Volkswagen production volume in Puebla hikes 15% through November
Last November, production volume at Volkswagen Puebla assembly plant decreased 15% to 34,718 vehicles as the facility lowered output of…
Sales of electrified cars in Mexico up 32.5% from January through September
During September, auto dealers in Mexico sold 810 electrified vehicles, 787 hybrids and 23 electric units, representing a 7.7% drop…
Two logistic services suppliers expand cross-border capabilities in Laredo
Two logistics firms with presence in the U.S.-Mexico border said they’ve expanded their capabilities for cross-border operations in Laredo, Texas,…
Audi Q5 earns Best Buy, Best Auto Tech awards from Kelley Blue Book
The 2018 Audi Q5 has been named winner of the 2018 Kelley Blue Book Best Buy in the luxury SUV…
Lear Corp. acquires Israel-based, self-driving tech developer EXO Technologies
Lear Corporation, the Michigan-based global supplier of automotive seating and electrical systems, today announced that it has entered into a…
Next-gen GM pickups to feature carbon fiber beds
General Motors is developing carbon fiber reinforced plastic parts for the beds on some of the all-new Chevrolet Silverado and…
Germany-based manufacturer Henkel to increase production in Guanajuato
Germany-based chemical products manufacturer Henkel received the proper permits from Mexican environmental authorities to conduct expansions in order to add…
GM to end production of the Aveo sedan in San Luis Potosi this month
General Motors will stop producing the Aveo subcompact model at the San Luis Potosi assembly plant this month, as the…
Volkswagen begins production of the next-gen Jetta in Puebla
Last week, Volkswagen put an end to the production of the Jetta A6 (known in Mexico as Jetta Bicentenario) at…
ExxonMobil opens its first gas stations in Mexico supplied by own Texas refineries
8 December, 2017ExxonMobil, in a partnership with retailer Grupo Orsan, opened eight Mobil-branded service stations this week in Queretaro as part of…
Furukawa Electric’s telecom division opens US$ 4.5 million plant in Mexicali
8 December, 2017Furukawa Electric LatAm, a subsidiary of the Japan-based Furukawa Electric Group, today opened a new manufacturing facility in Mexicali, Baja…
BMW already acquires US$ 2.5 billion worth of supplies in Mexico
8 December, 2017In the last 7 years, BMW has quadrupled the amount it allocates to buy components that it purchases from Mexican…
Japanese manufacturer Sekisui Chemical opens US$ 55 million production line in Morelos
8 December, 2017Japanese high-performance materials manufacturer Sekisui Chemical in recent days inaugurated its third production line of interlayer films for laminated glass…
Volkswagen to double engine production capacity in Guanajuato by 2020
8 December, 2017Volkswagen engine plant in the municipality of Silao, Guanajuato is in the middle of an expansion process to double its…
Iberdrola commissions US$ 270 million combined-cycle power plant in Northwest Mexico
8 December, 2017Mexico’s state-owned utility company Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) inaugurated in recent days the new 314-megawatt (MW) combined-cycle power plant Baja…
Ford to build a 300-mile range electric crossover in Mexican assembly plant
7 December, 2017Ford Motor Co. plans to shift production of an electric crossover with a 300-mile range to the Cuautitlan Stamping and…
Here’s how sales of Mexico-made cars ended up during November in the US market
7 December, 2017Despite the strong demand of SUVs and pickups, some Mexico-made compact cars are likely to end 2017 with sales increases…
Pinfra to build a port terminal in Veracruz
6 December, 2017Promotora y Operadora de Infraestructura (Pinfra), a toll road operator, informed that its subsidiary Company, Portuaria Mexicana, is going to…
Puebla expands industrial parks’ infrastructure
6 December, 2017With the industrial parks about to start operations in 2018, one in Huejotzingo and one in Amozoc, the number of…
Mexico’s auto production, exports reach new record high in November
6 December, 2017Last month, auto plants in Mexico manufactured 332,449 vehicles, the highest figure ever for a November and 4.5% more units…
