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.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems announced a US$57 million investment in Plant IV in Acuña, Coahuila, a 17,188 square meter highly automated facility making commercial vehicle braking systems, adding more than 180 jobs.

Danfoss announced construction of a new compressor and sensor manufacturing facility in Apodaca, Mexico, to serve growing US demand for cooling technology. The plant is expected to be ready by the end of 2024 with capacity for 100,000 compressor units and 2.6 million sensors.

Smurfit Kappa has invested $23 million in a corrugated cardboard plant in the Oradel industrial park in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The facility is due to open the following week, and is expected to create direct and indirect jobs.

Emerson has begun construction of a new 50,000 square meter plant in Arteaga, Coahuila, to assemble scroll compressors for residential and commercial air-conditioning. About 500 workers are expected to be employed.

Emerson announced on November 8, 2022 a new 50,000 square meter plant in Arteaga, Coahuila to assemble scroll compressors for residential and commercial air conditioning, expected to create 1,200 jobs at full capacity.

Flex Américas opened a BoPET film recycling plant at its Altamira industrial complex in Tamaulipas, Mexico, with state government officials present. The project was completed a few weeks before the November 3, 2022 ceremony.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems has started construction of a new highly automated production facility at its Acuña, Mexico campus to make GSBC and GSAT brake control and air treatment systems, with initial occupancy slated for November 2023.

Bosch Rexroth will build a new 42,000 sq m plant in Queretaro, Mexico, investing about 160 million euros to make mobile hydraulics and factory automation components for North America. Opening is planned for mid-2023, with over 900 jobs after full commissioning in 2027.

Rheem is constructing a new plant in Mexicali, Baja California, with a $40 million investment that will create 1,000 jobs. The announcement was attended by Governor Marina del Pilar Avila in August 2022.

Continental will invest over $40 million to build an industrial hydraulic hose production facility in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, creating about 150 jobs. The plant will add capacity for North American customers.

Daikin Comfort Technologies North America will build a 761,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Mexico, fully operational in 2024, with an estimated $230 million investment to localize mini-split and residential inverter production.

Heineken will build a 1.8 billion peso (about $90 million) can manufacturing plant near its brewery in Mequoi, Chihuahua, Mexico, its seventh in the country. The plant is expected to employ around 120 people after opening.

US heater maker Watlow inaugurated its fourth Mexican plant in El Marqués, Querétaro, investing 420 million pesos to expand electric heater and sensor production and employing 1,315 people there.

Artigraf, a corrugated cardboard manufacturer, is installing a new plant in Torreón, Coahuila, investing $7.5 million (possibly up to $10 million over later stages) and creating 250 direct jobs. The 20,000 square meter complex is under construction and expected to start operating in about 10 months.

Direct Pack Inc. opened a new 200,000-square-foot thermoforming facility in Mexicali, called Direct Pack Baja, which began producing food packaging in September 2021. The plant represents a $25M investment.

French aluminum foundry Le Bélier confirmed a $100 million investment in a new production plant in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, creating 500 jobs. The plant will serve the automotive market.

Guntner officially inaugurated a new 8,400 m2 production plant in Apodaca, Mexico, making evaporators and condensers for commercial refrigeration to serve growing US demand.

Hengli Hydraulic plans a CNY1.2 billion project in Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, with annual capacity for oil cylinders, special cylinders and hydraulic pumps and motors. No construction schedule was given.

SIG will build a new carton packaging plant in Querétaro, Mexico, to serve North American markets, investing around 40 million euros over 2021-2023. The plant is expected to open in Q1 2023 and create about 200 jobs.

Grupo WIC, a subsidiary of Western Industries Corporation, opened a new larger facility in Reynosa, Mexico, with new manufacturing capabilities, with an inauguration ceremony held on August 21, 2018.

SIG will build a new carton packaging production plant in Queretaro, Mexico, investing around 40 million euros over 2021-2023 to serve North American markets. The plant is expected to open in Q1 2023 and create about 200 jobs.

Coahuila Governor Miguel Riquelme announced Lennox's third plant in the region, a 375,000 sq ft building with corporate offices being built by Amistad Construction at Amistad Airport Industrial Park.

Typack-Recipet plans to invest US$5 million in a new thermoformed plastic packaging plant in Mexico, expected to be operational within 15 months.

KYB Americas announced a new manufacturing plant in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico, to begin with hydraulic pumps for automotive continuously variable transmissions and later make shocks, struts and steering components. The plant is expected to add 130 jobs.

San Miguel Industrias is constructing a 10,000 square metre rigid plastic packaging plant in Huejotzingo, Mexico, with a $28 million investment, 10 SACMI machines and 150 planned jobs.

Heineken built a greenfield brewery in Meoqui, Chihuahua, Mexico, with about 5 million hectoliters annual capacity and 500 direct jobs, a roughly 400 million euro investment; KHS supplied four of the six lines.

