# UMC to build $65M auto parts plant in Yucatan, Mexico

Uchiyama Manufacturing Corporation (UMC) will invest $65 million to build a plant in Yucatan, Mexico, to manufacture plastic parts for Mazda and Toyota in the United States. The plant will generate 200 direct jobs and up to 1,000 over five years.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-08-19
- Where: Hunucmá corridor, Yucatan, Mexico
- Value: $65.0M
- Jobs: 200
- Status: announced
- Products: plastic parts for engines, static and dynamic seals or gaskets
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Uchiyama Manufacturing Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/35778.md)

## Sources

- [mexico-now.com](https://mexico-now.com/umc-will-invest-us-65-million-in-yucatan/), 2019-08-20: "Auto parts manufacturer Uchiyama Manufacturing Corporation (UMC) will invest $65 million to build a plant in Yucatan."
- [autotechinsight.spglobal.com](https://autotechinsight.spglobal.com/news/5251204/japan-based-uchiyama-manufacturing-corporation-to-build-new-plant-in-mexico), 2019-08-21: "Japan-based Uchiyama Manufacturing Corp., which supplies plastics products to the automotive, packaging and construction industries, plans to build a new manufacturing facility Yucatán peninsula, Mexico to make plastic parts for automakers, according to a report by El Universal on 19 August"

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