Mahindra opens its First Technical Center in USA

Mahindra recently inaugurated its new Technical Center in Troy, Michigan. This facility is the company’s first technical center in USA and will leverage Michigan’s large automotive talent pool to provide design and consulting services for Mahindra’s automotive customers in the region as well as support Mahindra’s automotive and tractor engineering requirements in India. This new facility will initially employ 25 engineers and has been designed to accommodate double that number in the future. 

Present on this occasion was Mr. Rajan Wadhera, Chief Executive —Technology, Product Development and Sourcing, Automotive & Farm Equipment Sectors, Mahindra Group, India who inaugurated the facility along with Mr. Micheal Finney, President & CEO, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Ms. Janice Daniels, Mayor, City of Troy and Mr. Prashant Kamat, CEO, Mahindra Engineering, India. 

“This new Technology Center will serve as a base for Mahindra to address the engineering demand for our automotive & farm engineering requirements together with our Global Development Center in India. The Troy Center is the latest addition to our ‘neural network’ of innovation which also comprises of our other research facilities in India, US, China and Korea,” said Rajan Wadhera, Chief Executive —Technology, Product Development and Sourcing, Automotive & Farm Equipment Sectors, Mahindra Group. 

The Mahindra Group has had a long and enduring presence in North America with businesses ranging from IT to tractors and aerospace. Houston, Texas based Mahindra USA (MUSA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., began selling tractors in the USA in 1994. MUSA has since grown rapidly due to high customer satisfaction levels and strong customer referrals. The company has three distribution points in the USA to help meet the needs of its customers and the growing demand for its products.

Mahindra USA was the first Indian company to sponsor a car in the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series and MUSA sponsored NASCAR driver, DJ Kennington recently won his fifth consecutive race in the 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season, with a victory in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Through the years, Mahindra has sponsored a college scholarship for recipients of the national FFA’s Women in Agriculture program. The Women in Ag Scholarship Program recognizes the important role that women play in the future of the agricultural industry.