At the end of 2021, Mexico was positioned as the fourth largest auto parts manufacturer in the world, according to information from the National Auto Parts Industry ( INA). Our country invoiced more than 94 million dollars in parts. Fourth largest auto parts manufacturer worldwide during 2021, according to the National Auto Parts Industry (INA). During this period, Mexico invoiced 94.778 billion dollars while Germany invoiced 87.224 billion dollars, which places Mexico above Germany. This increase is due to the fact that with the trade agreement between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T

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 trend of annual contractions. However, Mexican car shipments abroad totaled 201,868 units, which represented a 5.66% contraction, adding eight consecutive months of annual rate declines. In its monthly

The possibility of a new crisis in the automotive industry in Mexico, not only in Coahuila, was warned by Tereso Medina Ramírez, who pointed out that he does not want this to lead to the dismissal of workers, but that there could be technical stoppages as happened during the pandemic. The state leader of the CTM in Coahuila pointed out that the situation that could cause this new alarm in the production of automobiles and trucks is the military intervention of Russia in Ukraine, where there is one of the largest semiconductor or chip production plants, a problem that has not yet been solved

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 new investments in industrial plants and 13 to expansions of existing plants. The report details that during the 4Q of 2021, 21 investment projects were received in the sector from 10 countries. It also

The relevance of Mexico’s automotive industry has consistently grown since 1998. At the end of the 90s, the Latin American country assembled slightly over 500 thousand vehicles per year. In 2015, the vehicle production soared to 3.2 million vehicles. In the past 17 years, the number of exported vehicles grew from 172 thousand units or approximately 1/3 of the production, to 2.6 million units or 4/5 of the production. In 2015, Mexico became the leading Latin American automotive producer, the world’s seventh largest producer and the fifth largest exporter of vehicles. Ten to fifteen thousand

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 companies not only because of its geographical location, but also because of the quality of the labor force it offers. " It is very eloquent to know that Queretaro, despite the fact that it does not have a

The auto parts industry is working hand in hand with the Ministry of Economy (SE) to create Mexican Official Standards (NOM) to standardize the quality of automotive parts . "Very few spare parts in Mexico have a NOM, so we are practically starting from scratch," said Oscar Albin, president of the National Auto Parts Industry (INA). The objective is for the new standards to distinguish between a good quality original product and piracy, so that spare parts that do not meet minimum quality standards cannot be marketed in the country, said the industry leader. The absence of NOM's in the spare

Mexico increased the value of its auto parts production by 10.3% between 2011 and 2012, displacing South Korea as the fifth largest global manufacturer of automotive parts and components. Mexico's main advantage over Asia was the diversification of sales, since while the bulk of South Korea's auto parts production is for its assembly plants (such as Hyundai, Kia and SsangYong), Mexico serves several Asian, American and European brands, explained Oscar Albin, president of INA. Since 2009, the auto parts sector in Mexico has recorded a sustained increase and in 2012 production reached a historic

MEXICO CITY - The metal-mechanic industry includes everything from screw manufacturers to equipment producers, and the National Chamber of the Transformation Industry (Canacintra) is seeking to boost this sector through certifications, greater linkage and technification of production plants, explained Pablo Alberto Briseño Alonso, liaison president of the metal-mechanic branch of the business organization. The metal-mechanic industry is made up of 18 branches and the lack of an industrial policy aimed at promoting this sector has limited the growth of some of them. For example, according to