- CEO
- Pieter Klinkers
- Full Time Employees
- 5,056
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Auto parts: OEM
- Address
- Rua Dr. Othon Barcellos, 83 São Paulo SP Brazil 012730-900
- IPO Date
- Apr 6, 1994
- Business
- Iochpe-Maxion S.A. manufactures and sells automotive wheels and structural components for commercial, light vehicles, and agricultural machinery worldwide. The company operates through Maxion Wheels, which produces steel wheels for light vehicles, commercial vehicles, and tractors; aluminum wheels for light vehicles; and Maxion Structural Components, which supplies side rails, cross members, full frames, and assemblies for commercial and light vehicles; through its AmstedMaxion joint venture, it also provides railway wheels, castings, industrial castings, and freight wagons. Founded in 1918 and headquartered in Cruzeiro, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Iochpe-Maxion maintains 32 manufacturing plants across 14 countries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia, serving major original equipment manufacturers with a geographically diversified revenue base.
Iochpe-Maxion targets the automotive and transportation sectors, holding leading global positions in steel wheels and significant shares in aluminum wheels and structural components in the Americas. In August 2025, the company appointed Pieter Klinkers, previously CEO of Maxion Wheels, as President and CEO. It launched the ROADMAP ZERO strategy with net-zero targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in September 2025, aiming for carbon neutrality by 2040; expanded its Formare youth training program to India; announced strategic actions including capacity expansions for light vehicle aluminum wheels in South America; and signed a contract with Brazil's Financier of Studies and Projects (FINEP) in March 2025 to advance its innovation plan.