Automotive supplier MAHLE plans to sell its MAHLE Powertrain (MPT) US engineering services business, MAHLE Powertrain LLC, to the Dumarey Group (formerly known as PUNCH Group). Both parties have signed a contract to this effect at the end of 2024. The transaction includes the MPT facilities in Plymouth, Michigan, with currently around 70 employees, providing testing and engineering services to US customers. Closing is expected in Q1/2025.

The MAHLE Powertrain branches and their locations outside the USA are not part of the sale and will continue their business from five dedicated facilities in the United Kingdom, Germany and China, fully integrated in the MAHLE Group’s R&D network.

MAHLE Powertrain is the engineering services subsidiary of the MAHLE Group providing engineering and consultancy services for the design, testing, development, calibration and integration of electrified powertrain systems and hybridised internal combustion engines. The decision to sell the US branch is a result of an ongoing review of the long-term strategic positioning of MAHLE.

The engineering services market in the USA is highly competitive with consolidation of the business to be expected. Due to the small size and small market share of MPT USA, MAHLE sees bigger opportunities for the future growth of this business outside the group.

The Dumarey Group is a Belgium-based independent supplier for the development, integration and manufacture of competitive powertrain solutions.