# Faurecia begins trial production at new Guanajuato plant

Faurecia's new plant in San Jose Iturbide, Guanajuato, Mexico, has started trial production runs. The $48 million facility will manufacture exhaust systems and is expected to begin formal operations by end of 2017, with a ribbon-cutting in Q1 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-10-17
- Where: San Jose Iturbide, Guanajuato, Mexico
- Value: $48.0M
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: 2017
- Status: under construction
- Products: exhaust systems
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Faurecia](https://endata.com/companies/1483.md)

## Sources

- [mexico-now.com](https://mexico-now.com/french-company-to-collaborate-with-the-automotive-industry-in-guanajuato/), 2017-10-17: "This location will be focused on the manufacture of exhaust systems (clean mobility), with an initial investment valued at US$ 48 million."

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