Hultek, the manufacturer of rubber products by compression, transfer, injection and extrusion, will build a new warehouse, where it plans to group the current operation of the three plants it has in the municipality of García, Nuevo León, with the aim of expanding its capacity of operation, Carlos González, CEO of the company, commented to El Economista.

The company serves the automotive, appliance, and electrical industries, and currently has 200 employees, who maintain 40 years of proven experience in the industry. With the new construction, the aim is to achieve rapid delivery to meet the needs and requirements of clients, the executive pointed out.

The expansion will increase 50% of the operating space that they currently have, the machinery will be increased by 30% and in the first year they will have an increase of 50 to 70 direct jobs, plus some specialized positions in product engineering, materials development and mold design.

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The rise in energy prices, which has affected the supply chain, and the war in Ukraine are the main challenges for the manufacturing industry, where diversifying customers and developing new suppliers is key to the business.

An example of this is the substitution of imports in tooling that has been carried out in Nuevo Léon, where companies that provide services in the automotive and electrical appliance industries were trained, which allows them to seek new clients.

With the interruption of global supply chains, first due to the pandemic and now due to the war in Ukraine, the most affected industry was the automotive industry due to the shortage of chips, however, in the first months of the year there has been a Recovery.

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For example, he said that the automotive industry is one of the main exporters and household appliances have benefited from the start of the pandemic due to confinement, and consumer goods have been on the rise, he stressed.

Mexico has a manufacturing industry ready to increase its level of capacity towards large companies, where SMEs and industry 4.0 can focus on innovation, the executive said.

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