Mayekawa has expanded its CIVAC industrial city plant in Morelos with an investment of more than US$80 million, creating what it calls the world's largest factory dedicated to industrial compressors. The plant already employs about 450 people and exports 90% of its output.

Atlas Copco announced expansion projects in Apodaca, Nuevo León, including AIM Servicios Administrativos and MEXSO, a sourcing and compressor technique team, strengthening advanced manufacturing and supplier development. The expansion was announced by Governor Samuel García during a visit to Sweden.

TMC Compressors will supply a complete marine compressed air system to COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry for SBM Offshore's newbuild FSO Chalchi, destined for the Trion field offshore Mexico. Financial terms were not disclosed.

China-based Allied Machinery announced a US$250 million investment to build a new plant in Marín, Nuevo León, Mexico, making machined and iron-cast components, expected to create 150 direct jobs.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Brose will invest MXN 404 million to expand its facility in Colón, Mexico, including acquiring an 800-ton press from Servornechanich for a project with Volvo.

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.

SKF is investing approximately $23 million to move tapered roller bearing manufacturing from China to an existing manufacturing site in Mexico. The move is part of its North American manufacturing consolidation announced September 24, 2020.

The Nidec Press & Automation service center in Queretaro, Mexico is expanding with a new facility to add warehouse space and larger on-site press remanufacturing capability. No value or timing was given.

Nidec Motor Corporation expanded its Monterrey, Mexico manufacturing facility by 60,000 square feet with a $2.3 million investment to increase production capacity for industrial electric motors.

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.

Voith agreed a deal with Copamex of Monterrey, Mexico, to install a BlueLine stock preparation system at its Anáhuac mill, converting it to containerboard production of 260,000 tpa, with startup expected in early 2019.

Voith Paper North America reached a deal with Copamex to install a BlueLine stock preparation system at Copamex's Anáhuac mill in Mexico, which is being converted to make containerboard. The system is due to start up in early 2019 and will output 260,000 metric tons per year of testliner and corrugated medium.

Voith Paper North America won a contract from Copamex to install its BlueLine stock preparation system at the Anahuac mill in Mexico, which is being converted to containerboard and packaging production. Start-up is planned for early 2019.

Voith Paper North America agreed to supply a BlueLine stock preparation system for Copamex's Anáhuac mill in Mexico, which is being converted to containerboard production. The system is to start up in early 2019 and output 260,000 metric tons per year.

Voith Paper North America will supply a BlueLine stock preparation system for Copamex's mill in Anáhuac, Chihuahua, which is being converted to containerboard. The system is due to start up in early 2019 and output 260,000 metric tons per year.

Smurfit Kappa started operating a new containerboard machine PM6 at its Los Reyes paper mill in Tlalnepantla, Mexico, in October 2017, adding about 100,000 tonnes a year of capacity for $62 million.

Treofan is investing USD 45 million in a new 5-layer, 10.4m BOPP orientation line at its Zacapu, Mexico plant, due to start in Q4 2018. The line yields a net capacity increase of about 30,000 tons per year, or 50% of current capacity, as an old 1992 line is mothballed.

Dresser-Rand, part of Siemens, received orders to supply five gas turbine-driven compressor trains to Mexican developer Fermaca for pipeline stations in La Laguna, Coahuila and Villa de Reyes, San Luis Potosi.