Visteon Corporation’s manufacturing plant in Manaus, Brazil, set a monthly production record in August, making 100,000 electronic components for the first time.
The plant, which has more than 400 employees, manufactures radios, instrument clusters and climate controls for vehicle manufacturers in South America and also exports products.
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The plant, which began manufacturing instrument clusters and climate controls in January, is on pace to produce 1m units in 2011.
The facility is one of three Visteon manufacturing operations in Brazil. The others are in Guarulhos (interior and climate control systems) and Camaçari, Bahia (interior components). In Argentina, Visteon assembles interior and climate control systems at plants in Buenos Aires, Quilmes and Rio Grande, in Tierra del Fuego. Visteon has about 2,000 employees in Brazil and 300 in Argentina.
