Molex Opens Second Factory in Guadalajara
LISLE, IL — Molex has announced the opening of a new factory in Guadalajara. The new 60,000 sq. meter facility more than doubles the company's footprint and manufacturing in Guadalajara, and comes with the potential to increase capacity by an additional 100,000 sq. meters to support Molex's advanced engineering and large-scale production for automotive, transportation, and industrial customers in North America and around the world.
“Our history in Mexico spans more than 50 years, earning Molex a strong reputation for developing world-class facilities and engineering talent to deliver customer-focused solutions,” said Mike Bloomgren, SVP, president, Transportation & Industrial Solutions, Molex. “The opening of a new factory in Guadalajara dedicated to transportation customers further enhances our ability to effectively and economically address the most complex challenges in automotive connectivity, battery management, vehicle safety and zonal architectures.”
Molex has invested $130 million in the construction of the new facility, which features new tools, technologies, and processes to meet the demand for Electric Vehicles (EV), Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and connected vehicles. The plant features advanced production-line automation, autonomous robots, cutting-edge molding and assembly tools, as well as complete engineering and operations to optimize product development, supply chain management, quality testing, and volume manufacturing.
The availability of onsite reliability and metrology lab testing will also empower local engineers to improve product designs and speed development cycles. These local labs are meant to reduce rework costs and time at critical product-development stages, and the use of innovative tests, simulations and analyses are designed to deliver industry-leading quality, streamline product certifications and accelerate time to market.
Molex plans to grow its headcount in the region from 200 employees to 300 by the end of the year, and the new Guadalajara plant expands the footprint of the company's Transportation & Industrial Solutions division, which includes facilities and technical centers in Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Philippines, Poland, South Korea, and the United States.
