Driven by auto industry, Aguascalientes attracts FDI worth US$900 million in 2018
The state of Aguascalientes received nearly US$900 million of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2018, of which 49% was earmarked…
Nissan plants resume operations amid uncertainty for layoffs
Thousands of workers from the two Nissan plants in Aguascalientes returned yesterday to their jobs with the uncertainty of not…
Pay raises take effect for 4,300 Audi workers
The 4,300 unionized workers of Audi Mexico began the year with a salary adjustment of between 5.35 and 5.76% as…
KIA workforce in Nuevo Leon unaffected by end of production of Forte hatchback
Executives from KIA Motors Mexico informed that the decision to stop producing the hatchback version of the KIA Forte in…
First 1,000 units of next-gen Mazda3 on their way to Mexican customers
The Japanese automaker Mazda will begin to deliver in the coming days the first units of the next-generation Mazda3 in…
GM delivers first units of the all-new 2019 Chevrolet Blazer
The first units of the all-new 2019 Chevrolet Blazer went on sale in December, even before the online configurator became…
London-based ContourGlobal acquires two power plants from Alpek for US$724 million
ContourGlobal plc, a London-based owner and operator of contracted wholesale power generation businesses, announced it has reached an agreement with…
Grupo Modelo US$ 756-million brewery is practically completed and ready to go
Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo, subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev, expects to increase its production capacity between 8 and 9% during 2019…
US auto sales jump 2.2% in December, 0.6% throughout the year
Auto dealers in the U.S. market sold 1.64 million light vehicles in December, up 2.2% compared to same month of…
Automotive manufacturing exports slowed down in November
4 January, 2019In November, manufacturing exports in the automotive sector slowed down after recording double-digit annual growth rates between July and October….
Mexico automotive trade surplus likely reached US$ 80 billion in 2018, AMIA says
4 January, 2019The Mexican Automotive Industry Association (AMIA) estimated that the trade balance of the auto assembly sector reached a surplus close…
Cementos de Chihuahua invests US$ 105 million at Dakota plant to add output capacity
3 January, 2019Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, S.A.B. de C.V., (GCC) announced that the expansion of its Rapid City, South Dakota cement plant…
Korean die caster Kodaco unveils US$9.4-million investment for Coahuila plant
3 January, 2019Korean die casting products manufacturer Kodaco unveiled a US$9.4-million investment plan for its Mexican subsidiary MKDC de MĂ©xico to improve…
Navistar posts solid fiscal year results on strong sales, growing market share
3 January, 2019For the second straight, commercial trucks and diesel engines manufacturer Navistar finished the fiscal year with a profit. The company…
DENSO launches major reorganization focused on electrification, self-driving tech
2 January, 2019Japanese automotive supplier DENSO Corporation announced that it will change its organization and executive responsibility starting January 1, 2019, in…
First units of Mexico-made BMW 3 Series might miss a few options, packages
2 January, 2019The first BMW 3 Series sedans built at the San Luis Potosi plant will reportedly not include all the packages…
Ford trademarks Mach E name, likely for upcoming electric crossover
2 January, 2019Ford Motor Company has registered two new names––Mach E and Mach-E––to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to…
FCA Saltillo plant builds its four millionth Pentastar engine
2 January, 2019Seven years after its inauguration, and 22 months after achieving the production of 3 million engines, the four millionth Pentastar…
GM outpaces Nissan as Mexico biggest automaker
2 January, 2019During 2018, General Motors rose to first place as the biggest producer and exporter of vehicles in Mexico after displacing…
Sporty Jetta GLI variant to debut at Chicago Auto Show
20 December, 2018Just a few days after Autoblog confirmed that Volkswagen will debut a sportier version of the Jetta compact sedan at…
