Mahindra North American Technical Center, Inc.

MNATC Leverages Detroit’s Automotive Talent & Intellect
The newest American chapter of the $16.9 billion multi-national group Mahindra, the Mahindra North American Technical Center was established in Troy, MI in 2013 to leverage the automotive talent and intellect surrounding Detroit.

In building the MNATC team we placed a premium on experience our veteran engineers have worked an average of 25 years at diverse and forward-thinking companies like Apple, Mercedes, Ford, Boeing, Tesla, Toyota and Gulfstream. This experience is the cornerstone of a distinctively open, entrepreneurial work environment that emphasizes creativity and collaborative vigor so that breakthrough ideas are realized with exceptional speed, efficiency and result.

Utilizing our full design-to-development facility, our team is empowered to take a holistic approach to platform, system and component engineering to ensure Mahindra vehicles are continually improving and getting to market faster. Poised for the future, MNATC today stands as a robust and agile agent of engineering one that takes pride in knowing its work will soon be driven the world over.

A Heritage of Purpose
Our heritage is one of building purposeful, hard-working vehicles. At Mahindra, it’s always been grit over glamour; function over flash. Emphasizing integrity and practical innovation, we’re dedicated to developing vehicle platforms capable of withstanding the world’s toughest commutes. Simply put: Our goal is engineering vehicles to a global standard. The entirety of our insight and experience is put towards that end.

One of the first automakers granted the rights to manufacture the Willys jeep in 1947, Mahindra proudly began building the same jeeps that helped the allied forces to victory in World War II. The Willys, so relied upon by the U.S. military in Korea and Vietnam, also proved well-suited for negotiating the underdeveloped Indian landscape and infrastructure and soon became ubiquitous on and off roads across the country.

During the nearly 70 years since, Mahindra-made Willys have carried Popes and U.S. Presidents in celebration and delivered GI’s and peacekeepers to safety. Though its essence has remained unchanged, in 2010 we christened our Willys jeep “Thar,” believing the name to be a perfect embodiment of the vehicle’s character and toughness. Today, that toughness spans our entire automotive line, from the Scorpio and Bolero to our signature XUV5OO. We consider these to be not just vehicles, but emblems of our company’s ideology and spirit. Like Thar and every other vehicle we make, Mahindra is bold, resilient and undaunted by any obstacle in the road to progress.

RISE Challenges MNATC to be Positive Force in Community
The Mahindra Group’s Core Purpose:

We will challenge conventional thinking and innovatively use all our resources to drive positive change in the lives of our stakeholders and communities across the world, to enable them to RISE.

What does RISE mean to us at Mahindra North American Technical Center? It means taking an active role in the revitalization and renewal of one of America’s greatest cities. It means engaging and empowering the greater Detroit community in which we work and live. It means a commitment to philanthropy and conscientious business practices. It means uplifting and inspiring you the very individuals who make our work meaningful. RISE is Mahindra’s recognition of our shared role in sustaining the wellness of our population and our planet. It is our commitment not only to a better future, but to a better today. This RISE philosophy is implicit in all we do.

In adherence to the ideals outlined above, MNATC, in partnership with Mahindra USA was proud to establish the Mahindra Urban Agriculture Grant Program in Detroit this year. On June 4th, 2015 MNATC contributed money and equipment totaling $100,000 to the City of Detroit and five Detroit-based non-profit organizations committed to sustainable urban farming.

Detroit organizations, and their respective programs, receiving 2015 Mahindra Urban Agricultural grants or gifts are listed below:

The Greening of Detroit (Build-a-Garden)$20,000
Keep Growing Detroit (Garden Resource Program)$20,000
Full Circle Foundation (Edible Garden)$5,000
Neighbors Building Brightmoor (Brightmoor Farmway)$5,000
Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (D-Town Farm)4025 4WD Mahindra tractor (retail value $31,000)
City of Detroit mPACT XTV utility vehicle (retail value $16,000)