KAMAX Mexico begins operations in Guanajuato

Germany reinforces its ties with Guanajuato by opening the KAMAX Mexico plant at the Colinas de Leon Industrial Park, becoming the number 44 German company settling in the State.

The German company has 12 plants worldwide and for the settling of its factory in the region, it fulfilled a 45 million dollar investment and will generate about 215 jobs.

KAMAX Mexico specializes in the manufacturing of high resistance fastening elements for the automotive industry and the products that will be made in this plant are focused on the North American market. In addition, among its customers are Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Bosch, Continental, General Motors and Ford.

Joerg Steins, CEO of KAMAX Group, noted that they are recognized worldwide in the Industry as cold forming shaped complex pieces, therefore, they have customers seeking high-quality products and with the first-class service.

He detailed that with the construction of their plant in Leon, Guanajuato, - which lasted 12 months – can be exemplified what the company could be by implementing teamwork.

And to keep the quality of their products, the first machinery operators they hired underwent training in the cold forming process in Spain and now will be transferring their knowledge to the next collaborators the company will be hiring.

In the thermal treatment line and other equipment that has been imported from other plants, they have in Europe for the prototypes they will elaborate have the standards required by the industry.

“This cannot be possible without the effort and support of the entire Grupo KAMAX. Our strong intention is to develop the Leon plant as a successful location. Some of our customers have their production plant here in Mexico, besides the close cooperation of our plant in Lapper, United States, this will allow us to offer our Northern and Central America customers a better quality service,” he said.

Grupo KAMAX began operations in 1935 as screw and threaded parts factory with the support of only three employees, and currently, they have more than 3,500 employees.

Diego Sinhue Rodriguez Vallejo, governor of the state of Guanajuato, said that since 2006 to date 44 German companies have settled in the region, becoming thus the third commercial partner of the entity.

The total investment generated by those companies is of 2,328 million dollars and have created around 25,000 jobs.