# Metalsa to build $170M chassis plant in Apaseo el Grande, Guanajuato

Metalsa laid the first stone of a new plant in Apaseo el Grande, Guanajuato, Mexico, with an investment of $170 million. The plant will manufacture chassis for Toyota Tacoma trucks, creating 1,024 jobs, and is expected to start production in November 2023.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-02-23
- Where: Apaseo el Grande, Guanajuato, Mexico
- Value: $170.0M
- Jobs: 1,024
- Starts operating: Nov 2023
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 270,000 chassis units per year
- Products: chassis for Toyota Tacoma
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Metalsa](https://endata.com/companies/44129.md)
- [Toyota](https://endata.com/companies/16194.md) (customer)
- [Toyota Motor Manufacturing Guanajuato](https://endata.com/companies/61220.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [protexasindustry.com](https://www.protexasindustry.com/en/article/metalsa-will-invest-170-million-dollars-to-install-a-plant-in-guanajuato), 2022-02-23: "With an investment of 170 million dollars and the generation of 1,024 jobs, the Metalsa company laid the first stone of a new plant in Apaseo el Grande, Guanajuato."
- [promexicoindustry.com](https://www.promexicoindustry.com/en/article/metalsa-will-invest-170-million-dollars-to-install-a-plant-in-guanajuato), 2022-02-23: "Metalsa remains committed to our alliance and seeks competitiveness in the business, an example of which is the construction of this plant."
- [razon.com.mx](https://www.razon.com.mx/negocios/2022/02/24/invierten-170-mdd-en-planta-de-metalsa/), 2022-02-24: "En noviembre del 2023 Metalsa Planta Guanajuato estará operando al 100 por ciento."
- [autotechinsight.spglobal.com](https://autotechinsight.spglobal.com/news/5264581/metalsa-invests-usd170-million-to-build-new-chassis-frame-manufacturing-plant-in-central-mexico), 2022-03-01: "Metalsa announced on 25th February that it will be investing USD170 million to build a new structural frame production plant for light trucks in Guanajuato."

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