# Brembo opens $35M brake plant in Escobedo, Mexico

Brembo has set up a new plant in Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, with an investment of USD 35 million. The facility will produce brake calipers, handbrakes and electric parking brakes for Tesla, creating 500 new jobs and with a maximum capacity of 2 million units per year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2016-12-05
- Where: Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
- Value: $35.0M
- Jobs: 500
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 2 million units per year
- Products: brake calipers, handbrakes, electric parking brakes
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Brembo](https://endata.com/companies/4874.md)
- [Tesla](https://endata.com/companies/9860.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [tiresandparts.net](https://tiresandparts.net/news/parts/brembo-sets-new-subsidiary-improve-supply-tesla/), 2016-12-05: "Brembo has set up a new plant in Mexico in order to facilitate access to Tesla’s plant in California."

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