STREIT Mexico introduced the construction progress of their plant located in Comonfort

It is projected for STREIT Mexico to  begin its assembly process and the manufacturing of pieces for the automotive sector on December this year, on its plant located at Marabis de Comonfort Industrial Park.

Likewise, the French company has anticipated that in January 2020 they will be sending the first manufactured products to its customers, such as Continental which has its factory in San Luis Potosi.

STREIT Mexico is the second company to arrive in the Comonfort Industrial Park and invested 20 million dollars for the construction of the first stage of its industrial building, which has a property land for a potential expansion.

Xavier Augonnet, CEO of STREIT Mexico, said that STREIT was founded in 1968 and is focused on the automotive sector, they began with the development of machining and assembly products of mechanic components and each year they manufacture millions of engine components such as center and turbine carcasses, turbo collectors and exhaust manifolds.  And since 2007 it is part of the Taiwanese corporate Mei Ta. 

At the event he explained that they will begin manufacturing an essential part for the functioning of the turbocharger named Center Housing on December.  Turbochargers are forced induction elements of the air pump in the engine which generate energy through air injection which supplies oxygen to create more energy and power.

Currently it has three plants and the one they are building in Mexico, it is the first plant they settle in Latin America, choosing Guanajuato before the economic and automotive growth it has had in the past few years; also for the facilities it offers in infrastructure, logistics and human talent training, as well as the commitment people has to progress.

“Three years ago we began being interested in arriving in here and the state has supported us to fulfill this goal.  The plant has a long term project, we wait and want to grow here,” he said.

He noted that they are hoping to manufacture 2,000,000 of Center Housing components on this plant for the Mexican and the United States market, which is the central part of the automobile and requires a high precision machining, therefore they will have to train collaborators in the use of technology to develop it.

“The technology we use is hard to find in Mexico, and that will allow us to develop and improve our technology,” he noted.

A property of 33,260 m^{2 was} bought for this project, 7,676 m² have been constructed so far with natural lighting as it has skylight and LED lightning, on its first stage the French company will generate about 240 jobs.

While for the second stage of Grupo STREIT in Mexico, they are expecting to build 5,000 m² more for their expansion and reach 400 collaborators.

Miguel Angel Barreda, commercial director of Lintel, said that they are thankful for the confidence the company had of giving them the project of building their plant in Guanajuato.

“We would like you to know you are welcome to Guanajuato, here you will find strategic allies for the growth and position of your company, and we are convinced that this corporate will be a referent for the automotive region,” he said.

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STREIT Mexico

Origin: French

Investment: 20,000,000 dls

Jobs: 240

Sector: Automotive