The plant of more than 33,500 square meters will employ approximately 1,500 people and will manufacture automotive seating structures, instrument panels and center consoles.
The new facility features bioclimatic principles to optimize energy efficiency, which will further the Group's commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. The 33,500-square-meter plant will employ approximately 1,500…
The Italian company Brembo - present in Mexico with production plants in Puebla, Apodaca and Escobedo - closed the first half of the year with a net profit of 148.9 million euros, 17.3% higher compared to the same period last year. Revenues amounted to €1.75 billion, an increase of 28.3% compared to the first half of 2021.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (…
Despite the crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the shortage of components and microprocessors for vehicle production, Mexico continues to offer competitive advantages compared to other countries, in addition to being one of the main manufacturing hubs worldwide, said Francisco Bautista, Ernst & Young (EY) Latin America North Advanced Manufacturing and Mobility Lead Partner.
During…
The country's capital was the main consumer of hybrid and electric vehicles in Mexico at the end of 2021, since of the 47,079 units sold with these technologies in the January-December period last year, 23.5% were sold in the CDMX, according to figures published by the Mexican Association of the Automotive Industry (AMIA).
Based on the Administrative Registry of the Automotive Industry of Light…
According to INEGI figures, in 2021, Mexico produced a total of 2,979,276 light vehicles and according to forecasts from various firms and statistical sites such as IHS Markit and Statista, in 2022 production could increase to between 3.1 and 3.4 million units, depending on market movement and the development of the global semiconductor supply crisis, which is still expected to continue…
February was a month of mixed results for the automotive industry, on the one hand, with an increase in domestic production, but also a continued drop in exports, Inegi reported on Friday.
In the second month of the year, 240,479 vehicles were manufactured in the country, which represented an increase of only 0.66 percent with respect to the same period last year, thus reversing a seven-month…
The Italian Trade Agency Office in Mexico City hands out the Italian Plastic Technology Award and the Italian Packaging Technology Award. The project aims to create a link between graduates and undergraduates in engineering programs at leading Mexican universities, and to increase their awareness of leading technology and solutions available in Italian plastics and packaging machinery.
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By: Ivet Rodríguez
The installation of Audi, BMW and Mercedes Benz-Infinit plants in Mexico is an opportunity to raise the level of automotive production in the country. However, on the road to premium quality, there are several challenges to overcome, such as the consolidation of a competitive supplier base.
Armando Bravo, Director of the Center for the Development of the Automotive…