# Advanced Composites expands Aguascalientes plant with $12.5M investment

Advanced Composites, a Mitsui Chemicals subsidiary, inaugurated a new storage center and expanded its plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, with an investment of 250 million pesos ($12.5 million). The expansion adds four new industrial buildings and a specialized machine, increasing production capacity to 9,000 tonnes per year of plastic compounds for the automotive industry.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2025-06-24
- Where: Aguascalientes, Mexico
- Value: $12.5M (250.0M MXN)
- Starts operating: 24 Jun 2025
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 9000 tonnes per year
- Products: TPO compounds, polypropylene compounds
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Advanced Composites Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/30995.md)
- [Mitsui Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/19809.md) (investor)
- [Mitsui Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/19809.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [clusterindustrial.com.mx](https://clusterindustrial.com.mx/advanced-composites-amplia-su-planta-en-aguascalientes-con-inversion-de-250-mdp/), 2025-06-24: "Advanced Composites invirtió 250 MDP en la ampliación de su planta en Aguascalientes."
- [eleconomista.com.mx](https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/estados/empresa-japonesa-invierte-250-millones-pesos-nuevas-instalaciones-aguascalientes-20250624-765174.html), 2025-06-25: "Advanced Composites inauguró sus nuevas instalaciones en el municipio de San Francisco de los Romo con el objetivo de incrementar su capacidad de producción."
- [mexicobusiness.news](https://mexicobusiness.news/infrastructure/news/advanced-composites-expands-aguascalientes-new-facility), 2025-06-26: "Mexico, and Aguascalientes in particular, have tremendous potential despite the current global economic landscape. We will continue contributing to the growth of this state and this country."
- [mexicobusiness.news](https://mexicobusiness.news/automotive/news/mitsui-chemicals-opens-mx250-million-plant-aguascalientes), 2025-06-27: "Advanced Composites, a subsidiary of Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals, has inaugurated an expanded production and logistics facility in Aguascalientes, part of a MX$250 million investment."

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