# Festo starts $100M automation plant in Monterrey, Nuevo León, creating 1,500 jobs

Festo laid the first stone of a new plant in Salinas Victoria near Monterrey, Mexico, with a $100 million investment and three construction phases generating 1,500 jobs. The plant is due to be ready in 2025 and will supply automation solutions to automotive, mining, pharmaceutical and electronics sectors.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-05-25
- Where: Salinas Victoria, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
- Value: $100.0M
- Jobs: 1,500
- Status: under construction
- Products: pneumatic automation technology, electrical automation technology
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Festo](https://endata.com/companies/1097.md)

## Sources

- [press.festo.com](https://press.festo.com/en/festo-to-expand-capacity-in-north-and-south-american-regions-with-new-plant-in-monterrey-nuevo-leon), 2023-05-25: "Festo today laid the first stone of its new plant with three construction phases, which will gradually generate 1,500 new jobs."
- [valve-world-americas.com](https://valve-world-americas.com/festo-to-expand-capacity-in-north-and-south-american-regions-with-new-plant-in-monterry-nuevo-leon/), 2023-06-09: "Festo will invest $100 million dollars in the plant, highlighting the strategic focus “Local for Local”."

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