NSK has announced that NSK-Warner KK, an equity method affiliate, has inaugurated its new plant in Mexico.

NWC now operates manufacturing plants at four locations, in Japan, China, Indonesia, and Mexico, and a sales subsidiary in the US. The company globally supplies products that underpin gear shifting in automotive automatic transmissions. NWC has been operating some sections of the new plant in Silao City (Guanajuato, Mexico) since October 2017 to meet increasing demand for automotive automatic transmission products in Mexico and the US.

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The inauguration ceremony, held on 14 March, was attended by the Governor of Guanajuato, the Mayor of Silao, and representatives from our esteemed customers. Mr Shigeyuki Suzuki, executive vice president of NSK, expressed his gratitude to the guests and to everyone who had helped make the plant a reality. He inaugurated the plant with a speech outlining its background, and its connection to the community.

Plant overview

  • Plant name: NSK-Warner Mexico SA de CV
  • Location: Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico
  • Products: Products for automotive automatic transmissions (clutch assemblies)
  • Size: Site area of approximately 50,000 sqm and building floor space of approximately 10,000sqm
  • Employees: Around 120
  • Operating since: October 2017
  • Investment: Around JPY2bn (US$18.7m)

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