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June 2012
MANN+HUMMEL
opens new plant
for cabin air filters
MANN+HUMMEL has opened
a new plant for cabin air filters in
Himmelkron. “This will expand our
production capacity and improve lo-
gistics”, explained Managing Direc-
tors, Dr. Michael Durst and Alexan-
der Stein of the company.
About 300 employees who up to
now worked at the Himmelkron and
Gefrees locations of the filtration
specialist will be employed in the
new plant.
Cabin air filters are of strategic im-
portance to the MANN+HUMMEL
Group. Regardless of whether ve-
hicles have a combustion engine or
an alternative drive system, they are
increasingly fitted with a cabin air
filter. The worldwide production last
year of about 75 million vehicles
is set to increase to more than 100
million vehicles in 2017. Therefore
there is a large potential for the de-
velopment and production of cabin
air filters.
Since the end of 2007 produc-
tion in Gefrees has been part of the
MANN+HUMMEL Group with its
headquarters in Ludwigsburg. The
team produces high quality cabin air
filter elements for the automotive in-
dustry and automotive-related appli-
cations. Filters produced in Gefrees
and Himmelkron are earmarked for
OE production and the aftermarket
of car and commercial vehicle man-
ufacturers, as well as for being sold
under the MANN-FILTER brand in
the independent aftermarket.
The MANN+HUMMEL Group
has on average since the mid-1990s
enjoyed annual growth of around
nine per cent and plans to increase
turnover by 2018 to at least 3.4 bil-
lion euros. The newly opened cabin
air filter center at Himmelkron will
support this growth strategy. The
group is accordingly investing in
new technology, buildings and pro-
duction lines to promote the planned
growth. Investments in German lo-
cations alone amount to more than
25 million euros. Investment vol-
ume for the new cabin filter plant at
Himmelkron is 17 million euros.
On May 11, MANN+HUMMEL
inaugurated a new extension to its
Sonneberg plant in Thuringia. Ex-
pansion of the plant at Marklkofen
in Bavaria is underway.
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MANN+HUMMEL’s new plant for cabin air filters in Himmelkron