ArvinMeritor Dedicates Mexico Plant

Truck components maker ArvinMeritor Inc. said it dedicated a new $30 million manufacturing facility in northern Mexico for trucks built in the United States and Canada.

The 400,000-square-foot facility, which eventually will employ 500 people, is already in operation near Monterrey, Mexico, the company said in a statement.

The plant will initially produce bevel gearings, where axes of two shafts intersect and the tooth-bearing faces of the gears are conically shaped, and front non-drive steer axle assemblies for U.S. and Canadian truck assembly plants.

It will also provide infrastructure to support targeted growth areas in off-highway components and the commercial vehicle aftermarket, ArvinMeritor said.