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MAHLE has more than 80% market share for diesel pistons among the Japanese commercial vehicle manufacturers and a high share among Japanese passenger vehicles (including steel-pistons). The company, MAHLE Engine Components Japan Corporation, serves the needs of Japanese OEMs of passenger cars, commercial vehicles, agricultural and construction machinery, and stationary engine.

MAHLE in Japan is the first in the world to mass produce plastic cylinder head cover in 1982. Aside from its core expertise in the filtration of air, fuel, and oil, the value-added expertise in plastic technology, a key contributing factor of weight-reduction, is also applied to plastic oil-pan, air intake module, among others. This business unit is represented through MAHLE Filter Systems Japan Corporation.

Aside from engine cooling solutions for ICE, MAHLE provides battery thermal management for electrified powertrains. MAHLE also provides air-conditioning solutions, which is not only for the comfort of the passenger but also integral in extending the cruising of EVs. The company in Japan, MAHLE Behr Japan K.K, is the technical liaison to Japanese OEMs.

Technologies in the areas of electronics, mechatronics, and traction motors, all of which drive forward the advancement of e-mobility, are grouped under this business unit. Aside from EV applications, MAHLE also provides electronic and mechatronic components, which are used in braking systems, steering systems, HVAC systems. The company in Japan, MAHLE Electric Drives Japan Corporation, is a specialist of motor, actuator, and generator.

The company in Japan, represented by MAHLE Trading Japan Co., Ltd., works closely with the different MAHLE production locations to serve the Aftermarket needs not only in its home turf, but worldwide. Already a market leader in Egypt, Pakistan, and among ASEAN countries, the company is the key driver in promoting the “MAHLE IZUMI” brand wherever Japanese vehicles have a sizeable presence.