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29 AutoData | December 2018 Christian Castanho M WM Motores Diesel has got another reason to celebrate 2018: the election in the category Powertrain (Engines, Axles and Transmissions) of the AutoData Award, which crowned a year of several celebrations. First, in March, it reached a representative milestone of 4.3 million engines produced, considering all applications - vehicular, agricultural, construction, power generation, industrial and maritime. Later, in April, an important anniversary: the company celebrated the first 65 years of its foundation. And finally in May, a new production milestone, this one of 100 thousand Big Bore engine blocks machined in the factory installed in the Santo Amaro neighborhood, South Zone of the São Paulo capital - the line was inaugurated in 2007. The blocks, in compacted graphite iron, are for 11-liter and 13-liter engines and proceed to the Navistar engine plant in Huntsville, Alabama, United States, where they are assembled. The MWM engines range from 2.8 to 7.2 liters and are developed by the Brazilian engineering, as well as tested and validated at the technology center, also located in Santo Amaro. In addition to the Brazilian market, the products go to 45 countries such as South Africa, Argentina, South Korea, Egypt, Spain and Mexico, where they are delivered to over two hundred customers. The spare parts portfolio encompasses more than 18 thousand items divided by its three lines of spare parts: genuine parts, master parts and optional parts. The distribution chain has more than eight hundred points in Brazil and in the world. This year, the company even developed a sustainable packaging for its spare parts, initiative that should avoid the cut down of 22 thousand trees/year and generate economy of R$ 920 thousand every year thanks to a longer life cycle of these packages via reuse. José Eduardo Luzzi, president of Navistar Mercosur, states: “For us, the AutoData Award is extremely important not only for reflecting the recognition of our market, our customers, suppliers and partners regarding our work, but also for coming from a publisher with high credibility. This gives us a very important business card. AutoData is extremely reliable and has been a reference in the industry for decades, which transfers that credibility to MWM”. “For us the AutoData Award is extremely important not only for reflecting the recognition of our market, our customers, suppliers and partners regarding our work, but also for coming from a publisher with high credibility.” José Eduardo Luzzi, president of Navistar Mercosur Left to right, Renato Arroyo Barbeiro, Thomas Püschel, Fabiana Testa, Michael Andreas Ketterer, José Eduardo Luzzi and Wesley Fernandes