Daimler, Renault-Nissan Alliance break ground for new plant in Mexico
Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance have broken ground for their joint-venture manufacturing complex, COMPAS (Cooperation Manufacturing Plant Aguascalientes), in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The plant will produce compact vehicles for the Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti brands.
The partners will invest $1 billion in the joint venture, which will oversee the construction and operation of the manufacturing plant.
Located near the Nissan Aguascalientes A2 plant, COMPAS will have an initial annual production capacity of more than 230,000 vehicles and will create about 3,600 direct jobs by 2020. Depending on the market development and customer demand, there will be the potential to add capacity. Production of Infiniti vehicles will begin in 2017, while the first Mercedes-Benz vehicles will be made in 2018.
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