Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems celebrated the grand opening of a 185,000 square foot automated production facility at its Acuña campus, producing brake control and air treatment systems, with production expanding over several years.

Littelfuse held a ribbon-cutting on 22 May 2024 for a new 106,000 sq ft manufacturing plant in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, which doubles its local manufacturing capacity for circuit protection products.

Mauser Packaging Solutions, through subsidiary BWAY Corporation, completed the acquisition of 100% of the voting shares of Taenza, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican manufacturer of tin-steel cans and steel pails.

Nidec Press & Automation broke ground on an expansion that will quadruple its Queretaro, Mexico service facility, adding 8,600 square meters of production space, with completion expected by end of 2024 and about 40 local hires planned.

Atlas Copco signed a deal to acquire the vacuum-related assets and brand of Mexican firm MEISA, which supplies vacuum pumps and services to industrial customers from Queretaro and Monterrey.

Swiss company Sulzer started up a new vertical hydraulic pump factory with a US$7.1 million investment, extending its 40-year-old plant in Cuautitlán Izcalli, State of Mexico. Output will serve power generation and hydrocarbon operations.

Multipak, part of Xignux, began construction of a $7.4 million plant at the Centro Logistico Industrial in Durango, Mexico, expected to create about 300 jobs and start operations in late 2024.

Continental's ContiTech unit will build a hydraulic hose plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, with an investment of around 90 million dollars. The first stage will create more than 200 jobs, with construction planned for the second half of 2024 and operations expected in the second half of 2025.

LG Electronics has opened a new scroll compressor production line at its factory in Monterrey, Mexico, to increase capacity and serve North American HVAC customers.

Texas-based Trendsetter Engineering won a contract from Woodside Energy to supply subsea manifolds with foundations, valves and connection systems for the Trion deepwater project off Mexico. The scope covers engineering, manufacture and installation support.

Woodside Energy awarded Trendsetter Engineering a contract to supply subsea manifolds, foundations, valves and connection systems for the Trion deepwater project offshore Mexico.

Smurfit Kappa plans a $115 million investment to build and expand two production plants in Santa Clara Coatitla, Ecatepec. The municipality has granted the licenses needed to start construction.

Smurfit Kappa held a ribbon-cutting at its Mexicali plant for four recent equipment investments totaling $14 million, which the company says raises production capacity by over 30 percent.

Mauser Packaging Solutions signed a definitive agreement to acquire Taenza, S.A. de C.V., a Mexico City-based maker of tin-steel aerosol cans and steel pails with five Mexican plants and over 850 employees. Completion is expected by April 2024, subject to regulatory clearances.

Jabil inaugurated its third manufacturing plant in Chihuahua, Mexico, a 250,000 sq ft facility in the Chihuahua 2000 Industrial Park with a $50 million investment, expected to generate 2,000 jobs.

Tetra Pak laid the foundation stone for a 750 million peso expansion and modernization of its Mexicali plant, which makes carton package caps and will increase capacity by 40%. The new phase is expected to start operating in April 2024 and create 145 direct jobs.

BA Glass acquired a 60% equity stake in Mexican glass packaging producer Vidrio Formas, which has two Mexican plants and will be renamed BA Glass México; the price was undisclosed.

Balluff opened its new greenfield smart factory in Aguascalientes, Mexico, on October 27, 2023. The 7,000 m² site represents a 50 million euro ($53 million) investment to regionalize its supply chain for the Americas.

Chinese compressor maker Jiaxipera opened its new production plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, with a $60 million investment in stages, creating 600 jobs. The first phase of $20 million supports two million compressors per year.

Jiaxipera's compressor factory in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico began production on October 26, 2023, with a US$60 million investment and annual capacity of 6 million units. It is the first independently built overseas factory of China's compressor industry.

Eaton announced $85 million in additional manufacturing investment to increase North American output of utility equipment, including underground protective connectors, with about 300 new positions at its Queretaro facility. Recent North American investments reach nearly $750 million.

PAC Worldwide moved operations from Pedro Escobedo into a new 83,000 square-foot flexible packaging plant in San Juan del Rio, about two hours north of Mexico City. The plant is expected to produce over 700,000 bags daily at full capacity.

Colep Packaging and the Envases Group signed a joint venture agreement, based on a 50/50 shareholding, to build an aerosol packaging plant in Mexico. The total initial investment is more than $30 million over two years.

Colep Packaging and Envases Group signed a 50/50 joint venture to build an aerosol packaging plant in Mexico with a total initial investment of more than $30 million over two years. The first stage will use three aluminium aerosol lines.

