MAHLE Aftermarket is one of the biggest sponsors here at BangShift.com, and we don’t mean based on how much they spend with us. We mean the size of the company. MAHLE is one of the largest automotive systems providers in the world. In normal speak that means they provide more parts, pieces, and components for the cars you know and love than almost anyone in the world. Do you like all the latest and greatest that GM has to offer? Well all the hipo stuff coming out of Chevrolet these days features MAHLE pistons and rings. Same for Mopar and Ford! And Clevite bearings? Yep, that’s them too. Victor-Reinz Gaskets? Them again. They make anything and everything you can image for internal combustion engines and are the largest manufacturer of piston rings on the planet. Period.

And lest you think they are just about OE stuff, remember they are run by some of the coolest car guys we know. Guys like Bill McKnight, who is one smart dude when it comes to pistons, rings, and bearings. And remember, the guys at MAHLE Aftermarket are the ones that decided there should be MAHLE Motorsports, the North American motorsports piston powerhouse that has taken the high performance world by storm over the past several years. If you want to know how that all happened, read below because when you see what they are doing in Michigan and Tennessee, the numbers will blow you away.

MAHLE – The Global Leader in Forward-thinking Concepts, Products, and Systems

Farmington Hills, MI… September 3, 2015 – MAHLE began modestly in early 1920’s Germany when Hermann and Ernst Mahle went to work for a small German piston manufacturer. Hermann was soon the company’s commercial manager, while Ernst excelled as MAHLE’s engineering manager. By 1933, they were the company’s sole owners eventually renaming it MAHLE KG in 1938. After several decades of ownership, the brothers transfered 99.9 percent ownership to the MAHLE Foundation in 1964. More recently in 2007, MAHLE acquired the Dana Engine Parts business, which included the Clevite Division, creating the foundation for a successful future in the North American Aftermarket.

MAHLE now ranks among the top three automotive systems suppliers worldwide for mobile applications in the areas of engine systems, filtration, electrics/mechatronics, and thermal management. In the original equipment industry, MAHLE provides technologically innovative solutions for automotive, commercial vehicle, machinery, and other industrial applications. The Aftermarket business unit also serves the independent parts market with MAHLE products in OE quality.

As of 2014, MAHLE has presences in all major world markets generating over $13 billion in sales, and employs over 66,000 employees at approximately 150 production locations. At ten major research and development centers in Germany, Great Britain, the USA, Brazil, Japan, China, and India, more than 4,500 development engineers and technicians are working on forward-looking concepts, products, and systems.

MAHLE’s performance presence in North America is centered primarily around pistons, piston rings, and engine bearings. Three key MAHLE manufacturing facilities in North America support the OE, aftermarket, and motorsports business. Over one million pistons per month are manufactured in the Morristown, TN, piston plant, including the MAHLE Motorsport parts used at virtually every racing venue in the world. In St. Johns, MI, over nine million piston rings are produced each month. MAHLE’s steel ring expertise and experience is second to none, and includes a substantial racing and performance product line. Atlantic, Iowa, is home to the MAHLE engine bearing plant making Clevite’s well-known racing bearings. All Clevite bearings come from this plant, as well as a substantial share of heavy duty OE engine bearings for North American manufacturers.

Conservation and the environment are also important to MAHLE as it works to significantly reduce fuel consumption and emissions of vehicles, and their related components, within an aggressive timeframe. This requires great effort in powertrain engineering, always individually adapted to the technical conditions of the respective markets. MAHLE therefore places great value on global technological leadership in all business units, and these efforts will increase throughout the coming decades.

But MAHLE represents far more than simply products; it is a dedicated core of employees seeking to better the world through sustainability and stable business practices. The MAHLE Foundation continues to serve many charitable causes promoting healthcare, youth development and welfare, schooling, general adult education and vocational training, as well as such unique areas including organic farming. In recent years, the foundation has expanded its area of activity into medical and social projects in many countries, most notably Brazil.

Dr. Ernst Mahle would certainly be proud of just how well his concepts served to revolutionize overall engine technology and the impact his globally significant corporation has on the world today.

For more information about MAHLE Aftermarket and its North American Aftermarket activities, visit www.mahle-aftermarket.com, or contact your local sales representative. For more information about MAHLE Motorsports and its North American motorsports activities visit www.mahlemotorsports.com, or contact your local sales representative.

About MAHLE

MAHLE is a leading international supplier to the automotive industry. With its products for combustion engines and their peripherals as well as solutions for electric vehicles, the group addresses all the crucial issues related to the powertrain and air conditioning technology—from engine systems and components to filtration to thermal management. In 2014, the group generated sales of $11.3 million with around 66,000 employees. Today, MAHLE is represented in over 30 countries with 170 production locations.

About MAHLE Aftermarket

The MAHLE Aftermarket business unit is a partner to repair shops and the trade, offering first-rate service solutions with its special equipment and spare parts in original equipment quality. MAHLE Aftermarket is represented at 22 locations worldwide, with 1,593 employees, and in 2014 generated sales of over $1 billion USD.

About MAHLE Motorsports

MAHLE Motorsports was founded in 2000 to bring the MAHLE tradition of excellence and performance to the North American motorsport marketplace. MAHLE produces a line of pistons and piston rings that is setting new standards for quality and performance while offering value that is unsurpassed in the industry.