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.

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 the opening of a new mobility innovation office in Berlin, Germany.

Maxion Wheels, the world’s leading wheel manufacturer, announced today it will unveil several new commercial vehicle wheel innovations at the North American Commercial Vehicle Show 2019 (NACV Show) from Oct. 28-31, 2019 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, in booth 4323. The Company will host a press conference on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019 at 10:55 a.m. EST in room B306.

Maxion Wheels, the world’s largest wheel manufacturer, announced today it is collaborating with ZF OPENMATICS to develop the industry’s first, fully-integrated wheel connectivity solution. Initially, targeting the commercial vehicle market, the multiservice sensor will capture, analyze and broadcast key data such as tire pressure and temperature, wheel load and other wheel and tire performance metrics to drivers, fleet managers, and infrastructure authorities.

Maxion Wheels, the world’s largest wheel manufacturer, with its new joint venture partner, Dongfeng Motor Parts and Components Group, held a groundbreaking ceremony on June 6, 2019 at the future site of their 22,000 square meters plant in Suizhou, China. The new company, Dongfeng Maxion Wheels Co., Ltd., was honored to share this important milestone with its distinguished guests including: government officials and company dignitaries, customers, suppliers and associates.

Maxion Wheels, the world’s largest wheel manufacturer, hosted it’s first-ever Hackathon in Ostrava, Czech Republic, from April 11-12, 2019. More than 20 engineering students from local universities: Technical University of Ostrava (VŠB Ostrava), Brno University of Technology (VUT), and Tomas Bata University in Zlín (VŠTB), participated in the two-day technical ideation competition held at the Moravian Silesian Innovation Centre.

Maxion Wheels, the world’s largest wheel manufacturer, announced today the agreement to form a new passenger car aluminum wheel joint venture with Dongfeng Motor Parts and Components Group, one of China’s largest automotive parts companies. The new legal entity, Dongfeng Maxion Wheels, will build a new two-million per year capacity plant in Hubei Province, China, with series production scheduled for second half 2020.