automotive 1 predecessor motoren werke mannheim ag founded 1953 as mwm motores diesel ltda . headquarters s o paulo brazil 1 number of locations santo amaro s o paulo brazil 2 canoas rio grande do sul brazil 2 jes s mar a province of c rdoba argentina 2 area served worldwide with emphasis in latin america 1 key people waldey sanchez president products diesel engines 1 number of employees 3 000 1 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 . contents 1 history 2 engines 3 technological innovations 4 company milestones 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit mwm was founded as motoren werke mannheim ag in 1922 bought by kl ckner 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 s o 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 . 3 engines edit mwm engines power the local versions of the chevrolet grand blazer nissan xterra and ford f250 among others . citation needed mwm diesels were also used to power the locally developed puma trucks . 4 there is a common mistake between 2.8 l mwm sprint and the 2.8 l 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 2.5 l diesel built under licence by ioschpe maxion then international engines who merged with mwm . the mwm sprint has 3 versions a 2.8 l and 3.0 l 4 cylinders and a 6 cylinders 4.2 l 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 . in 1996 volkswagen trucks and buses opened their new resende plant in brazil with the new modular consortium system mwm took charge of the powertrain line with resende . technological innovations edit one technological innovation presented at the congress is the bus equipped with a diesel natural gas system strategically displayed to connect volkswagen truck and bus and delphi automotive booths . the project was developed by mwm international in partnership with these two companies and is the first diesel gas system in brazil . the vehicle is a volkswagen truck and bus 17 tons with a 6.10 tca mwm international engine . the fuel system is electronically controlled to combine diesel and gas . the bi fuel is only one of the alternative fuel projects involving mwm international . another of the company s projects tests the natural gas diesel in acteon 6.12 tce engine adapted to otto cycle and which already presents positive results such as fuel economy and emissions reduction . there are also tests with biodiesel . in the first semester of 2006 vehicles in this project a vw 17.210 od bus equipped with an acteon electronic engine and two trucks the vw 8.120 and vw 8.140 exceeded 100 000 kilometers testing . company milestones edit 1953 start up of operations in brazil ; 1995 inauguration of jesus maria c rdoba argentina industrial plant ; 1995 inauguration of canoas rio grande do sul brazil industrial plant ; 2001 launching of the 2.8 litre sprint electronic 4.07 tce engine family ; 2004 launching of the 4.12 tce and 6.12 tce acteon electronic engine family ; 2005 launching of the ngd 3.0 e electronic engine ; 2005 production of the 3.0 litre 4.08 tce sprint engine ; 2005 conformation of mwm international motores as a result of the merger of mwm motores diesel and international engines south america ; 2005 mwm brazil was bought by navistar international in march 2005 . see also edit ford power stroke engine references edit a b c d e mwm international motores company . navistar international . nav international.com.br . 2009 . retrieved 29 december 2009 . a b c mwm international motores company units . navistar international . nav international.com.br . 2009 . retrieved 29 december 2009 . review period paragraph 588 24 de agosto de 2009 puma 6 . t nibus e caminh es puma 6 . t bus and truck brochure in portuguese puma ind stria de ve culos s a p. 2 external links edit official website portuguese official website english official website spanish v t e automotive industry in brazil automotive industry economy of brazil transportation in brazil brazilian vehicle manufacturers list agrale amoritzgt brasil & movimento brumana pugliese caio induscar caloi chamonix comil fabral fibravan lobini marcopolo mascarello carrocerias de nibus monark neobus obvio tac motors troller vleca volkswagen trucks and buses defunct vehicle manufacturers autolatina bernardini busscar ciferal dacon dardo engesa fnm gurgel hofstetter jpx mafersa puma santa matilde simca do brasil components randon mwm international foreign companies with operations ford brasil fiat autom veis general motors do brasil renault do brasil volkswagen do brasil audi senna related topics sistema nacional de via o s o paulo international motor show v t e navistar international subsidiaries ic bus amtran ward body works defunct mwm international motores joint ventures blue diamond truck defunct mahindra navistar sold nc2 global products list of international harvester navistar engines list of international harvester vehicles related articles international harvester international harvester company warehouse international harvester strike of 1979 80 mccormick international harvester company branch house modec retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mwm international motores & oldid 742025806 categories automotive companies of brazilengine manufacturerscompanies based in s o paulo city navistar internationalvolkswagen group engineshidden categories cs1 portuguese language sources pt all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2007use dmy dates from january 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 06 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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