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 country's capital was the main consumer of hybrid and electric vehicles in Mexico at the end of 2021, since of the 47,079 units sold with these technologies in the January-December period last year, 23.5% were sold in the CDMX, according to figures published by the Mexican Association of the Automotive Industry (AMIA).
Based on the Administrative Registry of the Automotive Industry of Light…
According to INEGI figures, in 2021, Mexico produced a total of 2,979,276 light vehicles and according to forecasts from various firms and statistical sites such as IHS Markit and Statista, in 2022 production could increase to between 3.1 and 3.4 million units, depending on market movement and the development of the global semiconductor supply crisis, which is still expected to continue…
February was a month of mixed results for the automotive industry, on the one hand, with an increase in domestic production, but also a continued drop in exports, Inegi reported on Friday.
In the second month of the year, 240,479 vehicles were manufactured in the country, which represented an increase of only 0.66 percent with respect to the same period last year, thus reversing a seven-month…
A center for industrial innovation in design and digital manufacturing for the Bajío aerospace sector (CIIA) was inaugurated on Tuesday in Aguascalientes, Mexico, to boost aeronautics companies in that country.
The project involves the Government of the State of Aguascalientes, private companies and the Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes on behalf of the academic sector.
The new center…
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…
With an investment of more than US$17 million, the new Magneti Marelli plant started operations in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico.
These structures, the fourth project installed by the company in the northern state of Coahuila, will generate 250 jobs.
During the inauguration ceremony, Governor Miguel Ángel Riquelme pointed out that the new plant dedicated to the production of components for 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…
The northern region (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon and Zacatecas) was the area with the second largest number of projects and the first in cumulative investment amount, with US$2,456.6 million (+65.59% vs. 2020), mainly concentrated in the state of Coahuila, which received the largest investment in 2021 with the announcement by General Motors to transform its Ramos Arizpe complex into…