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
First 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…
Mexico’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
Bulkmatic 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
Five 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
Andeavor 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
Tesla 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
German automotive electronics and lightning components supplier Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., better known as HELLA, inaugurated its eighth manufacturing…
Japanese manufacturer Nissen Chemitec opens US$18 million plant in Guanajuato
11 June, 2018Nissen Chemitec, a Japanese manufacturer of automotive injection molded parts, inaugurated its first production facility in Mexico, located in the…
Italian automated die casting solutions supplier Artimpianti to open new plant in Nuevo Leon
8 June, 2018Artimpianti Group, an Italian designer and manufacturer of aluminum gravity die casting machines and peripheral processes, announced it will open…
Daimler unveils electric Class 8 truck likely to be built in Saltillo
8 June, 2018Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) unveiled earlier this week two new, fully-electric trucks from Freightliner, its leading U.S. truck brand,…
Here’s how US sales of Mexico-made vehicles ended up in May
7 June, 2018Demand of light trucks reflected in sales of some Mexico-made models in May with three-digit and two-digit growing rates for…
Voestalpine opens US$ 30 million cold stamping plant in Aguascalientes
7 June, 2018Austrian 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
6 June, 2018Cerveceria 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
6 June, 2018Grupo 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
6 June, 2018MexicoNOW 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
6 June, 2018Danish 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
6 June, 2018Should 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
5 June, 2018A strike of teamsters in Brazil affected the supply of engines for the Volkswagen plant in Puebla, hence production of the…
