Maxion Wheels to produce car aluminium wheels in India

Maxion Wheels, the world’s largest wheel manufacturer, will soon be producing passenger car aluminium of sizes 14” to 22” in diameter and 4” to 9” in width. The company held a ground breaking ceremony (Bhoomi Poojan) for constructing a 25,000 square meters plant in Khed City, Pune in the State of Maharashtra in western India.  The ceremony included a plaque unveiling and traditional ground breaking ritual.

Once the project is complete, Maxon Wheels will produce four million aluminium wheels annually. In this first phase, an investment of more than $50 million USD will be spent on the land and state-of-the-art plant and equipment for the manufacturing of two million wheels annually. Start of production is expected in the third quarter of 2019.

The new aluminium wheel plant and process coming up in Pune will include premium Bright Machined wheels from the start, 32 low-pressure die casting machines, heat treatment, x-ray and 16 machining cells, One paint shop with capacity for 2 million wheels, powder coat followed by wet paint base coat and clear coat, among others.

Maxion Wheels is a division of Iochpe-Maxion S.A., a leading wheel manufacturer for passenger cars, light trucks, buses, commercial trucks and trailers. The company also produces wheels for agriculture and military vehicles, as well as other off-highway applications. Maxion is the world's largest wheel manufacturer, producing 58 million wheels per year. The company serves its global OEM customers from 28 locations in 15 countries on five continents, and has state-of-the-art technical centers in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Maxion Wheels started its wheel production in India in 1996 when it set up two steel wheel plants in Pune. One is a car wheel plant producing 4 million wheels annually and the other is a truck wheel plant producing 1.2 million annually.

Maxion Wheels Chief Executive Officer, Pieter Klinkers remarked that the new Pune passenger car aluminum wheel plant of Maxion Wheels will be the first global light vehicle aluminum wheel producer in the Indian market.