Automotive supplier Edscha, which is part of the Spanish Gestamp Group since 2010, has laid the cornerstone of its new Mexican plant in the city of San Luis Potosí , the company said.
Edscha’s first location in Mexico is expected to start-up production by December this year. The first machines are expected to be installed by September this year. The plant is Gestamp Group’s sixth plant in the country.
According to Edscha, the Mexican plant will manufacture the company’s “entire product range” for “numerous international automakers.”
Edscha said the first products will be door hinges, door checks, liftgate hinges and hood hinges, with and without pedestrian protection systems.
“Later on, the local production of Powered Systems for automatic opening and closing of rear lids and liftgates is also planned,” it said.
The automotive supplier said that as a next step machinery will include “machines and equipment for processing rolled parts and forged parts, and later on for the assembly of plastic parts.”
The Mexican plant will occupy 3,800 square meters and employ some 60 workers. Edscha should the expand the facility “as much as 10,000 square meters” and add some more 300 employees “during the coming years.”