MWM International Motores
| Industry | Automotive |
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| Predecessor | Motoren Werke Mannheim AG |
| Founded | 1953, as MWM Motores Diesel Ltda. |
| Headquarters | São Paulo, Brazil |
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Number of locations
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Santo Amaro, São Paulo, Brazil Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Jesús María, Province of Córdoba, Argentina |
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Area served
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Worldwide, with emphasis in Latin America |
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Key people
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Waldey Sanchez (President) |
| Products | Diesel engines |
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Number of employees
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3,000 |
| Parent | Navistar International |
| Website | MWM International Motores |
MWM International Motores is the Brazilian subsidiary of Navistar International, specialised in the manufacturing of diesel engines for Latin American automotive applications. Until 2005, it was known as MWM Motores Diesel Ltda.
MWM was founded as Motoren Werke Mannheim AG 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 in Argentina. MWM is said to have a 36% market share for diesel engines, by number of engines produced.
The firm was elected by the Great Place to Work Institute (GPTW) as one of the hundred best companies to work in Brazil.
MWM engines power the local versions of the Chevrolet Grand Blazer, Nissan Xterra and Ford F250, among others. MWM diesels were also used to power the locally developed Puma trucks.
There is a common mistake between 2.8L MWM Sprint and the 2.8L Powerstroke. The first engine is a MWM project with 3 valves per cylinder and overhead camshaft and the second is an evolution of the Land Rover 2.5L diesel, built under licence by Ioschpe-Maxion (then, International Engines, who merged with MWM).
The MWM Sprint has 3 versions: a 2.8L and 3.0L 4 cylinders and a 6 cylinders 4.2L, all of then, high speed diesel
Volkswagen Trucks and Buses have a long relationship with MWM Motores Diesel Ltda.
When Volkswagen Trucks and Buses took over the Chrysler's Brazilian Truck plant in 1980, Volkswagen Group kept the original MWM engines for their new truck ranges.
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