In addition to its current operations, Automotive Lighting – Magneti Marelli’s business line devoted to the automotive lighting sector – is integrating a new assembly operation for LED modules into its Juárez production site in Mexico.
This production expansion for advanced lighting technologies is aimed at satisfying high-technology applications and customer needs in a market like NAFTA, in which the LED technology penetration for front lighting is expected to grow from approximately 20 percent in 2016 to approximately 50 percent in 2020, according to IHS.
The Juárez LED operation will start with the involvement of 115 employees, which is expected to grow to 165 by the end of 2016, and grow to nearly 400 people by the end of 2017.
The Juárez production site, which began producing headlamps in 1997 is one of Magneti Marelli’s largest plants, with more than 3,000 employees producing various lighting products. It manufactures headlamps, tail lamps, rear appliques and various electronic modules. Juárez has a strategic position to serve the automotive production hubs in the U.S. of carmakers such as BMW, Daimler, Ford, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, General Motors, Honda, Kia, Nissan and Volkswagen/Audi.
