Business · Companies · 1 hr ago
Arcosa opens 2.1 billion-peso galvanizing plant in Coahuila
Arcosa opened a new galvanizing plant called Galva 61 in Castaños, in the Mexican state of Coahuila.
The project involved an investment of 2.1 billion pesos and expands the company’s Arcosa Meyer Utility Structures operations.
Galvanizing coats metal to protect it, and the new facility is intended to increase capacity to meet customer demand.
The company said the plant adds more than 200 employees and is its largest facility in North America.
The expansion took more than two and a half years and involved 16 companies and teams from nine countries.
Arcosa said it plans further investments across its network of facilities, but gave no details.
Arcosa Meyer Utility Structures inaugurated Galva 61, a new galvanizing plant in Castaños, Coahuila.
The plant required an investment of 2.1 billion pesos.
Company president Doug Bryson said it adds more than 200 employees and is Arcosa’s largest plant in North America.
The expansion took more than two and a half years and involved 16 companies and teams from nine countries.
The new facility increases galvanizing capacity to meet customer demand and supports further growth.
- Who
- Arcosa Meyer Utility Structures inaugurated the plant, with Coahuila Governor Manolo Jiménez Salinas leading the ceremony.
- What
- The company opened Galva 61, a new galvanizing plant costing 2.1 billion pesos.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- Castaños, Coahuila, Mexico.
- Why
- The expansion increases galvanizing capacity to meet customer demand and supports company growth.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Work on the expansion took place, involving 16 companies and teams from nine countries.
Arcosa Meyer Utility Structures opened Galva 61 in Castaños, Coahuila.
- Investment
- 2.1 billion pesos
- Plant
- Galva 61
- Location
- Castaños, Coahuila
- New employees
- More than 200
- Scale
- Arcosa’s largest plant in North America
What people are saying
the expansion required more than two and a half years of work, in which 16 companies and teams from nine countries participated