History

From Elektronmetall G.m.b.H., Stuttgart-Cannstatt (EC) to MAHLE KG

1933

• Ernst and Hermann Mahle become sole shareholders

1934

• “Turbometal”—a dense metal mesh for air filters—is registered for patent

1935

• Foundation of MAHLE pension club

• First profiled pistons

1937

• Foundation of MAHLE Siedlung GmbH

• Series production of oil bath air filters

1938

• EC converted into MAHLE KG; introduction of MAHLE logo

• First blank cylinders using centrifugal casting process

Economic recovery

1948

• First AUTOTHERMIK® pistons

1951

• First series-produced CROMAL® aluminium cylinders

• Use of newly developed motorsport and racing components

1952

• Valve tappets in chilled cast iron

• Filter systems for noise reduction

• Spin-on filters

1955

• Series production of AUTOTHERMATIK® pistons

• First use of paper filter elements in engine peripherals in Europe

1957

• Series production of camshaft blanks in chilled cast iron

1959

• Foundation of today’s MAHLE Pistons France SARL

1964

• Establishment of MAHLE-STIFTUNG GmbH (MAHLE Foundation) and MABEG

1965

• Rough-cast cylinder liners produced using centrifugal casting

• First sodium-filled hollow valves

• First hollow-cast camshafts

1967

• Use of NIKASIL® for engine components

1968

• Acquisition of Süddeutsche Kolbenbolzenfabrik; today: MAHLE Motorkomponenten GmbH

• Start of the cooperation with the Japanese Izumi Automotive Industry Co., Ltd. (takeover in 2003)

1969

• Acquisition of holding in König KG, Austria; today: MAHLE König Kommanditgesellschaft GmbH & Co. KG

Internationalization

1971

• Companies grouped together to form MAHLE GmbH

1972

• Acquisition of shares in Knecht Filterwerke GmbH

1973

• Acquisition of holding in FISA Fundiciones Industriales S.A., Spain; today: MAHLE S.A.

1974

• Use of star-pleated filter elements in dedusting technology

1976

• Aluminum engine blocks made by low-pressure die casting in series

• First pistons made of ductile iron (GGG ) for truck diesel engines

1978

• Foundation of today’s MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc.

• Development of formturned piston pins

1979

• Acquisition of CIMA , Brazil; today: MAHLE Indústria e Comércio Ltda.

1980

• Cold extrusion of piston pin blanks

1981

• Foundation of Metalúrgica Mogi Guaçu Ltda. in Brazil (now MAHLE Metal Leve S.A.)

1983

• Freely programmable CNC profiling lathes in piston machining

1984

• Production use of laser welding on valve tappets in the automotive industry

1985

• HYDROTHERMIK® and HYDROTHERMATIK® pistons in series

• Introduction of ecological filter elements

• Production of assembled camshafts

1986

• Acquisition of Técafiltres S.A. and Soparis S.A., France; today: MAHLE Filtersysteme France SAS

1987

• Acquisition of Mondial Piston S.p.A., Italy; today: MAHLE Componenti Motori Italia S.p.A.

Introduction of FERROTHERM® pistons

1988

• Composite pistons for large diesel engines with bore cooling

1989

• Ceramic fiber-reinforced LIQUOSTATIK® aluminium pistons in series

From systems partner to technology leader

1991

• Merger of the iron and steel activities of MAHLE GmbH with J.Wizemann GmbH & Co. to form the MAHLE Wizemann Group

1992

• Series production of pistons with GRAFAL® skirt coating

1993

• Acquisition of remaining shares in Knecht Filterwerke GmbH; today: MAHLE Filtersysteme GmbH

• Oil filter module with filter inserts and plastic cover

1994

• Foundation of today’s MAHLE Componentes de Motor de México, S. de R.L. de C.V.

• Merger of MAHLE Wizemann Group with Pleuco GmbH; today: MAHLE Ventiltrieb GmbH

• MICRO-STAR® vehicle cabin air filters

1995

• Piston alloys M 142 and M 145 in series

• Funnel-type cooling channel pistons in series

1996

• Acquisition of majority holding in Metal Leve S.A., Brazil; today: MAHLE Metal Leve S.A.

• Joint venture MWP Migma Ltd., India; today: MAHLE Engine Components India Privat Limited

• Start of robot-aided medium-pressure die casting

• The ecological oil filter concept is awarded first prize by the Federation of German Industries (Bund der deutschen Industrie - BDI)

1997

• Takeover of the piston ring activities of Cofap S.A. with locations in Brazil (today: MAHLE Metal Leve S.A.) and Portugal (today: MAHLE Componentes de Motores S.A.)

• Joint venture Kirloskar Knecht Filters Private Ltd.; today: MAHLE Filter Systems (India) Limited

• Joint venture Knecht Duroplast Sistemas de Filtración S.A. de C.V., Mexico; today: MAHLE Sistemas de Filtración de México, S.A. de C.V.

• Series production of air intake modules

1998

• Foundation of MAHLE Spolka z o.o. in Poland (now MAHLE Polska Spolka z o.o.)

