2010 |
- MAHLE and Behr sign a participation contract and agree that the company shares will be transferred in several stages; in the first stage, MAHLE acquires 19.9 percent
- The MAHLE day-care center is opened near the group headquarters in Stuttgart/Germany
- Majority acquisition of the industrial business of the Behr Group (now MAHLE Industrial Thermal Systems GmbH & Co. KG)
- New filter plant opened in Tianjin/China
- New positive temperature coefficient (PTC) heaters for activated carbon canisters
- First use of modular all-plastic oil filter housing in the fields of commercial vehicles, industry, and generators
- Series production of all-plastic-oil filters with integrated thermal management
- First TopWeld® steel pistons for passenger car applications
- Development of a range extender (two-cylinder in-line engine)
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2011 |
- Shareholding in the Behr Group increased to 36.85 percent
- Acquisition of remaining shares in the Turkish engine components manufacturer MAHLE Mopisan (now MAHLE Motor Parçalari San. ve Tic. A.Ş.)
- New filter plant in Chennai/India commences series production
- Ballast water treatment system for ships is certified; first high-volume order
- Development of cooling systems for gearless wind power plants
- Development of indirect charge air cooling integrated in the air intake module
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2012 |
- Participation in the Tokyo-listed company Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd., a specialist for mechatronic products
- Opening of the new Japan headquarters in Tokyo and the North America headquarters in Farmington Hills near Detroit/USA
- New filter plant opened in Kyushu/Japan
- Second expansion of the research and development center in Shanghai/China
- Expansion of the piston plant in Bangkok/Thailand and the filter plant in Samut Prakan/Thailand
- Development of MAHLE Jet Ignition—an innovative spark-ignition combustion process for extremely lean combustion
- New beam-based welding technology for heavy-duty steel pistons reaches process maturity
- Series production of assembled camshafts for commercial vehicles
- Development of cascaded charge air cooling integrated in the air intake module
- New oil filter module for commercial vehicles, integrating a coolant pump and thermostat as well as sensor technology for temperature control
- Development of energy-efficient actuation of engine accessories
- MAHLE range extender, a 0.9-liter two-cylinder in-line gasoline engine with integrated generator, installed in a demonstration vehicle
- Development of counterflow staggered blade charge air cooler for indirect charge air cooling of large engines
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2013 |
- Shareholding in the Behr Group increased to 50.71 percent; MAHLE Behr forms the new Thermal Management business unit
- Expansion of the MAHLE Aftermarket logistics center in Schorndorf/Germany
- Opening of the new competence center for pumps in Brattendorf, Thuringia/Germany
- Acquisition of RTI Technologies, Inc. headquartered in York, Pennsylvania/USA (now MAHLE Aftermarket Inc.)
- Acquisition of all shares in the Indian piston joint venture MAHLE IPL Limited (now MAHLE Engine Components India Private Limited)
- Development of the lightweight valves EvoTherm® and TopTherm®
- Development of the EVOTEC®-SC piston with an additional cooling gallery
- Development of an active fuel prefilter for diesel engines for use around the world in a new generation of engines and powertrains
- Development of a hydraulically controlled coolant pump
- Development of a two-level cooling module
- Development of a high-voltage PTC auxiliary heater with integrated power electronics
- Series production of a new cooling plate for cooling the electrical energy storage device
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2014 |
- Acquisition of majority share in Letrika in order to expand the mechatronics/electrics business (now MAHLE Electric Drives)
- Opening of two new distribution and logistics centers for the Aftermarket business unit in Limeira/Brazil and Obninsk/Russia
- Increased shareholding in the Japanese company Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.
- Third expansion of the research and development center in Shanghai/China
- Opening of a new filter plant in Wuhan/China and a new plant for manufacturing automotive air conditioning and engine cooling products in Shenyang/China
- Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems founds subsidiary in China
- New filter plant opened in Cikarang near Jakarta/Indonesia
- Development of a downsizing natural gas engine and installation in a demonstration vehicle
- Series production of steel pistons for passenger car diesel engines
- Development of an oil cooler made of stainless steel for medium-sized and heavy-duty commercial vehicles
- Large-scale production gasoline engine equipped with a high- and low-pressure EGR system and installed in a demonstration vehicle
- Development of a systemic approach based on the Rankine cycle, which consists of an expansion machine, a feed pump, and various heat exchangers
- Development of an air intake module with integrated indirect charge air cooling
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2015 |
- Acquisition of Amovis GmbH (now MAHLE Amovis GmbH)
- First fully automated production line for passenger car steel pistons in the world
- Takeover of the thermal management business of Delphi and integration into the MAHLE Group
- Opening of two new plants in Mexico: for the production of thermal management products in Ramos Arizpe and filtration products in Celaya
- Majority acquisition of the Japanese company Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd. (now MAHLE Electric Drives Japan)
- Opening of a new plant in Chengdu/China for producing air conditioners as well as components and systems for engine cooling
- Product launch of TechPRO®, a diagnostic tool for the aftermarket, on the US market
- Development of a monovalent natural gas (CNG) drive and installation in a demonstration vehicle
- New lean burn combustion process “MAHLE Jet Ignition®” is used in Formula 1
- Use of MAHLE electric motors in electric scooters
- Development of the particularly lightweight and structurally stable EVOLITE® piston and the EVOTEC® RSC piston with ring carrier and integrated cooling gallery
- Air conditioning compressors added to the air conditioning portfolio
- Battery temperature control using thermoelectric heat pump enters series production development
- MAHLE Foundation celebrates its 50th anniversary.
