Wix Filters’ Gary Winslow gives readers the lowdown on the historic filters brand.
For 80 years, Wix Filters has been supplying filters for passenger cars and many varieties of heavyduty machinery and equipment. We can draw on years of experience and our dedicated, expert staff, modern production lines and laboratories and constant quality control ensure excellent product standards.
Our story begins in the late 1930s, in North Carolina, when Jack Wicks and Paul Crawshaw began making car filters. In 1954, they patented the “twist of the wrist” thread filter, which quickly became a standard in the automotive sector as the ‘spin-on’ filter. Since then, subsequent solutions have proven to be successful in the filter industry. Today, our filters range includes over 16,000 separate automotive products designed for passenger cars, trucks, buses and heavy machines and equipment. The Wix Filters portfolio includes fuel, oil, air, and cabin air filters, as well as air dryers, coolant, hydraulic oil, and urea filters, all promoted further with a host of supplementary products.
Driven by motorsport
Passion for motorsport and the need for constantly testing technologies led to race tracks half a century ago. Wix Filters are installed in racing cars as a reliable solution in the toughest of conditions. For 80 years, it has been among the elite filter manufacturers. We are present in 80 markets today and our filters are produced in 10 countries over five continents. We do everything to guarantee the high quality of each new product and of the entire range.
In May 2016, the process of incorporating the Wix Filters brand into the MANN+HUMMEL group was completed, which resulted in the creation of one of the world’s largest filtration technology companies. MANN+HUMMEL is a leading global expert for filtration solutions and original equipment supplier to the global automotive industry. The company also guarantees the reliability of Wix Filters. Our certified management systems, OE experience and know-how ensures that MANN+HUMMEL can maintain commitment to high reliable quality for all our individual product brands. Each new product undergoes a series of tests carried out in our own and independent laboratories. Wix Filters has quality management systems that meet ISO 9001, IATF 16949 and ISO 14001:2015 environmental standards.
New solutions are constantly introduced to ensure increasingly accurate filtration. New raw materials and filtration solutions are being designed and tested continually to give a higher and more fluid solution to the highest filtration requirements in modern close tolerance engines. All departments of design, technology and laboratories around the world are constantly working together to create the best product. We cannot predict what the world will look like in 20 years, however we will certainly provide filter solutions for the vehicles of the future.
