At least seven car assembly plants are considering setting up operations in Mexico, five of which are of Chinese origin and are looking to install their plants in Nuevo Leon.
The general director of Colliers in Monterrey, Sergio Reséndez, revealed that during a meeting that the Colliers team had with the Mexican Ministry of Economy, it was mentioned that there are seven automakers that are evaluating setting up in the country.
Reséndez informed that three of these companies have already visited the state to evaluate the infrastructure and that there will be more news after the second half of the year, after the elections.
Supply of all types of products
“Nuevo Leon is leading in a total of three or four states that are already finalists, these are Coahuila, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas,” he said.
Likewise, the general director pointed out that there is a Chinese company that manufactures electric or traditional or conventional vehicles, which is about to make a decision and would need all kinds of suppliers.
Due to the advantages that Saltillo and Monterrey have as suppliers for the value chain and the generation of jobs, he emphasized that these entities will always appear in the list of analysis for the installation of automobile assemblers.
Key points
“In the Monterrey-Saltillo corridor there are all kinds of suppliers that could supply any of the assembly plants that are already in Nuevo León, as well as a new one,” he pointed out.
From 2021 to date, more and more Chinese brand companies have been placed, according to statistics from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), in 2023, 19.5% of cars sold in Mexico were Chinese.
Business confidence in manufacturing grew 3.8% for the year.
Source: Mexico Industry