According to La Cámara Nacional el Hierro y el Acero (Canacero) Mexico ranked 15th as a world producer of crude steel in 2021 and generated 672,000 direct and indirect jobs, with an investment of $14,461 mdd in the last 10 years, that is, from 2012 to 2021.
A total of 18.5 million tons of crude steel were produced in 2021, a figure that represented a reduction of -8.3% compared to the record…
He commented that these industries include food, commercial and metal mechanics, among others, which, if their investment in this site is completed, could create between 1,500 and 2,000 direct jobs.
He commented that there is no investment average for these industries, given that they depend on the line of business and the size that their plants require to operate, but minimally they could be…
A center for industrial innovation in design and digital manufacturing for the Bajío aerospace sector (CIIA) was inaugurated on Tuesday in Aguascalientes, Mexico, to boost aeronautics companies in that country.
The project involves the Government of the State of Aguascalientes, private companies and the Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes on behalf of the academic sector.
The new center…
The northern region (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon and Zacatecas) was the area with the second largest number of projects and the first in cumulative investment amount, with US$2,456.6 million (+65.59% vs. 2020), mainly concentrated in the state of Coahuila, which received the largest investment in 2021 with the announcement by General Motors to transform its Ramos Arizpe complex into…
With 62 projects and 1,093.17 million dollars in investments, the Bajío region (Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí) continues to be the automotive zone with the greatest movement and dynamism in the country. In 2021, the Bajío recovered 17,643 jobs and accumulated more than 2.8 million square meters of construction of automotive plants and new industrial park projects for…
The most recent report from Directorio Automotriz detailed that Guanajuato attracted more than 26 projects for new plants or expansions, making it the state that attracted the most investment in the automotive sector in all of Mexico during 2021.
The report details that during the 4Q of 2021, 21 investment projects were received in the sector, coming from 10 countries. Of these, 8 correspond to…
After commenting that in the last 10 years Mexico has worked on market diversification and that as a result South America, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia represent the second most important market for the automotive sector, after the United States, the Executive President of the National Auto Parts Industry (INA), Óscar Albín Santos referred to this state, which, he said, is attractive for…
The Japanese automaker Honda announced Thursday that it will invest $470million dollars to build its fourth plant in Mexico, which will be located in Celaya, Guanajuato, and will specialize in the production of transmissions.
Tetsuo Iwamura, executive vice president of Honda Motor, said the new factory will generate 1,500 direct jobs and will start operations in the second half of 2015.
Last year…