Toyota breaks ground for new Mexican plant
Toyota has held a groundbreaking ceremony in Apaseo el Grande for its new Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Guanajuato (TMMGT) facility….
Port of Veracruz announces expansion to support auto industry growth
Mexican authorities announced dramatic expansion of the Port of Veracruz in preparation for the trade increase expected from the country’s…
Brembo to supply brakes for Tesla from Mexican plant
Tesla president and CEO, Daniel Sandberg, announced that Brembo is ready to supply brakes to plant located in California from…
Mazda to formulate responses to U.S. market “when concrete policies come out”
Mazda Motor is not planning changes for now on its strategy for the North American market, which is centered on…
Ford vows to work with next president after criticism of Mexico investments
Second largest U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co., which faced harsh criticism from Donald Trump over its Mexican investments, congratulated him on…
GM to lay off 2,000 workers as it reduces small-car production
General Motors Co. will permanently lay off around 2,000 hourly workers in January at two car plants to cut bloated inventory…
German automakers uneasy after Trump elected
Volkswagen’s chief executive and German auto industry association VDA have expressed concerns the election of Donald Trump as United States…
Constellation Brands shares fall on election aftermath
Shares of Constellation Brands, parent company of Mexican import beers like Corona and Modelo, plummeted Wednesday after Donald Trump’s surprising…
KIA reaches new incentive agreement with Nuevo Leon authorities
Even though the KIA facility in Pesqueria, Nuevo Leon is up and running, the Government of the State of Nuevo…
Here’s how auto sales went over the NAFTA region during October
8 November, 2016Auto sales in the U.S. market fell 5.8 percent in October, marking the first time since the beginning of the…
Mexican auto exports rose 4% in October; domestic sales increased 14.6%
8 November, 2016Mexican auto industry produced 328,490 units and exported 255,115 light vehicles in October. That’s a 0.5% increase for the first…
El Paso-based Mount Franklin Foods acquires candy making facility in SC
8 November, 2016Mount Franklin Foods, a leading North American manufacturer of high-quality candy and nut products, acquired its first candy making facility…
Toyota, Mazda looking for alliance to develop electric vehicles
8 November, 2016Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. are involved in talks to cooperate on electric vehicles and connected cars, Automotive News site reported…
Nelson Global and Tube Specialties merge businesses; two Mexican plants involved
8 November, 2016Nelson Global Products Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of tubular and exhaust products for commercial vehicle…
Hella develops in-seating ambient lighting concept at Jalisco design center
7 November, 2016German autoparts supplier Hella is working on technology that can integrate ambient lighting into vehicle seating aiming to help original…
Italy-based Enel Group connects 229MW of wind capacity to Mexican grid
7 November, 2016Mexican unit of energy firm Enel connected in recent days 229MW of wind capacity to the state-operated national electricity grid,…
Season Group’s Reynosa facility achieves TS16949 certification
7 November, 2016Season Group’s operation in Reynosa, Mexico, has been formally awarded TS16949 approval, the electronics manufacturing services company announced in a…
Rongtai Group builds facility in Guanajuato for aluminum smelting operations
4 November, 2016Rongtai Group started building its production facility at the industrial park Las Colinas Leon, becoming the first project arriving to Guanajuato…
Toyota tests next generation Corolla to be built in Mexico
4 November, 2016Toyota started testing the next-generation Corolla, spy shots published by Autoevolution news site revealed. The 2019 Toyota Corolla, presumably in the early…
Eaton to expand two facilities in Juarez
4 November, 2016Electric components manufacturer Eaton will expand operations in two of its three plants located in Juarez, Chihuahua, during late 2016…
