Monterrey/Münster. Hengst Filtration has opened its new facility in Monterrey, Mexico, marking an important step toward growth in the North American market.
Monterrey is an important plant for Hengst. The market in North America is growing, and so is our business there.
Christopher Heine
CEO
The CEO officially opened the plant together with COO Howard Boyer, as well as Puneet Singh Jhawar, CEO of Hengst of North America; Raúl Sanchez, plant manager in Monterrey; and Raúl Cantú de la Garza, mayor of the city of Salinas Victoria in the Monterrey metropolitan area.
With the new plant for filter inserts for automotive applications, Hengst can serve the entire North American market. This includes existing and new orders from U.S. customers, particularly in the commercial vehicle original equipment sector, as well as the aftermarket.
The plant, which is administratively part of Salinas Victoria, located directly north of Monterrey, has 10,000 square meters of production space and 700 square meters of administrative space. It employs approximately 120 people.
