Production of Volkswagen plant in Puebla up 5.9% during May
Last May, production of Volkswagen at its Puebla assembly plant totaled 44,311 vehicles, which represents a 5.9% increase compared to…
Mexican Beers Conquer U.S. Market
Brewers Expand Aggressively in Mexico’s Northern Region By Nancy J. Gonzalez Corona and Dos Equis (XX) lovers made Mexico the…
Plastic Omnium plant in Guanajuato earns Ford’s Q1 distinction
Plastic Omnium’s plant located in Silao, Guanajuato, in recent days received the Q1 distinction from Ford Motor Company for meeting…
Forecast: US tariffs on imported vehicles would cost automakers 1 million annual sales
Should the Trump administration impose tariffs on imported vehicles, U.S. auto sales could drop by somewhere between 1 and 2…
Premium automotive lighting supplier Odelo-Farba weighs to set up operations in Aguascalientes
Officials from Turkey-based auto parts supplier Odelo-Farba confirmed their interest in investing in Aguascalientes state to start manufacturing operations of…
American Axle to supply power transfer units to Ford Crossovers
American Axle & Manufacturing will supply Power Transfer Units (PTU) for Ford Motor Co. crossover vehicles with all-wheel drive (AWD)…
American Axle to supply power transfer units for 2019 Ford crossovers
American Axle & Manufacturing will supply Power Transfer Units (PTU) for Ford Motor Co. crossover vehicles with all-wheel drive (AWD)…
UGN Inc. hires lean manufacturing veteran Donald Nelson as COO
Illinois-based automotive components manufacturer UGN Inc. announced it has selected lean manufacturing veteran Donald J. Nelson as the company’s new…
Steel, aluminum tariffs have already driven up General Motors costs, says CEO
Tariffs on aluminum and steel have already driven up costs in General Motors, CEO Mary Barra acknowledged Tuesday during a…
Ohio-based Bendix celebrates 30 years of manufacturing operations in Acuña, Coahuila
13 June, 2018First came Plant I, in May 1988, focused on OEM assembly and machining for the Controls business unit. Plant II…
Mexico’s auto production up 3.9% in May; exports? Yeah, about that…
12 June, 2018Mexico’s auto production grew 3.9% last May to 352,860 units, a record for the month, according to the latest data…
Bulkmatic invests US$ 100 million to build fuel storage facilities in Hidalgo and Sonora
12 June, 2018Bulkmatic Transport Co., a dry bulk carrier based in Indiana which currently builds a fuel storage terminal in Salinas Victoria,…
Regardless of NAFTA, Ferrero Rocher weighs investments in Mexico for up to US$ 200 million
11 June, 2018Five years after inaugurating its first plant in Mexico, Italian chocolatier Ferrero Rocher has started new investments to increase its…
Texas-based refiner Andeavor to build US$ 100 million fuel storage facility in Baja California
11 June, 2018Andeavor recently announced plans to build a refined products terminal in the state of Baja California, specifically at the Rosarito…
Boosted by automation, Tesla is on track to build 5,000 Model 3 cars per week
11 June, 2018Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed last week that production of Model 3 has steadily improved at the Tesla Factory in…
German auto supplier HELLA opens US$12 million plant in Guanajuato
11 June, 2018German automotive electronics and lightning components supplier Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., better known as HELLA, inaugurated its eighth manufacturing…
Japanese manufacturer Nissen Chemitec opens US$18 million plant in Guanajuato
11 June, 2018Nissen Chemitec, a Japanese manufacturer of automotive injection molded parts, inaugurated its first production facility in Mexico, located in the…
Italian automated die casting solutions supplier Artimpianti to open new plant in Nuevo Leon
8 June, 2018Artimpianti Group, an Italian designer and manufacturer of aluminum gravity die casting machines and peripheral processes, announced it will open…
Daimler unveils electric Class 8 truck likely to be built in Saltillo
8 June, 2018Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) unveiled earlier this week two new, fully-electric trucks from Freightliner, its leading U.S. truck brand,…
Here’s how US sales of Mexico-made vehicles ended up in May
7 June, 2018Demand of light trucks reflected in sales of some Mexico-made models in May with three-digit and two-digit growing rates for…
