# Safran opens new plant in Querétaro, Mexico with $100M investment

Safran inaugurated its sixth plant in Querétaro, Mexico, with a $100 million investment to produce blades and engines for Boeing aircraft, creating 230 jobs initially and expected to reach 600 by 2020-2021.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-02-01
- Where: Querétaro, Mexico
- Value: $100.0M
- Jobs: 230
- Starts operating: 21 Feb 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 4,000 blades in 2018, 20,000 per year by 2020; 2,000 Leap engines per year
- Products: aircraft blades, Leap engines
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Safran](https://endata.com/companies/1270.md)
- [Albany International](https://endata.com/companies/20402.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [forbes.com.mx](https://forbes.com.mx/francesa-safran-abre-nueva-planta-en-queretaro-con-100-mdd/), 2018-02-21: "La planta se une a las 19 que ya tiene Safran en el país, ubicadas en Querétaro, Chihuahua y Tijuana."
- [avitrader.com](https://avitrader.com/2018/02/22/safran-albany-inaugurate-third-composite-fan-blade-production-plant-leap-engine-mexico/), 2018-02-22: "Safran and Albany have inaugurated a third joint manufacturing plant in Mexico, to make composite parts for the LEAP aircraft engine."
- [themanufacturer.com](https://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/safran/), 2018-03-03: "Este es un proyecto que nos tomó 10 años de investigación."

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