# Nucor-JFE Steel joint venture breaks ground for automotive steel plant in Guanajuato

Nucor-JFE Steel Mexico (NJSM) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a US$270 million automotive steel sheet manufacturing plant in Silao, Guanajuato, creating around 300 permanent jobs, with a continuous galvanizing line scheduled to start operations in 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-06-29
- Where: Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico
- Value: $270.0M
- Jobs: 300
- Starts operating: 2019
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 400,000 metric tons per year
- Products: automotive steel sheet
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md), [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Nucor-JFE Steel Mexico](https://endata.com/companies/25267.md)
- [SMS group](https://endata.com/companies/2366.md) (supplier)
- [Nucor](https://endata.com/companies/4347.md) (partner)
- [JFE Steel Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/19688.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [mexico-now.com](https://mexico-now.com/steel-companies-from-japan-and-the-u-s-investing-us-270-million-in-guanajuato/), 2017-06-29: "Nucor-JFE Steel Mexico (NJSM) plans to invest approximately US$ 270 million to build an automotive steel sheet manufacturing plant."

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