# Spark Minda opens automotive components plant in Queretaro, Mexico

Spark Minda inaugurated a new manufacturing plant in Queretaro, Mexico, with an investment of $10 million in the first phase. The 8,500 m² facility will produce interior automotive components for Volkswagen Group and employs 130 people.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-04-03
- Where: Queretaro, Mexico, Mexico
- Value: $10.0M
- Jobs: 130
- Starts operating: 3 Apr 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: annual sales target of 450 Mio Pesos (USD 24 Mio) from 2017-18
- Products: glove boxes, instrument panel parts, interior automotive components
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Spark Minda](https://endata.com/companies/23281.md)
- [Minda KTSN Plastic Solutions](https://endata.com/companies/23302.md)
- [Volkswagen](https://endata.com/companies/533.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com](https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/auto-components/spark-minda-inaugurates-its-new-plant-in-mexico-invests-10-million/57984100), 2017-04-03: "The new manufacturing facility at Queretaro, Mexico, marks a significant milestone in the history of Spark Minda, Ashok Minda Group."
- [corecommunique.com](https://www.corecommunique.com/spark-minda-ashok-minda-group-inaugurates-new-manufacturing-facility-mexico/), 2017-04-03: "Spark Minda, Ashok Minda Group today announced the inauguration of its new manufacturing plant located at Queretaro Industrial Park, Mexico."

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