Irish packaging group Smurfit Kappa will invest $34 million in two stages to build a new corrugated cardboard plant in Baja California, Mexico, creating 200 new jobs.

Rohrer is building a new thermoforming facility in Tijuana, Mexico, to serve U.S. consumer goods and packaging customers who have moved manufacturing to the border region. The plant is expected to employ nearly 200 people at full production.

Harsco Industrial IKG broke ground on a new 12,000 sq m grating production plant in the Advance Querétaro Industrial Park in El Marqués, Mexico, with an investment of about 17 million dollars and 158 initial jobs. The plant will supply industrial grating to Mexico and Latin America.

Smurfit Kappa inaugurated a folding carton manufacturing plant in Tijuana, Mexico, with an investment of US$145.5 million. The plant creates 250 jobs and starts with annual production of 10 million square meters.

Smurfit Kappa inaugurated its third plant in Tijuana, Mexico, after an investment of US$14.5 million, creating 250 jobs. The folding cardboard plant has a capacity of 10 million square meters and began operations at the end of 2018.

MAPAL Frhenosa, a joint venture of the MAPAL Group, opened a second branch in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico, with a ceremony held at the end of January 2019. The site adds production capacity for tool reconditioning and is expected to create 100 jobs.

Wärtsilä's EPC-built 130 MW gas-fuelled power plant near Monterrey, Mexico, commenced full operations in September 2018 for Pemcorp and Arroyo Energy Investors, with a three-year O&M agreement.

Tempe-based Walbar Engine Components completed a new manufacturing facility in Guaymas, Sonora, with a 35,000 sq ft building for non-aerospace work and a 70,000 sq ft building for aerospace work. The expansion represents an investment of roughly $10 million.

Grupo Gondi announced plans to build a new corrugated and high-graphic packaging plant near Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico, with an investment of over $44 million. The plant will create 250 permanent jobs and will supply local manufacturers including Constellation Brands' Obregón brewery.

ITASA built a new plant in Querétaro, Mexico, with a EUR 20 million investment, 150 million m2 annual capacity and 50 employees, starting operations in October 2018 with siliconing from February 2019.

Illinois-based Transparent Container is opening a new production facility in Tijuana's La Encantada industrial park, an 87,750-square-foot plant with 11 thermoforming lines. The company has not disclosed investment or job numbers.

Saverglass opened a $120 million glass bottle manufacturing and decoration plant in Jalisco, Mexico, which began production in June 2018, created 400 local jobs and adds 120 million bottles per year.

Cooper Standard laid the foundation stone for a $12 million polymer mixing plant in Aguascalientes, creating 100 direct jobs, with completion expected in the first quarter of 2019.

Spanish release liner maker ITASA is building a new plant in Querétaro, Mexico, with a €20M investment and 150 Mm2 capacity, employing 50 people. Cutting and printing operations are due to start in October 2018 and silicone processing in February 2019.

Mexican packaging company Empaques Nova inaugurated a new plant in Mérida, Yucatán, for making packaging paper and containers, with the Mexican Secretary of Economy attending. The ceremony was reported on 3 June 2018.

Heineken's new seventh brewery in Meoqui, Chihuahua, built by Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma with an investment of 7.5 billion pesos, was inaugurated on February 27, 2018, adding 5 million hectoliters of annual capacity and about 500 direct jobs.

Mann+Hummel inaugurated its second manufacturing plant in Querétaro, Mexico, with an investment of 300 million pesos to make automotive and industrial filters. The plant will produce 15 million filters per year and create 150 jobs in its first phase.

Grupo Saargummi announced a new plant in Querétaro, Mexico, with an investment reported at 682.5 million pesos and about 1,100 jobs to be created in the short and medium term. The plant will make rubber profiles for doors, trunks and windows, including for Volkswagen vehicles.

Mexican packaging maker Grupo Gondi announced plans to invest US$300 million in a containerboard mill with 400,000 tons a year capacity in the Nexxus industrial park in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon.

Japanese-owned Aisan Autopartes México officially started operations at a new plant in Villa de Pozos, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with a $72 million investment and 260 jobs. The plant makes throttle bodies, engine valves and fuel pumps for the automotive sector.

Crown Holdings officially opened a beverage can plant in Juarez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, with a USD 75 million investment and 1.2 billion cans a year of output. A second line costing USD 45 million over two years is planned, and about 160 jobs will be created.

Vichisa, a Crown subsidiary, will invest $200 million in two phases to build its ninth glass container plant in Meoqui, Chihuahua, to supply Heineken's nearby brewery. The first phase is $120 million and is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs, with construction starting in October 2017.

Vichisa, partner of Crown Brand-Building Packaging, signed an agreement with the Chihuahua state government to build a glass container factory in Meoqui supplying the Heineken plant, with a first-phase investment of $120 million and over 200 direct jobs. A second phase of $80 million is planned within three to four years.