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2016 |
- Sale of the industrial filtration business
- Merger of the electric drives and applications as well as the actuators product areas into the Mechatronics division
- Opening of the Vehicle Engineering Centre in Northampton/Great Britain in order to extend the range of products and services offered to automobile manufacturers in the field of future-oriented powertrain technologies
- Opening of a new testing center in Plymouth, Michigan/USA
- MAHLE signs the Diversity Charter
- Start of the ACTIVATR innovation program
- World’s first controllable pendulum-slider oil pump for commercial vehicles
- World premiere of the CareMetix® cabin filter, which protects against solid matter and gas particles and eliminates odors
- Development of the world’s first map-controlled thermostat for commercial vehicle applications
- World’s first R744 air conditioning system in series
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2017 |
- Mechatronics division expanded to include the control and power electronics product group.
- Locations in Stuttgart/Germany receive seal of approval for their family-friendly personnel policy
- Start of the internal innovation program “Incubator”
- Collaboration with Faurecia on technologies for thermal management in the Cockpit of the Future
- Sale of the forging activities and therefore of the plants in Plettenberg and Roßwein, both in Germany
- Acquisition of the start-up O-Flexx Technologies GmbH, allowing entry into the thermoelectrics market (now MAHLE Thermoelektronik GmbH)
- Acquisition of the Spanish electronics specialist Nagares SA (now MAHLE Electronics S.L.U.)
- Acquisition of minority holding in BRAIN BEE® AG, a specialist in automotive workshop equipment
- Construction of a new plant in Krotoszyn/Poland
- Sale of shares in the Brazilian components manufacturer MAHLE Metal Leve Miba Sinterizados
- Opening of a new plant for air conditioning compressors in Changshu/China
- World debut of 48-volt vehicle concept “MEET” (MAHLE Efficient Electric Transport) at IAA Cars in Frankfurt/Germany
- Pedelec drives in series production
- Development of a new liquid management module combining an electric coolant pump and cooling circuit control for CO2 reduction
- Development of e-compressors for different power classes
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2018 |
- Shareholding in the Behr Group increased to 55.71 percent
- Sale of the 50/50 joint venture Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG by mutual agreement with the Bosch Group
- Sale of the shares in Hella Behr Plastic Omnium (HBPO)
- Acquisition of ebikemotion® Technologies SL, a specialist in pedelec systems, HMI, and connectivity (now MAHLE Ebikemotion S.L.U.)
- Opening of a new research and development center for electronics in Valencia/Spain
- Opening of a new WLTP- and RDE-capable testing and certification center (RDEC) in Northampton/Great Britain
- Majority acquisition of BRAIN BEE® (now MAHLE Aftermarket Italy)
- Opening of the first production line for electric air conditioning compressors in Balassagyarmat/Hungary
- Systems solutions for hybridization in the field of commercial vehicles (thermal management, drive motors, and power electronics)
- Development of e-waste heat recovery system for commercial vehicles in a compact box
- Development of a new oil management module for vehicles with electric drive systems
- Demonstration of an innovative valve train system for commercial vehicles that integrates functions such as engine braking or exhaust gas temperature management into the valve train (Shifting Roller System)
- Demonstration of a flat membrane humidifier for reliable humidification of supplied air, optimizing the efficiency and service life of a fuel cell
- Production-ready solutions for the temperature control of batteries, electronics, and electric motors as well as solutions for monitoring the fuel cell stack
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2019 |
- Shareholding in the Behr Group increased to 60.71 percent
- Acquisition of the transmission specialist ZG-Zahnräder to expand MAHLE’s competence for the powertrain
- Entry into wireless charging of electric vehicles
- MAHLE corporate start-up chargeBIG secures order from Stuttgart Airport for a charging system for electric vehicles
- New production process allows steel pistons to be used in powerful passenger car engines
- Materials and components from MAHLE are ready for synthetic fuels
- MAHLE combines its development areas in a fuel cell project house
- With its power electronics, traction motors, and charging infrastructure solutions, MAHLE offers a broad range of products for e-mobility
- MAHLE expands its range of components for e-bikes
- Integrated heat-pump-based system from MAHLE reduces cruising range loss for electric vehicles by up to 20 percent
- Market launch of the diagnostic tool TechPRO®
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2020 |
- MAHLE celebrates its 100-year anniversary
- Establishment of the new Electronics and Mechatronics business unit
- Acquisition of all shares in Behr Hella Service (BHS), expanding the thermal management portfolio in the Aftermarket business unit for conventional and electrically powered vehicles
- New production, research, and development center for workshop equipment opened in Parma/Italy
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