Training Institute to be opened at FIPASI Park

With an investment of 128 million pesos, the Training State Institute (IECA, by its Spanish initials) and the company American Axle & Manufacturing (AMM,) signed last year an agreement to build the new Education and Development Institute Richard E. Dauch.

Regarding this, David C. Dauch, CEO from American Axle, said that the commitment the company is acquiring for the community of workers from AAM and the remaining population, it is important given that one of the main wishes of their father and founder of the company is fulfilled, which is contributing with the improvement of people’s life quality.

“Being focused, determining and ambitious, is how we have built throughout the years this great company, nowadays my recognition is for our associates, who are at front of it and who integrate the operative team, as their commitment and enthusiasm is contagious for the remaining personnel and their own community,” he said.

The Education and Development Institute “Richard E. Dauch” is located at the FIPASI Industrial Park and will be training not only the personnel of the plant, but also the general public.

It is built on a surface of 11,000 m² from which AMM contributed with the donation of the property land, in addition of providing the machinery and required equipment, IECA was in charge of the construction through a 50 – 50 contribution.

David C. Dauch explained that training will be focused mainly in the manufacturing areas, as the personnel’s profile they will request and that the plant is looking for is for operators’ levels with a high school degree.

The center has 2,360 m² for the facilities of industrial equipment in areas as welding, metrology, medical services, induction and safety, three computer rooms, cafeteria, restrooms and meeting rooms.

Courses lectured are Machining, Assemblies, Safety, Robotics, Controls, Material Management, Maintenance, Welding and open Education in Middle school and High school.

It has first-technology equipment such as machining centers, lathes, metrology, parts assembly cells, simulators of machinery control panels and gauges.

It is anticipated to train 4,000 people per year, with an investment of 11 million pesos per year, to companies in the Park as well as the region in general and they will be working in coordination with educational institutions of the State.

Today, AAM is a company inside the Fortune 500 of the United States and a global automotive supplier with more than 7 billion dollars in sales, more than 25 thousand associates in 17 countries and more than 90 facilities.

In February 1999 the first AAM building was ready to be occupied and the first production started to be prepared that started to be generated on November that same year.  And after that first plant was completed, expansion started to be done for AAM in Mexico.

In 2000 the second plant started to be built and a third Forge line.  The company was growing closely with General Motors, but Chrysler started to join.  A year after the third and fourth plant were opened in Guanajuato, in the following years additional plants were built to complete what is known as the Guanajuato Manufacturing Complex.

And through additional expansions and some recent acquisitions is that AAM has plants in Silao, Nuevo Leon and Coahuila.