# Toray Industries opens airbag nylon fiber and fabric plant in Mexico

Toray Industries inaugurated a new plant in El Salto, Jalisco, Mexico, to manufacture nylon fiber and fabric for automotive airbags. The investment was USD 80 million.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-01-23
- Where: El Salto, Jalisco, Mexico
- Value: $80.0M
- Starts operating: 23 Jan 2018
- Status: completed
- Products: nylon fiber, fabric for automotive airbags
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Toray Industries](https://endata.com/companies/4565.md)

## Sources

- [autotechinsight.spglobal.com](https://autotechinsight.spglobal.com/news/5243729/toray-industries-opens-new-airbag-nylon-fiber-and-fabric-plant-in-mexico), 2018-01-31: "On 23 January, Japan-based Toray Industries inaugurated a new plant in El Salto, Jalisco (Mexico) to manufacture nylon fiber and fabric for automotive airbags."

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