# Faurecia opens $147M car seat and interiors plant in Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Faurecia opened a $147 million plant in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, to produce car seats and interiors for clients including Volvo and Stellantis.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-03-30
- Where: Nuevo Leon, Mexico
- Value: $147.0M
- Jobs: 1,500
- Starts operating: 30 Mar 2023
- Status: completed
- Capacity: more than 2 million vehicles' worth
- Products: car seats, interiors
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Faurecia](https://endata.com/companies/1483.md)
- [FORVIA](https://endata.com/companies/66110.md)

## Sources

- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/french-car-parts-maker-faurecia-opens-147-mln-plant-mexico-2023-03-31/), 2023-03-31: "Faurecia said it expects the plant in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon, serving clients such as Volvo and Stellantis, to produce more than 2 million vehicles' worth"
- [promexicoindustry.com](http://www.promexicoindustry.com/en/article/with-an-investment-of-147-million-dollars-forvia-inaugurates-an-auto-parts-plant-in-nuevo-len), 2023-04-03: "With an investment of 147 million dollars, Faurecia, a French company of Grupo FORVIA, opened a new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in the municipality of Apodaca, Nuevo León, which will generate 1,500 new jobs in the entity."
- [somosindustria.com](https://www.somosindustria.com/articulo/inaugura-forvia-planta-en-nuevo-leon/), 2023-05-01: "Esta nueva planta nos posiciona como una compañía que ofrece un valor excepcional a nuestros clientes y reafirma nuestro liderazgo en tecnología para mejorar la experiencia en movilidad para todas las personas."

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