Metal Manufacturing Industries Mexico

Mexico is one of the world’s top ten exporters of machinery, appliances and mechanical devices, exporting more than $78 billion in metal mechanical products in 2017. From auto parts and automobiles to appliances and metal furniture, metal fabrication is a booming business.

Employment in the metal manufacturing sector in Mexico encompasses a whopping 611,926 direct-industry employees. Employment and training for this vital industry sector is supported by fifteen advanced R&D manufacturing centers in the country that graduates over 115,000 engineers a year.

With thirteen major clusters throughout Mexico, manufacturers will find stamping, forging, welding, extrusion, die casting and more advanced processes in support of nearly every manufacturing sector. Mexico’s metal manufacturing and fabrication sector captured $5.059 billion dollars in FDI during 2014-2017.

Ciudad Juarez shares a Border with El Paso, Texas, and is home to an important metal-mechanical industry cluster. From household appliances like refrigerators and washing machines by Electrolux, to automotive components and a Bombardier motorcycle assembly plant, metal manufacturing processes and fabrication are a vital industry sector. Learn more about Ciudad Juarez here