Federal-Mogul shifts all piston work to Puebla
PostBulletin.com - Automotive supplier Federal-Mogul Corp. is moving 100 jobs from its Michigan plant to its plant in Puebla, Mexico. The company has been manufacturing the same piston in both Lake...
View ArticleVolkswagen inaugurates engine factory in Silao
AFP - Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, inaugurated late on Tuesday a new engine production site in Silao, Mexico, its 100th manufacturing site worldwide. The factory represents an overall...
View ArticleL'Oreal opens largest colorant plant in San Luis Potosi
Smart Planet - The liberal use of beauty products in Mexico is why L’Oreal, the Paris-based maker of colorants, makeup and hair products has just opened its largest colorant plant in the...
View ArticleAuto production slides 1.1 percent in December
WardsAuto - Auto production in Mexico in December slid 1.1 percent to 188,476 vehicles, weighed down by a 7.6 percent drop in output for export that more than offset a 28 percent jump in...
View ArticleVW making next generation Golfs in Puebla next year
USAToday - Volkswagen says it will begin producing the Golf subcompact for North and South American markets in an updated Puebla factory early next year. That means U.S. buyers can expect the Golf,...
View ArticleHigh-tech manufacturing is driving Mexico's growth
The Pri's World - Until recently, Mexico’s economy was based on low-paying, labor-intensive industries. But now, Mexico is growing big-time in better-paying industries, like autos, aerospace,...
View ArticleDecember industrial output slumps most since 2009
Reuters - Mexican industrial production unexpectedly slumped in December by the most since a deep recession four years ago as factories and builders slowed, bolstering bets that the central bank could...
View ArticleEurocopter establishes factory in Queretaro
Aviation Week - Eurocopter fulfilled an offset obligation with the opening of a 12,000-sq.-meter (129,167-sq.-ft.) factory in Queretaro that will supply Airbus commercial jets and its own Ecureil...
View ArticleOracle is moving jobs from Mexico to the U.S.
IDG News Service - Oracle is moving 130 manufacturing jobs from Mexico to Oregon. The move by Oracle reflects a growing trend by both tech and other companies to move a part of their manufacturing back...
View ArticlePreferred Compounding to boost capacity in Mexico
RubberNews.com - Preferred Compounding de Mexico, a subsidiary of Ohio's Preferred Compounding Corp., plans to quadruple its capacity at its custom rubber compounding plant in Mexico and add up to two...
View ArticleFord expects Mexico car production to rise 15%
Reuters - Carmaker Ford expects to produce at least 15 percent more cars in Mexico in 2013 thanks to healthy US sales prospects for the company's updated Fusion model. Ford produced 451,648 units in...
View ArticleSuperior Industries to build wheel plant in Mexico
RubberNews.com - Alloy wheel supplier Superior Industries International Inc. plans to build a $125 million plant in Mexico to help boost its North American business. Production at the site is expected...
View ArticleAuto production slows in February on weakened exports
Dow Jones - Mexico's auto production in February rose a scant 1.6 percent from a year earlier to 246,197 vehicles as exports to South America, Europe and the key U.S. market cooled, the Mexican...
View ArticleIBM moving jobs to N.Y., Guadalajara
Poughkeepsie Journal - IBM Corp. will move most of its production work out of its plant in Rochester, Minn., sending part of it to the Poughkeepsie plant and much of it to Guadalajara, Mexico....
View ArticleArburg installs hundreds of presses for Lego
Plastics News - Arburg GmbH & Co. has completed the installation of several hundred injection molding machines at the Mexico plant in Ciénega de Flores near Monterrey of toy-brick maker Lego....
View ArticleNordyn is moving Missouri operations to Mexico
St. Louis Business Journal - Nordyne, a designer and manufacturer of heating and cooling products, plans to gradually relocate its Missouri production lines to Mexico, affecting 700 employees....
View ArticleTwo European manufacturers experience bumper year
Plastics News - KraussMaffei enjoyed its best-ever year in Mexico in 2012 in sales terms, while Wittmann Battenfeld described its business growth in the country as "amazing" after almost doubling sales...
View ArticleSome manufacturers say "Adios" to China
USAToday - Companies couldn't move out of Mexico fast enough a decade ago, sending production to China to take advantage of cheaper wages and prices. But the cost of doing business in China has been...
View ArticleMarch factory activity slows to lowest since Jan. 2012
Reuters - Mexican factory activity growth slowed for the third month in a row in March to its weakest pace of expansion since the start of last year, a survey showed on Monday....
View ArticleQuestaWeb, AduanaSoft enter IT partnership
NJBiz - QuestaWeb Inc., a provider of Web-based, integrated global trade management solutions, has entered into a partnership with IT services provider AduanaSoft Inc. of Mexico to offer solutions for...
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