Mexico. Nidec Global Appliance recently announced an investment of 83 million dollars in its plants in Mexico, with the aim of enhancing and implementing new production lines for refrigeration compressors and condensing units, air conditioning fan motors and motors for household appliances.
"Making this expansion a reality demonstrates the company's confidence and commitment to Mexico and also to serving the growing demand of our customers in the North American region," said Claudemir Santos, Vice President of Operations for North America.
For the state of Nuevo León, 33 million dollars were invested in the Apodaca compressor plant (in the image), with the aim of creating a production line of Embraco ES refrigeration compressors, which increases the production of the unit by 60%. "This investment focused on the ES line will help supply the demand of the North American market, while also supporting the transition to natural refrigerants in this region with the addition of greater cooling capacity compared to previous compressor families," Santos said.
Other units that are also receiving investments, and are also located in the municipality of Apodaca, is the Lamination and HVAC (standard engines for ventilation, heating and air conditioning systems). The Rolling Mill is receiving an investment of 20 million dollars, which is currently being used for a 3,000 m² expansion of its factory, in order to increase production capacity, making the plant a support for the other nidec Global Appliance units in the rolling aspect. On the other hand, an approximate of 25 million dollars will be invested in the HVAC unit to increase the production of state-of-the-art engines to its own systems and thus expand its production capacity by 70%.
The motor factory for washing machines, dryers and dishwashers, located in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, is the fourth unit of Nidec Global Appliance in Mexico to receive an investment, this one of 5 million dollars, which will be destined to the transfer of other production lines to the site, in addition to an increase in the utility of the current lines.
"As of the first half of 2021 we have been facing an increase in demand for our products and we believe this scenario will continue through 2022. That is why all of Mexico's investments are mainly focused on increasing productive capacity and process automation," Santos explained.
Global expansion
In addition to the investments in Mexico, Nidec Global Appliance is also investing another $35 million to establish new production lines for the best-selling refrigeration compressors and condensing units in different parts of the world. The investment is destined to manufacturing plants that produce Embraco solutions in Austria, China, Brazil and Mexico.
Regarding global investments, the Beijing plant in China is receiving an investment of 3 million dollars to increase the annual production capacity of VES, VEM and FMX compressors. They have asia as their target market, mainly China and Japan, Europe and the United States.
For the European part, specifically in Fürstenfeld, Austria, the investment of 5 million dollars in the manufacturing plant allowed to start the production of two variable speed models, FMX and VES. These energy-efficient compressors will be aimed at the European market, improving the speed in the level of service and strengthening alliances due to the proximity to customers.
In Brazil, the Joinville-based manufacturing facility will receive $25 million in investments to add a third EM compressor production line and deliver an additional 2.5 million units per year, in addition to increasing productivity. Another investment of approximately 2 million dollars is being made in this same country, in the Itaiópolis plant that is responsible for producing condensing units of all sizes. This investment will increase production capacity by 25%, mainly serving the Brazilian, Latin American and North American markets, with a smaller portion destined for Europe and Asia.
