagline "The Power Behind Performance." It spans Lunar HP heavy-duty air disc pads, Lunar HD medium-duty hydraulic pads, and Lunar CR corrosion-resistant pads for high-salt and harsh operating conditions.

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