Maxion Wheels names Neto CTO
Wheel manufacturer Maxion Wheels has announced changes to its executive leadership team. These appointments accompany an integration of the company’s Engineering, OPEX and Quality functions.
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Solar farm aiding Maxion Wheels’ Chihuahua plant
Maxion Wheels has integrated solar power into its light vehicle aluminium wheels facility in Chihuahua, Mexico, following the launch of its own 499 kW capacity photovoltaic system that can deliver an estimated annual generation of 960 MWh. By reducing CO2 emissions by approximately 420 tonnes per year, equivalent to the annual growth of 6,930 trees, the solar farm will supply around two per cent of the plant’s annual energy needs.
Maxion shows steel wheel innovations
In addition to displaying its first ever forged aluminium wheel at the IAA Transportation show, Maxion Wheels is giving visitors a taste of the superlative with its lightest sustainable steel truck wheel as well as a new solution for carrying greater loads without additional wheel weight.
Maxion shows first forged aluminium wheels, updates on Turkish joint-venture
Maxion Wheels, purportedly the world’s largest wheel manufacturer, introduced a line of “lightweight, corrosion-resistant forged aluminium” truck wheels at IAA Transportation 2024.
Maxion Wheels partners to bring scholarship programme to India
Maxion Wheels, a global leader in wheel manufacturing for various automotive sectors, has announced an initiative in collaboration with the Brazil-based Iochpe Foundation and India’s Savitribai Phule Pune University. The partners are introducing the foundation’s Formare academic scholarship programme, well-established in Brazil and Mexico, into India.
Trio promoted within Maxion Wheels leadership team
Wheel manufacturer Maxion Wheels has announced several new appointments within its executive leadership team. All report to Pieter Klinkers, the company’s Chief Executive Officer.
Maxion Wheels debuts low CO2 Bionic
Maxion Wheels has launched its latest light vehicle wheel innovation, Maxion Bionic, at IAA Mobility 2023. When it comes to market in 2025, Bionic will be available in 18-inch and larger diameter sizes and customisable finishing. Maxion also speaks of utilising the lowest CO2 primary materials and optimised aerodynamics, as well as “revolutionary design options.”
Maxion to supply low-carbon wheel options
Thanks to its delivery of low-CO2 steel wheel options to commercial vehicle manufacturers and fleets, Maxion Wheels says it is “ahead of the curve on carbon footprint savings.” But the world’s largest wheel manufacturer anticipates that by 2025, it will be able to offer steel commercial vehicle wheels with a cradle-to-gate carbon footprint more than 65 per cent lower than current wheels.
Maxion launches ‘Europe’s lightest’ steel truck wheel
Although Maxion Wheels is setting up a new facility for manufacturing forged aluminium commercial vehicle wheels, its traditional strength is steel wheels. Expansions in Turkey and Brazil have increased the company’s global capacity for these products to ten million pieces annually, and Maxion has now debuted what it claims is “Europe’s lightest mass-produced steel truck wheel.” The first of these lightweight wheels arrives in size 22.5 x 11.75.
Maxion Wheels adding forged aluminium products to CV portfolio
The truck steel wheel plant that Maxion Wheels and Inci Holding have jointly built in Turkey is ready to open, and during last week’s IAA Transportation show the two companies additionally announced plans to set up a facility for manufacturing aluminium commercial vehicle wheels. Maxion Wheels says adding forged aluminium commercial vehicle wheels “rounds out” its globally leading steel wheels portfolio, making Maxion a “one-stop option for truck and trailer manufacturers.”
Maxion Wheels presenting CV growth strategy at IAA Transportation
Maxion Wheels, the world’s largest wheel manufacturer, intends to share its commercial vehicle wheel growth strategy, including new product and sustainability solutions, at the IAA Transportation 2022 show in Germany. The company will elaborate on these subjects during a press conference at its exhibition space on Tuesday 20 September.
Maxion Wheels joins ‘responsible’ aluminium, steel organisations
Maxion Wheels has joined non-profit bodies the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) and ResponsibleSteel, and claims as such to be the first wheel manufacturer to become a member of these organisations committed to the responsible sourcing, production and use of aluminium and steel.
Solar power decarbonising Maxion’s production
In markets where green electricity is not readily available from the grid, on-site solar power generation is an important way of bridging the green energy gap. The Maxion Wheels Saraburi plant in central Thailand is the company’s first to use solar energy to decarbonise aluminium wheel production.
Vesper: Maxion, Taskmaster extend collaboration
In autumn 2020, global tyre and wheel assembler Taskmaster Components introduced the Vesper by Maxion Wheels, a complete line-up of steel trailer wheels developed with and manufactured by Maxion Wheels. The two companies have now announced a three-year extension to their supply agreement.
Virtual plant aiding Maxion Wheels’ production efficiency
In order to optimise the efficiency of its aluminium wheel production facility in Limeira, Brazil, Maxion Wheels has created a virtual replica of the plant’s production processes. By employing ‘Digital Twin’ technology, the world’s largest wheel manufacturer can anticipate how the actual plant performs under specific conditions, thereby ensuring it achieves the highest levels of efficiency and efficacy. Maxion now intends to roll out the technology at other facilities around the world.
