Global tire and wheel assembler Taskmaster Components today announced a three-year supply extension agreement with wheel manufacturer Maxion Wheels. In the fall of 2020, Taskmaster Components introduced the Vesper by Maxion Wheels, a complete lineup of high-end steel trailer wheels developed with and manufactured by Maxion Wheels.

Maxion Wheels, the world’s largest wheel manufacturer, announced it is creating a virtual replica of its light vehicle aluminum wheel production process in Limeira, Brazil, using Digital Twin technology. With the twin digital model, the Company can anticipate how its physical assets are performing under certain conditions ensuring Maxion is achieving the highest levels of efficiency and efficacy from its operations.

Maxion Wheels, the world’s largest wheel manufacturer, today debuted it’s 64 lb., Tough and Light steel truck wheel from its booth 4057 during the TMC21 Fall Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio. The company unveiled the wheel concept in late 2019, and today announces it is in production from Maxion’s San Luis Potosí, Mexico, commercial vehicle steel wheels plant.

Maxion Wheels, the world’s largest wheel manufacturer, received during last night’s 2021 Manufacturing Leadership Awards Virtual Gala, two awards from the National Association of Manufacturing for its implementation and leveraging of Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) predictive maintenance digital solutions.

In 2020, as the automotive industry and many of our plants came to a standstill with COVID-19 spreading around the world, Maxion Wheels was still able to produce millions of wheels. This is not a simple task, as making wheels is hard work. Our products are heavy, our cycle times are fast, our machinery heavy-duty, and our quality standards high as we set out to produce the world’s best wheels.

Maxion Wheels, the world’s largest wheel manufacturer, reported today it completed the construction and infrastructure of its new Maxion Jantaş 21,000 sq. meters commercial vehicle (CV) steel wheels plant in Manisa, Turkey. Maxion Wheels, together with its partner Inci Holding, previously announced the expansion during the groundbreaking of newly acquired land, and today reports, the expansion is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2022, increasing Maxion Jantaş’ total production capacity to up to three million CV steel wheels a year.

Iochpe-Maxion, a multi-billion dollar global leader in the production of automotive wheels and a leading producer of automotive structural components in the Americas, today announced its strategic partnership with STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play.

Iochpe-Maxion’s Manufacturing and Engineering Center in Cruzeiro, Brazil, is home to both its divisions, Maxion Structural Components (MSC) and Maxion Wheels (MX). Built in 1943, the campus spans more than 121,000 square meters producing market leading steel vehicle chassis and structural components, and commercial and specialty vehicle steel wheels. Today, the facility celebrated its recent transformation with an event to recognize the Company’s investment and the teams’ vast efforts to improve their operational effectiveness with significant improvements made to infrastructure, manufacturing and sustainability processes, and workplace amenities.

REE Automotive (REE), the electric platform leader reinventing e-Mobility, and Iochpe-Maxion, a multi-billion dollar global leader in the production of automotive wheels and a leading producer of automotive structural components in the Americas, announced today a partnership to co-develop and manufacture an exclusive wheel design and chassis solution for REE’s corner modules and electric vehicle platform.

12 months ago, Taskmaster Components began working with the world’s largest wheel manufacturer, Maxion Wheels, to develop a high-quality steel wheel lineup. This steel wheel series, Vesper, is now in stock and ready to ship. With recent trade rulings and the ongoing global pandemic causing steel wheel shortages, this new line is set to fill a large void in the North American market.