Dürr is expanding its capacities in the North American market with a new business location in Querétaro, Mexico, that will house about 280 employees and provide 50 percent more production and office space than the past location. Dürr is expanding its capacities in the North American market with a new business location in Querétaro, Mexico, that will house about 280 employees and provide 50 percent more…

Ford Motor Co. is planning to announce a new auto plant in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi during the first quarter, two government officials familiar with company plans told today. The plant should produce around 350,000 cars annually, according to the two officials, and the investment should be worth slightly over $1.5 billion, one of them said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Ford declined to…

Despite growing controversy and attacks by U.S. presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, Ford Motor Co. is gearing up to build its new Model E electric hybrid car at a new factory in Mexico, according to reports. According to Digital Trends, the new Ford factory will have a capacity of 300,000 cars annually. At present, Ford reportedly thinks about 50,000 of them will be Model E’s. It will also shift…

Ford will forge ahead with shifting small-car production to Mexico despite repeated criticism from president-elect Donald Trump, who has warned that companies face consequences for leaving the US. Ford’s plan to rehouse output of the Focus compact car from Michigan to a new $US1.6 billion ($2.1bn) plant being built in ¬Mexico, which isn’t expected to result in job losses, remains on track for 2018, chief…

General Motors Co. said Thursday it will invest $5 billion in Mexico over six years, dating from 2013 through 2018, and will add 5,600 new jobs in the region. The Detroit based automaker said the investment includes $1.4 billion announced or implemented in the past two years and $3.6 billion will come over the next four years. “These investments will fund plant improvements to modernize and expand our…

Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance are pushing their cooperation further with the announcement of a manufacturing joint venture called COMPAS (Cooperation Manufacturing Plant Aguascalientes). The joint venture will build a plant in Aguascalientes in central Mexico for the production of next-generation premium compact vehicles from Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti. The new business entity COMPAS is 50:50…

Hollingsworth Logistics Group LLC, a Dearborn-based automotive transportation and assembly supplier, plans for sales in Mexico to be a quarter of its business by 2025. That's an ambitious target, considering none of the company's $400 million in revenue in 2014 came from that nation. But Hollingsworth isn't alone, as Southeast Michigan's lower-tiered supply base is again heading south — 20 years after the…

Nemak, which specialises in innovative lightweighting solutions for the automotive industry worldwide, has officially opened a new high-pressure die casting (HPDC) plant located in Monterrey, Mexico. The new plant's HPDC technology will support the production of aluminium automotive components, primarily engine blocks, transmission cases, and structural components. Additionally, the plant will feature a…

Nemak, S.A.B. de C.V. ("Nemak"), a leading provider of innovative lightweighting solutions for the global automotive industry, announced today it will supply battery housings for the new Ford Mustang Mach-E to be produced in North America. Nemak´s battery housing consists of a 2.2 by 1.5 meter structure of aluminum parts, mainly stampings and extrusions, which will be joined together using state-of-the-art…

Nemak, S.A.B. de C.V. ("Nemak") (BMV: NEMAK), a leading provider of innovative lightweighting solutions for the global automotive industry, today announced that it has been named GM Supplier of the Year for its outstanding performance as a supplier of cylinder heads and engine blocks in 2019. "We are honored to receive this award. Being one of the ten most recognized suppliers in the award’s history is…