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.

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.