24 July, 2018

Spain-based Repsol acquires 40% stake in Mexican company Bardahl to create joint venture

Repsol, a global oil company based in Madrid, announced it has reached an agreement to acquire 40% of the Mexican…

24 July, 2018

Walmart wants to encourage online food sales in Mexico

    Ignacio Caride, new head of e-commerce department of Walmart Mexico, seeks to boost the sale of food sales…

24 July, 2018

Continental Gets Q1 Certification

Ford Motor Company awarded Continental Juarez 1 plant, in Ciudad Juarez, the Q1 certification. This is the 11th distinction this…

24 July, 2018

U.S-Mexico Border Region Is Moving Bi-national Energy Agenda Forward

By Nancy J. Gonzalez Even though U.S.-Mexico relations are strained at the national level—with the Trump Administration trying to build…

23 July, 2018

Aerospace electronics manufacturer Esterline to expand operations in Tijuana

U.S.-based aerospace components manufacturer Esterline announced an investment of US$ 15 million for the expansion of one of the four…

23 July, 2018

Japanese firm acquires Sage Automotive Interiors for US$ 1.06 billion, including a Mexican plant

Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., a California-based private investment firm, in recent days announced a definitive agreement to sell its global…

23 July, 2018

Lucid Motors aims to start production of electric vehicles in Arizona by 2020

Lucid Motors recently announced that production of vehicles in Casa Grande, Arizona will begin in 2020. The two-year time frame…

23 July, 2018

Japanese gasket and seal manufacturer to build US$ 50 million plant in Yucatan

Uchiyama Group, a Japan-based manufacturer of gasket and seal products for the auto industry, announced in recent days that it…

23 July, 2018

Daimler Mexican official confirms production of electric truck by 2021

Flavio Rivera, president and director of Daimler Commercial Vehicles Mexico, confirmed to the Alto Nivel site that the company is…

Steelmaker Nucor posts best second quarter ever; US$ 270 million Mexican plant still in the works

23 July, 2018

Nucor Corporation announced second quarter of 2018 consolidated net earnings of US$ 683.2 million, or US$ 2.13 per diluted share,…

BMW taps Maru Escobedo, a 19-year experience exec, for CEO job in Mexico

23 July, 2018

BMW Group Latin America announced that Maru Escobedo has been named new CEO of BMW Group Mexico as of last…

Lopez Obrador’s chief negotiator to join upcoming NAFTA talks

23 July, 2018

Marcelo Ebrard, nominated to head the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) by the next Mexican president, informed that Jesus Seade,…

Swedish safety systems manufacturer readies US$120 million expansion in Tijuana

23 July, 2018

Baja California state authorities announced that a Swedish company, “a world leader in automotive safety components and systems,” will invest…

Manufacturers oppose automotive tariffs at Washington hearings

23 July, 2018

Representatives from the world’s biggest automakers and its suppliers gathered in Washington last Thursday to deliver their remarks at a…

Audi plant in Puebla starts three-day halt for retooling, head of the union says

19 July, 2018

The production at Audi Mexico will stop for three days, starting today and until Saturday, due to a retooling process…

GM discontinues sales of Mexico-made Chevrolet City van

19 July, 2018

General Motors announced it has discontinued the Chevrolet City Express, a small delivery van sourced by Nissan Motor Co. since…

VW Chattanooga plant readying to build a new SUV, redesigned Passat

18 July, 2018

Volkswagen Chattanooga assembly plant is getting ready to begin “in eight months or so” production of a new five-seat SUV…

Real estate developers join forces to build a ‘KIA motor city’ in Nuevo Leon

18 July, 2018

Four real estate developers unveiled in recent days a project to build the “Ciudad Modelo KIA” (KIA Model City) in…

Korean rubber products manufacturer Hwaseung expands production capacity in Coahuila

18 July, 2018

Hwaseung R&A Co. Ltd., a South Korean manufacturer of rubber products, recently revealed it has doubled its revenue from the…

Amidst uncertainty of NAFTA, foreign investment keeps flowing into Mexico’s auto industry

18 July, 2018

Amidst the uncertainty due to the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the imposition of tariffs…

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