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Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 06:35 PM Jun 2014

Carmakers to build $1.4 billion Mexico plant

Source: Associated Press

Carmakers to build $1.4 billion Mexico plant
The Associated Press June 27, 2014 Updated 51 minutes ago

MEXICO CITY — Automakers Daimler and Renault-Nissan say they will build a $1.36 billion plant to manufacture Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz brand compact vehicles.

The companies announced Friday that construction on the plant would begin in 2015 in the northern state of Aguascalientes.

They called it the most ambitious project to date for the joint venture the firms launched in 2010. They said it would produce as many as 300,000 cars a year, with Infiniti production beginning in 2017 and Mercedes in 2018.

The plant is expected to employ 5,700 people

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Carmakers to build $1.4 billion Mexico plant (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2014 OP
I guess they have Cryptoad Jun 2014 #1
I'm all for it madokie Jun 2014 #2
And unlike the Nissan plants in the southern US.... socialist_n_TN Jun 2014 #3

madokie

(51,076 posts)
2. I'm all for it
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 11:02 PM
Jun 2014

I mean we need the jobs too but so do the people of Mexico. They've kinda gotten the shitty end of the stick for a long time now

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)
3. And unlike the Nissan plants in the southern US....
Sat Jun 28, 2014, 10:40 AM
Jun 2014

I bet they wind up from the beginning with an organized workforce.

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