Voestalpine opens US$ 30 million cold stamping plant in Aguascalientes
Austrian manufacturer Voestalpine AG recently started operations in a new cold stamping production site in Aguascalientes, central Mexico. Voestalpine Automotive…
One year after opening, Grupo Modelo weighs to double capacity at Yucatan brewery
Cerveceria Yucateca, Grupo Modelo’s newest brewery might double its production capacity in the coming years in demand keeps its pace,…
Italian appliances manufacturer Grupo Elica expands output capacity by 25% in Queretaro
Grupo Elica, an Italy-based manufacturer of extractor hoods, invested US$ 5 million and opened 100 job positions to expand capacity…
U.S.–Mexico trade increases but border infrastructure lags
MexicoNOW Staff Report Even though cross-border trade surpassed US$500 billion yearly, most of the goods and raw material transported through…
Mexican utility company Ener AB orders 85 wind turbines from Vestas
Danish wind turbines manufacturer Vestas announced that Ener AB, a joint venture between Virginia-based AES Corporation and Mexico’s Grupo BAL,…
Auto tariffs would kill 157,000 jobs in the US, says study
Should the Administration of President Donald Trump to impose a 25% tariff on imported cars for reasons of national security,…
Volkswagen halts Jetta production in Puebla due to teamsters strike in Brazil
A strike of teamsters in Brazil affected the supply of engines for the Volkswagen plant in Puebla, hence production of the…
Mexico publishes retaliatory tariffs on US imports
Mexico on Tuesday unveiled the complete list of tariff-enforced products with which it responds to sanctions that the United States…
Trump signals US would seek two separate trade deals with Mexico and Canada
President Donald Trump wants to end three-party renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to instead strike deals…
US largest privately-held provider of metal finishing services acquires plant in Coahuila
5 June, 2018Lincoln Industries, U.S. largest privately-held provider of metal finishing services, announced that it has acquired affiliated Wisconsin-based businesses, Southwest Metal…
Ferromex customers halt steel exports to the US until further notice
5 June, 2018Ferromex, a private rail consortium that operates the largest railway in Mexico, revealed that its customers in the steel-making business…
FCA confirms plans for a Mexico-made midsize pickup
4 June, 2018Last Friday, Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA), unveiled the company’s business plan for the next five…
This is how auto sales ended up in the NAFTA region during MayÂ
4 June, 2018Despite gas prices nearing US$ 3 a gallon for the first time in years, U.S. auto sales exceeded all expectations…
Auto sales in Mexico decline for 12th month in a row
4 June, 2018For the 12th consecutive month, car sales in Mexico fell during May. The decline on this occasion was 6.9% as…
Next-gen Mazda3 to be unveiled at the L.A. Auto Show in November
4 June, 2018The fourth generation of the Mazda3 will be unveiled at Los Angeles Auto Show in November before going on sale…
Yanfeng Automotive opens US$ 50 million Technical Center in Queretaro
4 June, 2018Yanfeng Global Automotive Interiors inaugurated its Mexico Technical Center located at the O’Donnell Aeropuerto industrial park, in the municipality of…
BMW tests prototypes of next-gen 3 Series sedan it will build in Mexico
4 June, 2018As the San Luis Potosi plant is being finished, BMW is at the final stages of road-testing the 2019 3…
US auto sales in May, stronger than expected
4 June, 2018Despite gas prices nearing US$ 3 a gallon for the first time in years, U.S. auto sales exceeded all expectations…
Japan-based advanced materials manufacturer Elastomix inaugurates plant in Guanajuato
1 June, 2018Elastomix Co. Ltd., a Japanese manufacturer of advanced materials, inaugurated a new manufacturing plant at the Castro del Rio industrial…
IAC Group builds a new plant in Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon
1 June, 2018International Automotive Components (IAC) Group, a Tier 1 supplier of interior components, broke ground to build a production facility in…
