MWM International Motores is a fully owned subsidiary of Navistar since 2005. It was formerly known as MWM Motores Diesel Ltda. (MWM), and before that, Motoren Werke Mannheim AG. It is a Brazilian company specialized in the manufacturing of Diesel engines for automotive applications. The German company MWM was founded in 1922 after Carl Benz split the engine business off from his company, Benz AG. The first Chief Engineer was Prosper L´Orange, a famous pioneer in Diesel technology. In 1985, the Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG (KHD) from Cologne took over MWM, later renamed Deutz AG. Deutz AG spun off Deutz Power Systems, which has been renamed MWM (Motoren Werke Mannheim AG).