According to La Cámara Nacional el Hierro y el Acero (Canacero) Mexico ranked 15th as a world producer of crude steel in 2021 and generated 672,000 direct and indirect jobs, with an investment of $14,461 mdd in the last 10 years, that is, from 2012 to 2021.
A total of 18.5 million tons of crude steel were produced in 2021, a figure that represented a reduction of -8.3% compared to the record…
Despite the crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the shortage of components and microprocessors for vehicle production, Mexico continues to offer competitive advantages compared to other countries, in addition to being one of the main manufacturing hubs worldwide, said Francisco Bautista, Ernst & Young (EY) Latin America North Advanced Manufacturing and Mobility Lead Partner.
During…
The possibility of a new crisis in the automotive industry in Mexico, not only in Coahuila, was warned by Tereso Medina Ramírez, who pointed out that he does not want this to lead to the dismissal of workers, but that there could be technical stoppages as happened during the pandemic.
The state leader of the CTM in Coahuila pointed out that the situation that could cause this new alarm in the…
Mexico reached a record share of the U.S. automotive import market in 2021, according to data from the Department of Commerce (DOC).
Mexico's automotive exports to its northern neighbor totaled 128.622 billion dollars in 2021, an increase of 13.9% at an annual rate.
The United States represents the largest automotive import market in the world and Mexico and Canada are among its main suppliers…
In order to increase production of hot rolling, galvanizing and finishing, Ternium confirmed that it will invest 1 billion dollars to expand its Pesqueria Industrial Center in Nuevo Leon. Italian companies that produce metalworking and manufacturing machinery are a good option as suppliers for this type of company and its industrial sector.
This was confirmed by Máximo Vedoya, CEO of the steel…
Siemens and Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA) signed a contract to build a vacuum steel degassing plant within the steelworks 2 with an economic injection of US$83 million.
AHMSA said that Siemens Metals Technologies will supply and install the necessary equipment such as pots, mechanical vacuum pumps, structural steel and a combined pot lifting system, as well as the components for the…
PESQUERÍA, Nuevo León (09/18/2013) - President Enrique Peña Nieto inaugurated Ternium's new plant, located in this municipality, which will have a capacity of one and a half million tons of cold rolled products and 400,000 tons of galvanized products. It will also employ 600 people.
With this plant, which began construction in 2011, the automotive industry will stop importing cold-rolled steel…