Brembo President Alberto Bombassei inaugurated the company’s new plant in Escobedo, in the State of Nuevo Léon, Mexico. The ceremony was attended by several Mexican and Italian authorities and institutional representatives, including the Italian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova.

Brembo said the inauguration represents a new and significant phase for the company’s presence in North America, where it began operating in 1996 with the establishment of a joint venture in Puebla, Mexico, and then continued in 2007 with the acquisition of Hayes-Lemmerz’s brake component operations, which included plants in Michigan, USA, and Apodaca, Mexico.

The new manufacturing site in Escobedo is a real turning point for Brembo’s operations globally, according to the company. Escobedo is one of the company’s more modern and cutting-edge aluminum caliper plants. The facility features state-of-the-art manufacturing processes that combine high efficiency with the latest technically integrated solutions.

Once fully operational, the plant will be capable of making 2 million aluminum calipers per year. The plant, which covers an area of 377,000 square feet, will add sales of more than $100 million a year. Built in record time, in less than a year, thanks to the know-how acquired by Brembo from the construction of new production facilities on three different continents, the new plant will have a positive impact on the level of employment in the area, creating about 500 new jobs.