BTMS Technology invests 100 million dollars in new plant in Ramos Arizpe

With an investment of 100 million dollars opened the BMTS Technology Plant in Ramos Arizpe (Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems,) German company producing turbochargers of cars’ exhaust, commercial vehicles, and off-highway applications. Such systems make engines more efficient and ecological, company technicians assure.

The plant, located at VYNMSA Industrial Park, of Ramos Arizpe, will have 500 employees when operating at 100 % of its capability, which will allow manufacturing about 2 million turbocompressors of exhaust gases per year for the automotive market in North America.

Its settling in Coahuila will allow the German company to be more competitive in the North American market of fuel turbo-feeding systems, which shows a growing demand for this kind of technological development.

Gunter Semeja, general director of BMTS Europe, explained the reasons that led them to decide to settle in Ramos Arizpe, to reach the United States market even more and “conquer it in the turbochargers sector.”   “Little more than a year ago the decision was made of building a plant in Mexico, particularly in Ramos Arizpe. This is completely aligned to the global growth strategy and the intention of conquering the North American market of turbochargers which was not particularly in our radar at that moment,” he noted.

“The decision of establishing in Ramos Arizpe is based on different factors: first, we see the great potential the automotive cluster has in the region (Southeast,) then, we also have great infrastructure, and we are closer to our main customers. Our expectation at the moment is to find highly qualified and motivated people here in Coahuila and that expectation has been exceeded, we are very proud with the Ramos Arizpe team,” said the directive of the German company.

Moreover, he said, having the support of the authorities and suitable conditions for its global growth and have the desired production.

This plant can access the global resources of BMTS Technology Group, which observes the ISO 9001 and ISO/TS 16949 certification to fulfill the requirements of quality demanded by the automotive industry.

Strengthening the automotive cluster

“These new investments, as in case of BMTS, bring with them not only job generation, but they favor the workforce specialization, the increase of productivity and creation of better labor conditions,” said Jose Maria Fraustro Siller, secretary of government, in the representation of Miguel Angel Riquelme Solis, governor of Coahuila.

He said that with this new company the automotive cluster of the Southeast Region of Coahuila consolidates, besides the state government has projected another tour of economic promotion to China aiming to consolidate more investment projects, as it has been done when showing the entity in countries like Korea, Germany, Canada, and England.

He underlined the strengths of Coahuila in labor formality matters, having a qualified workforce and with high education standards, besides having a labor pact.

“We are also the second state with higher export in the country and the first exportations of transportation equipment, which make us one of the entities with higher competitiveness, this means, the one that demonstrated more potential in generating wellbeing for their inhabitants through labor conditions, education, and incomes,” he said.

Meanwhile, Jose Maria Morales Padilla, mayor of Ramos Arizpe, welcomed the authorities and businessmen and underlined the coordinated work between the Municipality and the State in attracting and settling investments to generate well-paid jobs, as well as to provide peace and tranquility conditions in wellbeing in the entire population.

Unity creates strength

Founded in 2008 from the merging between Robert Bosch and MAHLE, to answer the greater demand of the automotive industry from a strong European partners in the turbo feeding field, BMTS Technology (Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems) is a global manufacturer of exhaust turbocompressors that has achieved to expand their operations from Germany to countries like Austria, China, United States and recently Mexico.

“We develop and produce exhaust turbocompressors for automobiles, commercial vehicles and off-highway applications in our plants in Europe, Asia, and America,” reads the German company description.

Among the qualities that highlight BMTS is the highest demands of quality and efficiency always focused on improving their products in pro of longevity and higher environmental awareness. These characteristics have turned BMTS into a reliable and settled partner for the automotive industry and of commercial vehicles for many years.