BRP will expand its facilities in Querétaro; will create 500 new jobs

Queretaro

By Víctor Vázquez

The Canadian company BRP announced the expansion of its facilities located in the Querétaro Industrial Park , which will mean the creation of 500 highly specialized jobs within the automotive industry. . 

Mario Gebetshuber , director of BRP's Queretaro plant , reported that the investment (of which the amount was not disclosed) will be used for the acquisition of the new land (within the same park), where they will create a high-tech manufacturing center, an employee training center, a third engine assembly line and a second aquatic vehicle assembly line .

"We have a lot of skilled workforce talent that facilitates our operations, so we want to reinforce our commitment, announcing the significant investment to expand operations, which will result in the start of new projects," said the manager.

BRP is a global company, leader in motor sports vehicles, propulsion systems and boats, with more than 75 years in the market. Its product portfolio includes snowmobiles, jet skis, standard and ATVs, boats, marine propulsion systems, as well as engines for go-karts, motorcycles and recreational aircraft. .

It has 12 manufacturing plants in six countries, employing more than 12,600 employees around the world. In Mexico they have three production plants: two in Ciudad Juárez and one in Querétaro .

 

SECTOR

During the event in which the expansion was announced, Francisco Domínguez , governor of Querétaro , pointed out that, from January to November 2020, the transportation equipment manufacturing sector produced more than 71.5 billion pesos in the entity , which means that the sector remained strong, despite the decrease in its production by 9.6%, compared to the same period in 2019.

Domínguez Servién also reported that the state has the highest reception of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the auto parts subsector . Only in the first half of 2020, this item reported 161.2 million dollars, 33.5% of the manufacturing FDI, in that period .

According to Data-Mexico , Querétaro ranked second nationally in international sales of auto parts for the first quarter of 2020, a period in which 873,000 million pesos were exported. National sales were 5.6 billion, of which Querétaro contributed almost 15 percent.

Marco del Prete , Secretary of Sustainable Development in the state , reported that there are currently 65,000 Queretans working formally in the automotive or transportation equipment manufacturing industry .

This subsector represents 23% of the total value of the production of the manufacturing industry , which, in 2020 and despite the pandemic, generated 78.403 million pesos.

 

CANADA

Likewise, the official pointed out that in the current state administration 22 projects of Canadian origin have been finalized, 50% of them belong to the automotive sector . The investment amount of these projects exceeds 6,915 million pesos and they have generated more than 3,659 jobs.

The Ministry of Economy reports that in the state there are 92 companies with capital from Canada , which represents 5.7% of the total of companies with foreign origin settled in Querétaro and that are mainly dedicated to the manufacture of plastics and the automotive industry .