# Saint-Gobain to build $100M architectural glass plant in Saltillo, Mexico

Saint-Gobain announced it will break ground on December 4, 2017, to build its second glass manufacturing facility in Saltillo, Coahuila, with a $100 million investment. The plant will produce architectural glass and is expected to start operations by end of 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-11-21
- Where: Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
- Value: $100.0M
- Jobs: 250
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: announced
- Products: architectural glass
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Saint-Gobain](https://endata.com/companies/1801.md)

## Sources

- [mexico-now.com](https://mexico-now.com/saint-gobain-invests-us-100-million-to-build-its-second-glass-plant-in-coahuila/), 2017-11-21: "On December 4 we will host a ceremony for our second project."
- [manufactura.mx](https://manufactura.mx/industria/2017/12/06/saint-gobain-construye-una-2a-planta-en-coahuila), 2017-12-06: "La francesa Saint-Gobain —fabricante y distribuidora de vidrio— colocó la primera piedra de una nueva planta en Saltillo, Coahuila, que implicará la inversión de 135 millones de dólares"
- [mexico-now.com](https://mexico-now.com/saint-gobain-investing-in-coahuila/), 2018-01-02: "With a US$135 million investment, French Company Saint Gobain laid the first stone to its second plant in the South Eastern Coahuila region, Glass Saltillo, to produce glass panes up to six meters long for the construction industry."

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