# thyssenkrupp expands blanking line in Silao, Mexico with Schuler equipment

thyssenkrupp Materials de Mexico expanded its production in Silao, Guanajuato, by installing a Schuler blanking line with ServoDirect technology. The line produces up to 45,000 steel and aluminum blanks per day, increasing annual processing capacity by 70% to 270,000 tons.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-06-29
- Where: Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico
- Starts operating: Jan 2016
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 270,000 tons per year
- Products: steel and aluminum blanks for automotive body and structural parts
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Thyssenkrupp](https://endata.com/companies/833.md)
- [Schuler Group](https://endata.com/companies/16758.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [schulergroup.com](https://www.schulergroup.com/unternehmen/presse/pressemeldungen/tab/archiv/2017/2017_06_29_thyssenkrupp/index.html), 2017-06-29: "thyssenkrupp ist stolz darauf, der erste Lieferant in Mexiko zu sein, der seinen Kunden eine kombinierte Schnittlinie zur Herstellung von Platinen aus Kohlenstoffstahl und Aluminium anbieten kann."

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