• M 174 piston alloy for high performance aluminium diesel engines goes in series

1999

• Name change of companies with majority holding by “MAHLE” in company name

• Establishment of MAHLE Filtersysteme GmbH (previously: Knecht Filterwerke GmbH) and MAHLE Ventiltrieb GmbH (previously: MAHLE J.Wizemann-Pleuco GmbH)

• Joint venture MAHLE Izumi (Liaoning) Piston Co., Ltd., China; today: MAHLE Engine Components (Yingkou) Co., Ltd.

• Foundation of today’s MAHLE Engine Components (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.

• Acquisition of majority holding in WSM Krotoszyn S.A., Poland; today: MAHLE Polska Spolka z o.o.

• Joint venture Donghyun MAHLE Filter Systems Co., Ltd., South Korea; today: MAHLE Donghyun Filter Systems Co., Ltd.

• Pistons for passenger cars with FERROPRINT® skirt coating in series

Expansion

2000

• Series production of steelforged MONOTHERM® pistons

• Pistons with cooled ring carriers for passenger car diesel engines in series

2001

• Acquisition of holding in Brockhaus Soehne GmbH, Germany; today: MAHLE Motorkomponenten GmbH

• Acquisition of the Tennex Group; today: MAHLE Filter Systems Japan Corporation

• FERROCOMP® large-bore pistons in series

• Intake module for gasoline engine with variable length

2002

• First plastic oil filter for passenger car diesel engines

• First ECOFORM® pistons for passenger car gasoline engines

• Series production of plastic cylinder head covers

2003

• Establishment of ZNF Maschinenfabrik Spandau as a majority joint venture with BMW for camshaft production; today: MAHLE Ventiltrieb Brandenburg GmbH

• First MAHLE engine (3-cylinder racing engine for Formula SAE)

2004

• Sound generator for intake systems of turbocharged engines

• Acquisition of Schmiedewerk Roßwein GmbH in Saxony; today: MAHLE Motorkomponenten GmbH

• Acquisition of the filter division of Shanghai Filter Factory; today: MAHLE Shanghai Filter Systems Co., Ltd.

2005

• Acquisition of Cosworth Technology Ltd.; today: MAHLE Powertrain Ltd.

• First all-plastic complete oil filter module

• Establishment of the filter plant MAHLE Componente de Motor SLR in Timisoara/Romania

• Series production of a new three-stage resonance intake module

• Acquisition of shares in Anand Automotive Systems Group Purolator India Ltd.; today: MAHLE Filter Systems (India) Limited.

• Complete takeover of Brockhaus Soehne GmbH, Germany; today: MAHLE Motorkomponenten GmbH

• Expansion of the research and development center in Farmington Hills, Detroit/USA

2006

• Acquisition of the activated carbon canister activities of Behr in the USA

• CamInCam® camshaft

• Acquisition of Norddeutsche Filter Vertriebs GmbH and AKO Filter GmbH; today: MAHLE Industriefiltration GmbH

• World’s first electric cone stack separator

• New Aftermarket logistics center opened in Krotoszyn/Poland

• New research and development center opened in Shanghai

• Plastic cylinder head covers with integrated oil mist separation and pressure regulation

• Foundation of MAHLE Trading (Shanghai) C o., Ltd. and MAHLE Trading Japan Co., Ltd.

• Start of development activities for exhaust gas turbochargers for gasoline and diesel engines

2007

• Majority joint venture MAHLE Tri-Ring Valve Train (Hubei) Co., Ltd. in Macheng/China

• Acquisition of Edival S.A. in Argentina; today: MAHLE Argentina S.A.

• DLC-coated piston pins

• Acquisition of the engine parts business of the Dana Corporation, USA; today: MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc.

• Purchase of Promotora de Industrias Mecánicas, S.A. de C.V. (Promec) in Mexico; today: MAHLE Componentes de Motor de México, S. de R.L. de C.V.

• MonoXcomp® and EVOTEC® pistons

• Two-stage diesel fuel filter with integrated water separation

• Acquisition of the intake modules and air filtration business segment of Siemens VDO Automotive; today: MAHLE Filter Systems Canada, ULC

• Joint venture MAHLE IPL Limited founded

• Downsizing engine as technology demonstrator

• Valves for exhaust gas recirculation

2008

• Research and development center opened in Jundiaí near São Paulo/Brazil

• Majority acquisition of Turkish engine components manufacturer Mopisan; today: MAHLE Izmir and MAHLE Konya A.S.

• Foundation of Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG as a 50/50 joint venture for the development and production of exhaust gas turbochargers

• Majority joint venture MAHLE Hirschvogel Forjas S.A./Brazil

• MAHLE acquires Clemex de México, S.A. de C.V.; today: MAHLE Componentes de Motor de México, S. de R.L. de C.V.

