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MANUFACTURING

Mazda Mexico Vehicle Operation (MMVO)
umitomo Corporation and Mazda broke
ground on their new plant, named Mazda
de Mexico Vehicle Operation (MMVO), back
in 2011. In early 2013, the first car rolled off the
production line - a Mazda3 sedan. The milestone figure of
100,000 units produced was achieved 11 months after production
began. The 100,000th car to come off the production line was
a Mazda2 (known as Mazda Demio in Japan) bound for Europe.
The plant is located in the city of Salamanca, and produces
vehicles for a number of European and North American countries,
including the U.S.

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Soon after, Mazda announced that production capacity would increase
to 250,000 units annually by fiscal year ending March, 2016.

With its key business strategies of sustaining growth of manufacturing-related business, SC Mexico has focused on building up its local
expertise and network of companies related to manufacturing in
the auto market. This created their own integrated value chain and
these companies are supporting Mazda de Mexico production as the
source of material and parts procurement.

Related Businesses
SSM
Servilamina Summit, a steel service center in Queretaro which was incorporated in 1992, has been designated as the central purchasing steel
center for all of Mazda de Mexico's steel products. Dealing in domestic
and imported steel sheet supply, as well as slitting and cut to length
capabilities for Class 1 vehicles, Servilamina also offers logistic service,
warehousing, and just in time deliveries. For supplying all metal processing products to MMVO, Servilamina set up a new plant in Salamanca
which has a blanking and laser welding facility also. The laser welding
process is when rolled steel is converted into flat-sheet blank slits that
are laser welded. Those laser welded blanks are delivered to stamping
plants such as Hirotec Mexico. Once finished at the stamping plant, it is
then ready for the assembly line in MMVO.

Hirotec
Hirotec Mexico, which was founded in 1998, has consistently been
a top supplier to the General Motors plant in Silao. There, GM builds
large trucks, SUVs and pickups like the Chevrolet Avalanche, Chevrolet
Suburban, Cadillac Escalade and GMC Yukon. Now Hirotec Mexico has a
contract with auto manufacturer MMVO as well as General Motors, Ford,
Chrysler and Nissan. As a
stamping plant, Hirotec
Mexico provides unique
products to the auto makers
MEXICO
including whole doors, roofs
Mazda de Mexico
Vehicle Operation
and fenders which are
Salamanca
Hiroshima Aluminum Mexico
Hirotec
Servilamina Summit
usually produced by the
Y-Tec Keylex Mexico
automaker themselves.
Mexico City

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YKM & Kiriu Mexico
SC Mexico also works with Y-Tec Keylex Mexico in Salamanca, a
chassis and body parts stamper and supplier to MMVO, as well as
a 100% subsidiary of Kiriu Mexico, which also supplies brake discs
to MMVO, and also supplies air conditioning, automatic transmission
and other parts to several manufacturers.

Hiroshima Aluminum Mexico (Halmex)
SC owns a 49 percent share of Hiroshima Aluminum Mexico
(Halmex), located in Silao; Halmex makes engine and transmission
aluminum die cast parts specifically for cylinder blocks to MMVO.
Furthermore, SC Mexico supplies equipment, logistics services,
plastic materials, and components to MMVO Tier-1 production.



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