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…

The auto parts industry is working hand in hand with the Ministry of Economy (SE) to create Mexican Official Standards (NOM) to standardize the quality of automotive parts. "Very few spare parts in Mexico have a NOM, so we are practically starting from scratch," said Oscar Albin, president of the National Auto Parts Industry (INA). The objective is for the new standards to distinguish between a…

MEXICO CITY - The metal-mechanic industry includes everything from screw manufacturers to equipment producers, and the National Chamber of the Transformation Industry (Canacintra) is seeking to boost this sector through certifications, greater linkage and technification of production plants, explained Pablo Alberto Briseño Alonso, liaison president of the metal-mechanic branch of the business…