# Kloeckner Metals breaks ground on service center in Queretaro, Mexico

Kloeckner Metals Corp. broke ground on a new 84,000-square-foot service center in Queretaro, Mexico, expected to open in Spring 2022. The facility will supply hot-rolled, cold-rolled, galvanized, and coated steel, aluminum, and stainless steel to automotive, HVAC, and appliance manufacturers.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-10-08
- Where: Parque Industrial O’Donnell Fase V, Aeropuerto, Queretaro, Mexico
- Value: $8.00M
- Jobs: 20
- Starts operating: Q1 2022
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 20,000-30,000 tons per year initially, up to 70,000-80,000 tons per year
- Products: hot-rolled pickled and oiled steel, cold-rolled steel, galvanized steel, coated steel, ultra-high strength carbon steel, aluminum, stainless steel
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Kloeckner Metals](https://endata.com/companies/16814.md)

## Sources

- [metalcenternews.com](https://www.metalcenternews.com/editorial/current-news/kloeckner-breaks-ground-in-queretaro/44477), 2021-10-08: "Through this strategic investment we will be able to further extend our specialized offering of complex, supply chain solutions to our key market segments."
- [promexicoindustry.com](https://www.promexicoindustry.com/en/article/kloeckner-metals-builds-what-will-be-its-second-plant-in-mexico-in-quertaro), 2021-10-25: "The new location, located in the O'Donnell Industrial Park, will have a 7,500-square-meter warehouse and will house, in a first phase, 20 workers who will operate a manufacturing line for longitudinal cutting of steel."

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