Leading automotive safety systems company Autoliv is setting up a new steering wheel manufacturing plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The 30,000 sqm new facility will help the company meet the growing demand from the customers. According to the company, the facility will potentially employ up to 3,000 people when it is fully operational.
Construction of the new facility will commence next month and Autoliv expects the new plant to be operational by January 2022. The facility will have armature casting, plastic and polyurethane injection moulding, leather preparation and wrapping, final assembly, testing, and development.
Kevin Fox, President, Autoliv Americas, said, 'This new facility, along with our Matamoros, Mexico facility, will allow us to continue to provide world-class support to our customers. This investment will increase capacity, but it will also allow us to optimise our manufacturing processes at both facilities, and it will create exciting opportunities for our team members in Mexico.'
The project accelerates the company's digitalisation and automation strategy and will include investment in state-of-the-art manufacturing processes, he added.
Autoliv is the world's leading producer of steering wheels for passenger vehicles. We have 16 manufacturing and assembly sites and four technical centres around the world that produce more than 20 million steering wheels annually.