History
- 1941: Mr. Adolf Mann and Dr. Erich Hummel establish ‘Filterwerk Mann+Hummel GmbH (today Mann+Hummel GmbH) in Ludwigsburg, near Stuttgart
- 1946: The Filap production facility is set up in Speyer (in Rhineland-Palatinate) for industrial filters
- 1948: Foundation of the Plant Technology Division (today M+H ProTec GmbH)
- 1951: Development and SOP of paper filters and fine filter elements for air and oil filtration
- 1958: Production of spin-on oil filters commences
- 1959: Co-operation begins with filter manufacturers in Argentina and Brazil
- 1962: Purchase of an old noodle factory in Marklkofen, Bavaria and conversion into our third production site in Germany
- 1965: Foundation of the first foreign company: Filtros Mann S.A., Zaragoza/ Spain, today M+H Iberica
- 1969: Purchase of a further production site in Ludwigsburg and expansion of the Plant Technology Division (today M+H ProTec GmbH)
- 1970: Centralisation of all existing Speyer plants at the current Industrial Filters Business Unit site
- 1981: Start of development of engine intake manifolds made of plastic
- 1988: Acquisition of M+H Hydromation N.V., in Tongeren/Belgium
- 1991: Acquisition of Plasta in Sonneberg (Thuringia), today: M+H GmbH
- 1992: The Industrial Filters Business Unit is established
- 1993: Plants established in the Czech Republic and Mexico; acquisition of Somos GmbH, Weiterstadt (Hesse)
- 1994: Foundation of M+H USA INC.
- 1995: Several acquisitions and new companies set up in the USA, Great Britain, Singapore and China
- 1997: Separation of ProTec Business Unit to create M+H ProTec GmbH, Ludwigsburg; acquisition of Vollmar Anlagentechnik (ProTec Business Unit)
- 1998: Takeover of Advanced Filtration Concepts Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, USA and Geiger Technic Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. Today: M+H USA, Inc.
- 1999: foundation of M+H Japan Ltd. in Yokohama and M+H France S.A.R.L. in Gennevilliers, France
- 2000: Acquisition of the Oil Conditioning Systems (OCS) Division from the US Federal-Mogul Group; sales office established in Warsaw/Poland and foundation of the Joint Venture G.U.D. M+H Filter Systems (Pty) Ltd in South Africa
- 2001: Foundation of M and H Australia (Pty) in Sydney, Australia
- 2002: Acquisition of the Air Induction Systems and Technical Parts (AIS/TP) Division from the Belgian-based Solvay Group Service Centre Scandinavia established in Gothenburg, Sweden; foundation of the Joint Ventures Shanghai M+H Filter Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China, and M+H Fawer Filter Co. Ltd. in Changchun, China; Joint-Venture established in South Korea: DongWoo M+H Co. Ltd. (today: M+H Dongwoo Co. Ltd.)
- 2003: Filterwerk M+H GmbH renamed M+H GmbH; sales office established in Sondrio, Italy. Sales facility for the ProTec Business Unit set up in Gex, France, following acquisition of Per-colorS.a.r.L; relocation of the ProTec plants in Weiterstadt (Hesse) and Königswinter (North Rhine-Westphalia) to Bensheim (Hesse); sales office opened in Bangalore, India
- 2004: foundation of M+H Italia S.r.l. in Turin, Italy; foundation of Joint Venture M+H Wako Co. Ltd based in Shin-Yokohama, Japan
- 2005: M and H Filter Private Limited set up in Bangalore, India; Foundation of M+H Hungary Ltd. based in Budapest, Hungary; sales Offices established in Moscow, Russia, and Istanbul, Turkey
- 2006: Joint Venture established in India; majority shareholding acquired in Unico Filter D.D., Bosnia-Herzegovina; renamed M+H BA J.S.C. Tesanj; the Bosch Group and M+H take over the Purolator filter business from ArvinMeritor Inc. on 01.04.2006; foundation of M+H Korea Limited, Seoul
- 2007: foundation of subsidiary M+H OOO in Moscow, Russia, with its own production site; Acquisition of the cabin filter manufacturer helsa-automotive GmbH & Co. KG, based in Gefrees. 100% takeover of the Chinese Joint Venture Shanghai M+H Filter Co. Ltd
- 2008: Helsa-automotive GmbH & Co. KG renamed M+H Innenraumfilter GmbH & Co. KG.; 100% takeover of the Korean filter specialist Dongwoo Co Ltd and name change to M+H Dongwoo Co. Ltd.; foundation of M+H Filter (Shanghai) Co Ltd in Shanghai, China; US subsidiary Universal Dynamics Inc. is sold to the Italian company Piovan; foundation of Mann ve Hummel Filtre Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd Sirketi in Istanbul, Turkey; foundation of M+H Sp. z.o.o. in Warsaw, Poland
- 2009: Merger between MANN+HUMMEL Dongwoo and MANN+HUMMEL Korea; Incorporation of MANN+HUMMEL (CHINA) CO. LTD.; Foundation of MHB FILTER INDIA PRIVATE LTD., Nalagarh, India
- 2010: Foundation of MANN+HUMMEL Brazil, Contagem City; Foundation of MANN+HUMMEL FILTER (Jinan) Co. LTD, China; Takeover of membrane specialist Ultra-Flo, Singapore.
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