2001—2010
| 2001 | Acquisition of a holding in Brockhaus Soehne GmbH Acquisition of the Tennex Group—now MAHLE Filter Systems Japan Corporation, with filter plants in Japan, the Philippines, the USA, and England FERROCOMP® large-bore pistons go into series production Air intake module for gasoline engine with variable length control |
| 2002 | Establishment of MAHLE-ACL Piston Products Pty Ltd.—now MAHLE Engine Components Australia Pty Ltd., Australia First plastic oil filter for passenger car diesel engines First ECOFORM® pistons for passenger car gasoline engines Series production of plastic valve covers |
| 2003 | Establishment of ZNF Maschinenfabrik Spandau as a majority joint venture with BMW for camshaft production—now 100% MAHLE Ventiltrieb Brandenburg GmbH First MAHLE engine (3-cylinder racing engine for Formula SAE) |
| 2004 | Sound generator for air intake systems of pressure charged engines Acquisition of Schmiedewerk Rosswein GmbH in Saxony—now part of MAHLE Brockhaus GmbH Acquisition of the filters division of Shanghai Filter Factory—now part of MAHLE Shanghai Filter Systems Co., Ltd. |
| 2005 | Acquisition of Cosworth Technology Ltd. with locations in the UK and USA—now MAHLE Powertrain Ltd. First all-plastic complete oil filter module Establishment of the filter plant MAHLE Componente de Motor SRL in Timisoara/Romania Start of series production of a new three-stage resonance air intake module Acquisition of shares in Anand Automotive Systems Group Purolator India Ltd. Complete takeover of Brockhaus Soehne GmbH—now MAHLE Brockhaus GmbH, Germany Expansion of the research and development center in Farmington Hills (Detroit)/USA |
| 2006 | Acquisition of the activated carbon canister activities of Behr in the USA CamInCam® camshaft Acquisition of Norddeutsche Filter Vertriebs GmbH—now MAHLE NFV GmbH and AKO Filter GmbH—now MAHLE AKO GmbH World's first electric disk separator New aftermarket logistics center opened in Krotoszyn/Poland New research and development center opened in Shanghai Series production of plastic valve covers with integrated oil mist separation and pressure regulation Expansion of the aftermarket activities with the foundation of MAHLE Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and MAHLE Trading Japan Co., Ltd. Start of development activities for exhaust gas turbochargers for gasoline and diesel engines |
| 2007 | Majority joint venture MAHLE Tri-Ring Valve Train (Hubei) Co., Ltd. in Macheng/China Acquisition of Edival S.A. in Argentina—now MAHLE Argentina S.A. DLC-coated piston pins Acquisition of the engine hard parts business of the Dana Corporation, USA Purchase of Promotora de Industrias Mecánicas, S.A. de C.V. (Promec) in Mexico MONOXCOMP® and EVOTEC® pistons Two-stage diesel fuel filter with integrated water separation Acquisition of the intake modules and air filtration business segment of Siemens VDO Automotive Foundation of the joint venture MAHLE India Pistons Ltd. under the industrial and technological leadership of MAHLE Downsizing engine as a technology demonstrator Valves for exhaust gas recirculation |
| 2008 | Research and development center opened in Jundiaí near São Paulo Majority acquisition of the Turkish engine components manufacturer Mopisan—now MAHLE Mopisan Izmir A.S. and MAHLE Mopisan Konya A.S. Establishment of Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG as a 50/50 joint venture for the development and production of exhaust gas turbochargers Majority joint venture MAHLE Hirschvogel Forjas S.A./Brazil for expanding the production of connecting rods and other engine components Purchase of Clemex de México, S.A. de C.V. in order to strengthen the passenger car bearings and bushings business in the North American market EGR valve ready to go into series production Opening of new exhibition building "MAHLE Inside" in Stuttgart/Germany |
| 2009 | Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems: completion of the new production plant for turbochargers in St. Michael ob Bleiburg/Austria Acquisition of KTM-Kühler |
| 2010 | MAHLE day-care center in Stuttgart is opened First high-volume orders for exhaust as turbochargers for Bosch Mahle Systems Majority of shares in Behr Industry acquired MAHLE and Behr sign share agreement
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