With an investment of 14 million, the Japanese company Kurabe began operations, which in its first phase will provide productive employment to 400 people.

It is the first plant to be installed on the American continent and is dedicated to the production of heaters for steering wheels and seats, among other accessories.

“I appreciate the trust to establish your production plant here, unique in the entire American continent; This has been possible because we are the Logistics Heart of America, due to our privileged location,” said the governor, María Teresa Jiménez Esquivel.

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The state governor said that with this new investment Aguascalientes strengthens its leadership in the region and in the country, in the development of cutting-edge technology, in the strengthening of value chains and in the generation of jobs.

"We will not fail you. Here you will find a fertile territory to continue expanding the long friendship that unites Japan and Aguascalientes, because here there is capacity, talent, commitment and will to respond to your decision," he stated.

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For his part, Takenobu Kanazawa, general director of the Kurabe Group, mentioned that after two years of construction in the San Francisco de los Romo IV Industrial Park, this factory, which is dedicated to the production of steering wheel and seat heaters, among others accessories. For the automotive industry, formal operations begin today.

It also reported that Kurabe generates annual sales of more than $280 million and employs nearly 4,500 people at its ten plants in Japan, Vietnam and China.

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