# Uchiyama Group to build $50M gasket plant in Yucatan, Mexico

Uchiyama Group announced plans to build a $50 million manufacturing plant in Hunucmá, Yucatan, Mexico, to produce seals and gaskets for the auto industry. The plant will create 200 initial jobs, growing to 1,000.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-07-23
- Where: Hunucmá, Yucatan, Mexico
- Value: $50.0M
- Jobs: 200
- Status: announced
- Products: seals and gaskets for dynamic and static engines
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Uchiyama Group](https://endata.com/companies/33273.md)

## Sources

- [mexico-now.com](https://mexico-now.com/japanese-gasket-and-seal-manufacturer-builds-us-50-million-plant-in-yucatan/), 2018-07-23: "Uchiyama Group, a Japan-based manufacturer of gasket and seal products for the auto industry, announced in recent days that it has chosen the state of Yucatan, in the Mexican southeast, to establish its first manufacturing plant in the country."

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