Italian brake specialist Brembo expects to conclude a supply contract with a fourth high-end Japanese motorbike manufacturer and is also expanding into the aviation sector, Deputy Chairman Matteo Tiraboschi told Reuters in an interview.

Although Tiraboschi declined to give details, a spokesman for Kawasaki Heavy Industries confirmed the group was about to begin using Brembo brakes. A major supplier to Harley Davidson in the United States, Germany’s BMW and VW-owned Ducati in Italy, Brembo had struggled to expand in the Japanese bike market.