• EGR valves in series

• Opening of the corporate exhibition MAHLE INSIDE

2009

• Electrical wastegate actuator in series

• Prototype of Low Friction Camshaft (LFC)

• Prototype of fast switching EGR valve

• Acquisition of automotive activities of KTM-Kühler GmbH in Mattighofen /Austria; today: MAHLE Filtersysteme Austria GmbH

Shaping the future with innovative strength

2010

• Majority acquisition of the industrial business of Behr Group; today: MAHLE Industrial Thermal Systems GmbH Co.KG

• MAHLE and Behr sign share agreement

• First use of modular all-plastic oil filter housing in the commercial vehicle, industry, and generator areas

• All-plastic oil filter with integrated thermal management in series

• First TopWeld® steel pistons for passenger car applications

2011

• MAHLE increases share in Behr Group from 19.9 to 36.85 percent

• Acquisition of remaining shares in the Turkish engine components manufacturer MAHLE Mopisan; today: MAHLE Izmir A.S. and MAHLE Konya A.S.

• Ballast water treatment system is certified; first high-volume order

• New filter plant in Chennai/India; today: MAHLE Filter Systems (India) Limited

• Development of indirect charge air cooling integrated in the air intake module (i2CAC)

2012

• MAHLE acquires InnoWa Membrane GmbH; today: MAHLE InnoWa GmbH

• New headquarters opened in Tokyo/Japan

• First order for counterflow staggered blade charge air coolers

• New filter plant in Kyushu/Japan

• Expansion R&D center in Shanghai/China is opened

• RTI Technologies, Inc., headquartered in York, Pennsylvania/USA is taken over; today: MAHLE Aftermarket Inc., Service Solutions

• MAHLE acquires a share of approximately 30 percent in the Japanese company

• Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.

2013

• Opening of the North America headquarters in Farmington Hills, near Detroit/USA

• Prototype order for a new cooling concept

• EvoTherm® and TopTherm® valves are developed

• Foundation for a new filter plant in Wuhan/China

• New EVOTEC®SC piston is developed

• MAHLE increases its share in the Behr Group to 51 percent; MAHLE Behr forms

• the new Thermal Management business unit

• Aftermarket logistics center in Schorndorf/Germany is expanded

• A competence center for pumps is opened in Brattendorf, Thüringen/Germany

• The piston joint venture MAHLE India Pistons Limited (MAHLE IPL) in Chennai/India is completely acquired

2014

• Opening of a major logistics center in Limeira/Brazil

• New sales and logistics center in Obninsk/Russia

• Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems founds subsidiary in China

• New plant for the Filtration and Engine Peripherals business unit in Wuhan/China

• New plant for Shanghai Behr Thermal Systems, a joint venture between MAHLE Behr and Shanghai Sanden Behr Automotive Air Conditioning in Shengyang/China

• Acquisition of majority shareholding in Letrika

• Second expansion of the research and development center in Shanghai/China

• New plant for the Thermal Management business unit in Shenyang/China

• Opening of a filter plant in Cikarang/Indonesia

2015

• Acquisition of Amovis GmbH

• Worldwide first automated production line for passenger car steel pistons

• New plants in Ramos Arizpe and Celaya in Mexico as well as Chengdu/China

• Kokusan Denki becomes part of the MAHLE Group - Foundation of division Mechatronics

• Market launch of diagnosis tool TechPro® for the Aftermarket business

• Thermal management business of Delphi is acquired

• 31 percent less CO2 emissions via CNG and downsizing

• 50 years of MAHLE Foundation

• Change to senior management at MAHLE

2016

• MAHLE merges the product divisions of Electric Drives and Applications as well as Actuators into the Mechatronics division

• Launch of Global Purchasing Excellence Program

• Expansion of the cooperation with Scuderia Ferrari

• Start of the ACTIVATR innovation program

• Ten years of MAHLE Technologies Holding China

• „Ignition Day“ on the topic of Industrie 4.0

• World’s first controllable pendulum- slider oil pump for commercial vehicles

• MAHLE opens Vehicle Engineering Centre in Northampton/Great Britain

• MAHLE signs the Diversity Charta

• World premiere of CareMetix® cabin air filter

• MAHLE Powertrain opens a new testing center in Plymouth, Michigan/USA

• With over EUR 12 billion, MAHLE achieves the highest sales in the history of the company

2017

• Acquisition of O-Flexx Technologies GmbH

• Acquisition of the Spanish electronics specialist Nagares SA

• Opening of new climate compressor plant in Changshu

• World debut 48-volt vehicle concept MEET at IAA Cars 2017 in Frankfurt/Germany

• Pedelec components and drive in series production

• Minority participation in diagnostics specialist Brain Bee AG

• Locations in Stuttgart receive seal of approval for their family-friendly personnel policy

• Collaboration with Faurecia on technologies for thermal management of the Cockpit of the Future

• TOP 500 Award for sustainable growth

2019

• Smart charging for electric vehicles

• The MAHLE corporate start-up chargeBIG develops an intelligent charge management system for users of long-stay parking, which can be integrated into the existing infrastructure at low cost and without protracted conversion work. Numerous orders are received.

2020

• New Electronics and Mechatronics business unit

• By transferring the Mechatronics division to a new business unit and merging it with the compressors and pumps product areas, MAHLE is further developing its strategic focus on alternative powertrain technologies.