With an investment of 300 million dollars, Daikin started the construction of two new production plants that will be located in San Luis Potosí, in the Millenium Industrial Park. One of the factories will produce minisplits and the other will produce chillers for the entire world.
With these two new plants, in addition to the current facilities, the Japanese company will consolidate the new Daikin Campus in Mexico.
In addition, it will grow from 1,200 employees to 4,000 in 2023, when the Daikin Campus starts operating, which will be one of the largest production centers of the company in the western hemisphere. It is expected to be a research and development hub that will boost production chains.
According to the company, which is a leader in the industry of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC, for its acronym in English), these two new production centers are part of the expansion strategy in response to growing demand for products in Latin America and North America.
The two new plants will be located on an extension of 11 hectares including the establishment of an Innovation and Development Center (R & D) where they will develop air conditioning products that anticipate changes in the market in the Americas.
Daikin will grow almost 10 times the size of its facilities in San Luis Potosi in the 332,000 square meters where the two new industrial plants, recreational and leisure areas, showroom, training center, customer service center, green areas, intelligent parking, electrical substation and Research and Development Center will be installed.
Satoru Akama, president and CEO of Goodman Manufacturing (a Daikin Industries brand), said that trust is an important asset that cannot be replaced by anything else.
“It is precisely trust that has summoned us today to San Luis Potosi, the best place to continue and accelerate our growth in this extraordinary country. Because of its economic stability, the strength of its institutions, its privileged access to the world’s main markets.”
He added that the world is clear that the subsistence of humanity depends on using clean energy, reducing CO2 emissions and rationing water, so the Daikin Campus will be a source of pride for companies and for San Luis Potosi in terms of environmental sustainability.
“Mexico should be the destination of this historic investment by Daikin,” he said.
In his message, Ricardo Gallardo Carmona, governor of San Luis Potosi, said that thanks to the trust placed in the company by Daikin’s directors, San Luis Potosi is consolidating its position as one of the best destinations for national and foreign investment.
“This first stone of the expansion of the Daikin company represents the good omen of growth and economic development for our state,” he said.
Meanwhile, Margarita Alcántara, general director of Global Economic Impulse of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, commented that the construction of the Daikin plants endorses Mexico’s position as one of the main destinations for foreign investment in the manufacturing industry and gives the region a relevant strategic importance in terms of economic and social development, which will translate into the generation of new jobs, growth of human capital, access to new technologies and the exchange of good practices in environmental sustainability and labor welfare.
Finally, he acknowledged the role played by Japan in the dynamism of the global economy, positioning itself as one of the countries of reference in terms of technological innovation, infrastructure, manufacturing production, automotive industry, among others.
The groundbreaking ceremony was also attended by Itagaki Katsumi, Consul General of Japan in Leon; Enrique Galindo Ceballos, Mayor of San Luis Potosi; Andres Benavides, CEO of Daikin Manufacturing Mexico; Juan Carlos Valladares, Secretary of Economic Development in San Luis Potosi; Jose Guadalupe Torres, Secretary General of Government; Nestor Garza Alvarez, Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare of San Luis Potosi, among other special guests.
Source: Mexico Industry
