Continental, Osram to create joint venture aimed for automotive lighting
Germany-based manufacturers Continental and Osram announced they have successfully concluded negotiations to create the Osram Continental GmbH joint venture, a…
Grupo Industrial Saltillo consolidates its global automotive businesses under the Draxton brand
Grupo Industrial Saltillo, S.A.B. de C.V. (GIS), a Mexico-based industrial conglomerate serving the automotive market, with a strong presence in…
Heavy truck sales in Mexico down 4.9% during first quarter 2018
Last March retail sales of heavy vehicles were 3,318 units, a decrease of 8.5% over the same month last year….
New US approach to rules of origin is as strict as original proposal, says Mexican official
The United States has adopted a new approach to one of the key points to advance the renegotiation of the…
This steelmaker does want to grow in Mexico
In contrast to US companies that move production lines from Mexico to their country, AK Steel considers that it has…
New Bosch corporate building in Guadalajara
The German machine and tool company Bosch announced at a press conference at the 2018 Talent Land event, that they…
Sonora will have a High Technology and Innovation Park
With public and private investment valued at US$38 million, the construction works for the Innovation and High Technology Park (PIAT)…
Avant Energy invests US$500 million in Mexico
Avant Energy announced that it is going to apply a total of US$500 million for the construction of Supera (Altamira-Bajio…
Germany-based Hirschvogel Automotive Group opens US$ 30 million plant in Queretaro
The Hirschvogel Automotive Group, a German manufacturer of forged and machined parts of steel and aluminum, today inaugurated a US$…
Sales of electrified vehicles skyrocketed 64% in Mexico during January
11 April, 2018Despite an overall decline in auto sales during last January, sales of electrified vehicles in Mexico increased by 64.1% to…
GM builds new facilities at its Ramos Arizpe premises
11 April, 2018No fuss necessary, the Detroit automaker General Motors builds a couple new structures at its manufacturing complex in Ramos Arizpe,…
Auto sales in Mexico will ramp up after elections, says Volvo exec
11 April, 2018Swedish automaker Volvo anticipates that 2018 will be a difficult year for the Mexican auto retail sector due to the…
Jeep Compass leads light truck production volume in Mexico during early 2018
10 April, 2018In the first two months of 2018, the all-new Jeep Compass became the Mexico-made light truck with the largest production…
Tenneco acquires Federal-Mogul for US$ 5.4 billion; deal includes 15 plants in Mexico
10 April, 2018Auto parts manufacturer Tenneco announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Federal-Mogul, also a global automotive…
Mexico’s inflation rate declines for third month in a row
10 April, 2018During last March, consumer prices registered a growth of 0.32%, below expected, with which inflation at annual rate decreased to…
Volkswagen reveals pricing of the all-new 2019 Jetta for the US market
9 April, 2018Volkswagen of America, Inc., announced full pricing of the all-new 2019 Jetta. Now based off the award-winning MQB platform, the…
Sonora will have a High Technology and Park Innovation
9 April, 2018With public and private investment valued at US$38 million, the construction works for the Innovation and High Technology Park (PIAT)…
Water Technologies patents its water production system in Mexico
9 April, 2018Water Technologies International informed it has obtained a patent in Mexico for its water production system through atmospheric generators, thus…
Stepan Company buys plant in Ecatepec
9 April, 2018US-based Stepan Company has acquired a plant in en Ecatepec, Estado de Mexico, from the German corporation BASF, with the…
Mexico’s auto production sinks 10.9% in March; exports still on record highs
9 April, 2018In what can be read as a measure to adjust inventories in the U.S. market, automakers established in Mexico built…
