# Waldaschaff Automotive Global opens plant in León, Mexico

Waldaschaff Automotive Global, a member of China's Lingyun Industrial Company, inaugurated a new plant in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. The facility will manufacture crash management systems for BMW vehicles, with an investment of $20 million and 70 direct jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-08-16
- Where: León, Guanajuato, Mexico
- Value: $20.0M
- Jobs: 70
- Starts operating: 16 Aug 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 600 units per day
- Products: crash management systems
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Waldaschaff Automotive Global](https://endata.com/companies/41408.md)
- [BMW](https://endata.com/companies/13009.md) (customer)
- [Lingyun Industrial Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/33363.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [somosindustria.com](https://somosindustria.com/articulo/invierte-20-mdd-proveedora-de-bmw-en-leon/), 2019-08-16: "La expectativa aquí es quedarnos para siempre, contar con una segunda planta en los próximos 3 años"

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