| Industry | Automotive[1] |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Motoren Werke Mannheim AG |
| Founded | 1953, as MWM Motores Diesel Ltda. |
| Headquarters | São Paulo, Brazil[1] |
| Number of locations | Santo Amaro, São Paulo, Brazil[2] Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil[2] Jesús María, Province of Córdoba, Argentina[2] |
| Area served | Worldwide, with emphasis in Latin America[1] |
| Key people | Waldey Sanchez (President) |
| Products | Diesel engines[1] |
| Employees | 3,000[1] |
| Parent | Navistar International |
| Website | MWM INTERNATIONAL MOTORES |
MWM INTERNATIONAL Motores is a Brazilian company, specialised in the manufacturing of diesel engines for Latin American automotive applications. MWM is a fully owned subsidiary of Navistar International since 2005. It was formerly known as MWM Motores Diesel Ltda.
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MWM was founded in 1922 , bought by Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG (KHD) in 1985 and sold to Navistar International in March 2005 . Now called "MWM International Ind. De Motores Da America do Sul Ltda." ", has three manufacturing plants: one in Santo Amaro in São Paulo (headquarters), Canoas in Rio Grande do Sul, and Cordoba Argentina. MWM currently, the market leader in diesel engines (36% market share).
Was elected by the Great Place to Work Institute (GPTW) as one of the hundred best companies to work in Brazil.[3]
MWM engines power the local versions of the Chevrolet Blazer, Nissan Xterra and Ford F250, among others.
The 2.8 litre straight-four Power Stroke 2.8 is not a Ford Motor Company engine at all, but manufactured by the Brazilian company MWM for use exclusively outside North America. A straight-six engine version with 4.2 litres is also available.
Volkswagen Truck and Bus have a long relationship with MWM Motores Diesel Ltda.
When Volkswagen Truck and Bus took over the Chrysler's Brazilian Truck plant in 1980, Volkswagen Group kept the original MWM engines for their new truck ranges.
In 1996, Volkswagen Truck and Bus opened their new Resende plant in Brazil, with the new Modular Consortium system, MWM took charge of the Powertrain line with Resende.
One technological innovation presented at the congress is the bus equipped with the system Diesel + Natural Diesel Gas, strategically displayed to connect Volkswagen Truck and Bus and Delphi Automotive Systems booths. The project was developed by MWM INTERNATIONAL in partnership with these two companies, and is considered the first diesel-gas system in Brazil. The vehicle is a Volkswagen Truck and Bus bus, 17 tons, with 6,10 TCA MWM INTERNATIONAL engine. The fuel system is electronic controlled, and makes the combination of diesel and gas.
The bi-fuel is only one of the alternative fuel projects involving MWM INTERNATIONAL. Another of the company's project, tests the natural diesel gas in Acteon 6,12 TCE engine adapted to Otto cycle, and which already presented positive results such as fuel economy and emissions level reduction. There are also tests with Biodiesel. In the first semester of 2006, vehicles in this project - a bus VW 17,210 OD equipped with Acteon electronic engine and two trucks VW 8,120 and VW 8,140 - have flawless exceeded the mark of 100,000 kilometers test.