- (Business Wire)
WHAT: Hella, a major supplier of automotive electronics and lighting, will hold the grand opening of its first electronics plant in Mexico. The 275,000-square-foot facility will manufacture transmission range and pedal sensors, as well as vacuum and washer pumps for the company’s Asian- and North American-based OEM customers.
WHEN AND WHERE:
10 a.m., Friday, October 31, 2008, at Parque Industrial Opcion Blvd., Bernardo Quintana #524-4, Arboledas 76140, San Jose Iturbide, Guanajuato, Mexico, about 155 miles north of Mexico City.
SPOKESPERSONS:
Juan Manuel Oliva, governor of Guanajuato; Jean-François Tarabbia, chief executive officer, Business Division Electronics and member of the board, Hella KGaA Hueck & Company, and Dr. Martin Fischer, president of Hella Electronics Corporation and Hella Corporate Center USA, Inc.
ABOUT HELLA KGaA HUECK & COMPANY:
Hella, a global supplier, develops and manufactures components and systems for lighting and electronics for the automotive industry. Its joint venture companies also produce complete vehicle modules and air conditioning systems. Hella is one of the top 50 automotive parts suppliers in the world and one of the 100 largest industrial companies in Germany. Nearly 25,000 people work in 70 manufacturing facilities, production subsidiaries throughout the world, including more than 3,500 research-and-development engineers and technicians. Customers include all of the world’s leading vehicle and systems manufacturers, as well as the automotive parts aftermarket.
Hella KGaA Hueck & Company
Ulrich Koester, +49.29.41.38.7566
E-mail: ulrich.koester@hella.com
or
AutoCom Associates
Marty Habalewsky or Andrea Wilmes, +1 248-647-8621
E-mail: mhabalewsky@usautocom.com or
awilmes@usautocom.com
