French aerospace manufacturer Safran opens its sixth plant in Queretaro
French aerospace components supplier Safran revealed its sixth plant in Queretaro has started operations, although an inauguration is not expected…
Volkswagen to reduce shifts on certain production lines in Puebla facility
Some Volkswagen assembly workers in Puebla, Mexico, will work in reduced shifts starting April 2018 and throughout 2019 to adapt…
Acura leads J.D. Power’s 2017 Mexico Vehicle Dependability Study
Acura ranked highest in J.D. Power’s 2017 Mexico Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) with a score of 59 Problems Per 100…
Suppliers warn multiplying effect by Ford layoffs in Hermosillo
More than 10,000 jobs could be lost due to the cancellation of one shift at the Ford Stamping and Assembly…
Kia Nuevo Leon plant to end 2017 with record production, exports to 60 countries
South Korean automaker Kia expects to close the year at its Pesqueria, Nuevo Leon plant, with a production of 250,000…
Chinese automaker BAIC plans to export cars from Mexico to US, Canada
Chinese automaker BAIC plans to export cars from Mexico to the United States and Canada in 2018, “unless something drastic…
BMW completes Data Center and Body Shop at new Mexican plant
A couple weeks after the Training Center of the new BMW plant was inaugurated, the Data Center became operational while…
Italian Firm Enel to invest US$700 million for wind energy in Mexico
Italian energy Company Enel recently announced, after winning a tender, that it is going to invest US$700 million to build…
Hemaq sees investment opportunities in the Bajio region
Queretaro and the Bajio region represent an important area of opportunity to invest in the metal mechanic sector and the…
Complet, planning to invest US$4 million in Mexico
25 November, 2017With the objective of consolidating the manufacture of national UPS equipment capable of supporting operations for 15 or more minutes…
Yucatan pushing for agro industry cluster
25 November, 2017In order to serve the Europe and US markets before the end of the year, Yucatan is going to create…
Volkswagen production in Mexico hike 12% in October; exports up 15%
24 November, 2017From January through October 2017, German automaker Volkswagen built in Mexico 405,454 vehicles, a 16.3% increase compared to the 348,594…
Nissan leads as Mexico’s largest auto producer; GM outperforms it in exports
24 November, 2017From January through October 2017, Nissan built 724,268 vehicles at its three assembly plants in the country, consolidating its status…
AB InBev subsidiary Grupo Modelo to build US$ 756 million brewery in Hidalgo
24 November, 2017Grupo Modelo, one of Mexico’s biggest brewing companies, is about to reveal a US$ 756 million investment plan in the…
Aerospace manufacturing plant in Chihuahua up for sale
24 November, 2017L3 Technologies, an electronics and metal mechanics supplier for commercial and military aircrafts, put up for sale one of its…
Mexicana MRO delivers first Boeing 767 converted from passenger to freighter
24 November, 2017Mexicana MRO Services delivered the first Boeing 767-300 aircraft converted from a passenger to a freighter, in which the company…
Ford to manufacture hybrid vehicle in its Hermosillo plant
23 November, 2017Ford announced that it is going to manufacture a new hybrid vehicle at its plant in Hermosillo, Sonora, especially designed…
Alpura investing US$3 million in a new research center
23 November, 2017The Alpura Center of Research and Development (Cidea), which was assigned a US$3 million capital investment, was inaugurated recently; this…
Aerospace cluster, boosting Baja California’s economy
23 November, 2017The aerospace sector is one of the primary gears moving the economy in Baja California, said Victor Hugo Hidalgo, President…
Mexico’s third clean power auction draws US$ 2.4 billion investments for 15 projects
23 November, 2017As result of the third Long Term Electric Auction, the Mexican government expects US$ 2.4 billion investments to build 15…
