MAHLE completes sale of industrial filtration activities to Filtration Group

Stuttgart/Germany, November 1, 2016 – The MAHLE Group completes the sale of its industrial filtration activities to U.S.-based Filtration Group. Both parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price for the transaction, which was previously approved by the antitrust authorities.

Overall, the MAHLE industrial filtration business segment employs about 900 people worldwide, of which around 410 work in Öhringen (Baden-Württemberg/Germany). Industrial filtration products, which are needed in many areas, such as industrial installations as well as food and beverage production, have very little in common with the core business of the group, which focuses primarily on mobility. “That is why we are very pleased that Filtration Group is in a position to give the industrial filtration business a boost,” explained Wolf-Henning Scheider, Chairman of the MAHLE Management Board and CEO.

 Filtration Group (www.filtrationgroup.com), an affiliate of Madison Industries, serves a highly diverse set of customers with offerings that span life science, process technologies, as well as fluid and environmental air applications. Filtration Group supplies its customers from 80 facilities in 20 countries. “Our mission is to make the world safer, healthier and more productive,” said Steve Felice, Filtration Group CEO. “We continue to move that mission forward by adding to our advanced filtration capabilities around the world.”

 The other 370 employees at the Öhringen location in Baden-Württemberg/Germany, who work for MAHLE’s automotive Filtration and Engine Peripherals business unit, are unaffected by the transaction. 

About MAHLE

MAHLE is a leading international development partner and supplier to the automotive industry. With its products for combustion engines and their peripherals as well as solutions for electric vehicles, the group addresses all the crucial issues related to the powertrain and air conditioning technology—from engine systems and components to filtration to thermal management. MAHLE products are fitted in at least every second vehicle worldwide. MAHLE components and systems are also used off the road—in stationary applications, for mobile machinery, rail transport, as well as aerospace and marine applications.

 In 2015, the group generated sales of approximately EUR 11.5 billion with around 76,000 employees and is represented in 34 countries with over 170 production locations. At 15 major development locations in Germany, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Slovenia, the USA, Brazil, Japan, China, and India, about 6,000 development engineers and technicians are working on innovative solutions for the mobility of the future.

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Ruben Danisch
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