Maxion Wheels, one of the world’s largest wheel manufacturers, reported that it has completed the construction and infrastructure of its new Maxion Jantaş 21,000-square-meter commercial vehicle (CV) steel wheels plant in Manisa, Turkey. Maxion Wheels, together with its partner Inci Holding, previously announced the expansion during the groundbreaking of newly acquired land. The expansion is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2022, increasing Maxion Jantaş’ total production capacity to up to 3 million CV steel wheels a year.
“With confidence in a full economic recovery, as well as expectation of a robust and growing global freight market over the next five years, Maxion Wheels is determined to serve its growing customer demand by producing more of its market-leading CV steel wheels,” said Pieter Klinkers, CEO of Maxion Wheels. “Our truck wheel volumes continue to grow globally as we pursue our strategy of offering cost-effective-, lightweight- and innovative solutions for the commercial vehicle market. We are excited to soon offer our customers additional capacity from our world-class Turkish operations.”
Mustafa Zaim, chairman of the board of Maxion Inci Turkish Operations, added, “With this expansion, Maxion Jantaş becomes the largest truck wheel producer in Europe and Near East with two CV steel wheels plants in Turkey, producing up to 3 million wheels a year. The new plant becomes the fifth Maxion Inci wheel plant in the Manisa Organized Industrial Zone, where Maxion Inci continues to push for global competitiveness with industry breakthroughs such as Industry 4.0 digitalization efforts that focus on elevating all of our plants to “smart plants.”
Maxion and Inci also produce approximately 10 million light vehicle steel and aluminum wheels a year, and with the CV steel wheels, generate annual sales of approximately 350€ million in the Manisa Organized Industrial Zone.
