# Global Safety Textiles opens largest Latin American airbag fabric plant in Torreón

Global Safety Textiles (GST) inaugurated a new plant in Torreón, Mexico, producing 14 million linear meters of airbag fabric annually. The $70 million facility creates 700 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-09-13
- Where: Torreón, Mexico
- Value: $70.0M
- Jobs: 700
- Starts operating: 13 Sep 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 14 million linear meters per year
- Products: airbag fabric, OPW fabric
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md), [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Global Safety Textiles](https://endata.com/companies/26903.md)
- [Hyosung Group](https://endata.com/companies/2496.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [elsiglodetorreon.com.mx](https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/2017/abre-global-safety-textiles-en-torreon.html), 2017-09-13: "La planta de Global Safety Textiles (GST) Torreón será la más grande de América Latina y producirá 14 millones de metros lineales de tela para elaborar las bolsas de aire."

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