Colep Packaging and Envases Group signed a joint venture agreement to build an aerosol packaging plant in Mexico, initially with three aluminium aerosol lines serving Mexico and Central America. The announcement is dated 23 October 2023.

Parker Corporation announced an $8 million investment and 200 new jobs for a new plant in the Finsa industrial park in Aguascalientes, Mexico, starting operations in August 2024 to make air conditioner components.

Parker Corporation Mexicana announced an $8 million investment for a new plant in the FINSA industrial park in Aguascalientes, creating about 200 jobs and making air conditioner components, with operations starting in August 2024.

Smurfit Kappa Norteamérica plans to invest about $67 million in 2023 in machinery, process upgrades and service expansion at its plants in Nuevo Laredo, Tijuana, Mexicali and Nogales, Mexico. The company has invested over $350 million in Mexico over the past five years.

Tecma inaugurated its 41st plant, a maquiladora of over 250,000 square feet in Ciudad Juárez with more than 200 employees, focused on manufacturing precision pneumatic valves.

Trane moved a residential air conditioning production line from Florida to its Apodaca plant in Nuevo León, Mexico, in an investment of $18 million. The expansion covering 10,000 square meters was finished in July 2023 and is expected to create over 200 jobs.

Balluff is building a new high-volume production plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, starting at the end of 2023, with about EUR 50 million invested. The 15,000 square metre plant will make sensors, accessories, network systems and RFID solutions.

BorgWarner announced a $198 million investment for a new 64,000 square metre plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, making electronic power components and electric motors. It will create 380 jobs and is expected to start operations in the second half of 2024.

BorgWarner broke ground on a new plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, to make power electronics components and electric motors, with 380 new direct jobs expected over five years and opening targeted for Q2 2024.

Constellation Brands is near completing a $13 billion investment in a new brewery in Veracruz, Mexico, receiving most equipment in 2024, alongside capacity expansions at its Nava and Obregon breweries.

BA Glass acquired a majority stake in Vidrio Formas, a Lerma, Mexico maker of customized glass containers, in July 2023. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Bosch Rexroth opened a 42,000 sq m plant in Queretaro, Mexico, investing about EUR 160 million to make hydraulic pumps, motors and valves for mobile machinery and linear motion products, creating about 900 jobs by 2027.

Smurfit Kappa Corrugados de Baja California inaugurated a new plant expansion in Baja California, Mexico, with an $11 million investment in machinery and an enlarged industrial building to raise production capacity.

Smurfit Kappa's Corrugados de Baja California subsidiary started operations at a new $11 million plant in Baja California, Mexico, which expanded its industrial building and added machinery to raise production capacity. The company is the main corrugated cardboard box manufacturer in the state.

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.

BorgWarner announced an investment at its Ramos Arizpe Campus in Mexico to produce battery cooling plates for electric vehicles, creating 280 new jobs and raising production capacity by 35%.

Mexican industrial company Metelmex announced a $5 million investment to build a new plant in Monclova, Coahuila, serving Mexican and US markets with heavy-industry products for the rail sector, creating 485 jobs within two years.

Lennox began operations at its third plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, investing $36 million and creating 600 jobs. The plant will make residential air conditioning and heating products, about 3,000 units per day.

Brazilian company TUPY announced an expansion of its Ramos Arizpe plant in Coahuila, Mexico, with an investment of $36.8 million that will create 250 direct jobs. The machining plant will grow by over 5,200 square meters.

Volex has won a contract with an unnamed leading North America-based automotive manufacturer to supply EV power products from Tijuana, Mexico. Annual revenue is expected to exceed $30 million, with full production in 2024.

Volex has secured a contract with a leading North American automotive manufacturer to supply EV power products from its Tijuana, Mexico facility. Annualised revenue is expected to exceed $30 million, with full production in 2024.

Volex has secured a contract with a leading North American automotive manufacturer to supply EV power products from its Tijuana, Mexico facility. The annualised revenue is expected to exceed $30 million, with full production in 2024.

SIG Combibloc inaugurated its first Mexican plant in the Aerotech industrial park in Querétaro, built with a €73 million investment. The plant will initially produce up to 500 million containers per year and create 200 jobs, rising to 1,200 million containers by 2024.

SIG has started operations at a new aseptic carton packaging plant in Querétaro, Mexico, with a total investment of 73 million euros. The plant creates more than 200 jobs and will serve North American markets.

Chinese company Jiaxipera inaugurated a US$60 million plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, to manufacture high-efficiency refrigeration compressors. The plant will create 600 jobs and produce 6 million compressors per year.

Emerson started expanding its engineering center in Metepec, State of Mexico, for Fisher control valves, with about $24 million invested and about 200 staff expected, completion targeted for February 2024.