The company of French origin Walor inaugurated the new expansion of its manufacturing site in Irapuato, within the Parque Centro Industrial de Guanajuato, with an investment of 9 million euros with which they plan to reach sales of more than 25 million euros per year for customers like Autoliv and ZF.

In the inaugural speech of the plant, Sylvain Lassalle, Walor's Asia-Americas Director and Plant Director, highlighted that today the expansion of this site is consolidated, where the investment of European capital has the support of the local bank BanBajío.

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Lassalle thanked the collaboration and presence of its suppliers such as Maquitec, INDEX, MonitorApp, Marposs Artis, Induma, SJTOOLS, SECO, Sumitomo, Elmec, Guhring, Kennametal, HORN, PY Industrie, Sandvik Coromant, and ESTAM, among others.

In his speech, Xavier de Saint Guilhem, President and COO of Walor International said that the company is growing and is working on projects for next-generation components for the next range of hybrid and electric vehicles.

Currently, less than 15% of Walor's turnover is directly related to internal combustion engines. All our new projects are for the new platforms, added the manager.

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The state president, Diego Sinhue Rodríguez Vallejo congratulated the company for “being inclusive and with great social and environmental commitment and combating climate change; They are immersed in Industry 4.0 and have a production volume of 50 million pieces each year for North American assembly plants. Walor is a company that builds the greatness of Guanajuato because it is promoting the development of its people first."

The Irapuato site began operations in 2014 and produces tens of millions of mechanical parts each year for air bag components, seat belt pretensioners, suspensions and braking systems.

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