WIX filters in Mexico -Saltillo coahuila state

Last week I personally visit WIX- FILTERS in Saltillo Coahuila Mexico. There is all type of filter. Long assembly chain and stamping machines. My contact there was Hector Muñoz. He is in charge of the production. See description below.

The company has begun construction of a 315,000-square-foot facility in the rapidly growing Santa Maria Industrial Park in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, 180 miles south of Laredo, TX. Scheduled for completion in the second half of this year, the facility initially will manufacture and distribute a variety of filtration products.
Local manufacturing will facilitate much greater penetration of the sizable filter aftermarket in Mexico, and it gives us another source of quality parts for our North American customers. Saltillo is strategically located to serve both markets. It is a growing area that already has more than 1.1 million people," said Keith Wilson, president of Affinia's Under Hood Group, which includes Wix Global Filtration.
The new location in Mexico will be Affinia's third filtration manufacturing facility in Latin America, joining existing plants in Brazil and Venezuela. It will be the company's second new manufacturing facility to come on-line in 2007 as it joins the recently completed WIX-FILTRON facility in the Ukraine.

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Visit to LEGO group Monterrey Mexico

Yesterday I have been in LEGO to Monterrey Nuevo León Mexico. They don't get me the opportunity to visit the plant and even if they would do, they is nothing to see. It's empty for this moment. They will start to put machines and peoples in July and start the operation in October or november. I meet Jest Bladt who is the SCM of this brant new plant. They invite me in July to see their molds

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LEGO Group, the largest toymaker

Denmark's LEGO Group, the largest toymaker in Europe, has announced on Tuesday that it is taking over LEGO production from contract manufacturer Flextronics in Nyíregyháza, Hungary.
“While holding on to the successful strategy of establishing production hubs near the largest markets in central Europe and the USA, the LEGO Group has decided to a larger extent to focus on an internal production solution and will phase out the existing outsourcing agreement with Flextronics during 2009," the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
The LEGO Group and Flextronics have worked together for almost three years, but during the past year “it has become increasingly obvious to the two parties that it would be more optimal for the LEGO Group to manage its global manufacturing set up."
The parties jointly decided that the LEGO Group will take over LEGO production from Juárez, Mexico and Nyíregyháza, Hungary.
At the Nyíregyháza facility, the LEGO Group is in talks with Flextronics to take over the plant and people, the company said, adding it hopes to conclude these discussions by the end of July.
The Juárez production will during first quarter of 2009 move to a new site in Monterrey, Mexico, and the site is expected to be up and running in second quarter of 2009.

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MEXICO: Daimler Trucks opens Saltillo plant

Daimler has opened a new manufacturing plant of Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) in Saltillo, Coahuila, in northern Mexico. The plant will produce Freightliner trucks.

The President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, was on hand for the opening ceremony.

The facility, which was built with an investment of US$300m, is expected to create 1,400 direct jobs and 200 indirect ones. In addition, it will generate 1,100 jobs within the local supplier industry.

After breaking ground in January 2007, the facility was completed on time and within the planned budget. The plant in Saltillo covers 1.3 million square feet of space and includes a production facility, a logistics centre, administration building, and a training centre.

"With the new Daimler Trucks North America production plant in Saltillo, Mexico, Daimler Trucks is improving its competitive position on the North American continent over the long term," said Andreas Renschler, member of the Daimler AG Board of Management and Head of Daimler Trucks.

Daimler said the location decision in favour of northern Mexico was influenced by the site's significant logistical advantages, including proximity to raw material sources, suppliers, and customers, as well as good connections with the road and rail network.


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