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Production capacity expansion at the Mexican subsidiary

First written in FY2016. 12 of 18 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-11-13.

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Expansion of Casting and Machining Equipment at Mexican SubsidiaryA theme 1 companies write about · 0 as a headwind · 1 as a tailwind

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  1. FY2026AdvancedAnnual report

    「KITAGAWA MEXICO,S.A.DE C.V. (Aguascalientes, Mexico) Casting production equipment and casting processing equipment 646 14 Internal funds and borrowings October 2025 December 2026 Production capacity expansion」

    The company has described a production capacity expansion plan at the Mexican subsidiary for casting production and processing equipment, with an investment of ¥646 million and completion scheduled for December 2026.
  2. 2026-05-13MaterialisedResults

    「The resulting rise in crude oil prices and impact on logistics networks emerged as new risks that could drive up global energy prices and lead to a slowdown in the global economy.」

    States that higher crude oil prices and the impact on logistics networks actually emerged as factors driving up energy prices.
  3. FY2025AdvancedAnnual report

    「KITAGAWA MEXICO,S.A.DEC.V. (Aguascalientes, Mexico) Casting production equipment and casting processing equipment 918 795 Internal funds and borrowings December 2022 April 2025 Production capacity expansion」

    The production capacity expansion plan for casting production and processing equipment at the Mexican subsidiary has advanced to the stage of a total investment of ¥918 million, with completion scheduled for April 2025.
  4. FY2024AdvancedAnnual report

    「KITAGAWA MEXICO,S.A.DEC.V. (Aguascalientes, Mexico) Casting production equipment and casting processing equipment 823 443 Internal funds and borrowings December 2022 December 2024 Production capacity expansion」

    The company has described a production capacity expansion plan for casting production and processing equipment at the Mexican subsidiary, with an investment of ¥823 million and completion scheduled for December 2024.
  5. FY2023AdvancedAnnual report

    「KITAGAWA MEXICO,S.A.DEC.V. (Aguascalientes, Mexico) Casting production equipment and casting processing equipment 770 — Internal funds and borrowings December 2022 December 2023 Production capacity expansion」

    The company has described a production capacity expansion plan at the Mexican subsidiary involving casting production and processing equipment, with an investment of ¥770 million and completion scheduled for December 2023.
  6. FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「At the Mexican subsidiary, preparations for production of newly ordered automotive parts were completed and mass production began.」

    The company continues to report that, in connection with production capacity expansion and new orders at the Mexican subsidiary, production preparations have been completed and mass production has begun.
  7. FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「At the Mexican subsidiary, preparations for production of newly ordered automobile components were completed and mass production began.」

    In connection with production capacity expansion at the Mexican subsidiary, preparations for production of newly ordered automotive parts were completed and mass production began.
  8. FY2021AdvancedAnnual report

    「KITAGAWA MEXICO,S.A.DEC.V. Casting production equipment, processing building and equipment 2,134 320 Internal funds and borrowings September 2018 August 2022 Production capacity expansion」

    The company continues a production capacity expansion plan for casting production equipment, a processing building and equipment at the Mexican subsidiary, with a total investment of ¥2,134 million and completion scheduled for August 2022.
  9. FY2019-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「At the Mexican subsidiary, the company expanded its casting line and worked to acquire new customers in order to maintain profitability.」

    The Mexican subsidiary expanded its casting line and moved into the stage of working to acquire new customers.
  10. FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report

    「At the Mexican subsidiary, the company held a commissioning ceremony for the second casting line in October and advanced preparations for the start of mass production,」

    For the second casting line in Mexico, the company moved into the preparation stage for mass production following the commissioning ceremony in October.
  11. FY2018-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「At the Mexican subsidiary, the company focused on maintaining and improving profitability. It held a commissioning ceremony for the second casting line in October and began trial operations.」

    For the second casting line in Mexico, the company held a commissioning ceremony and began trial operations.
  12. FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「At the Mexican subsidiary, the company focused on maintaining profitability amid peso appreciation against the dollar. For the second casting line, a completion and handover ceremony will be held in August this year, followed by a commissioning ceremony in November, after which trial operations are scheduled to begin.」

    The planned timing of the completion and handover ceremony, commissioning ceremony and start of trial operations for the second casting line in Mexico has been specified.
  13. FY2017AdvancedAnnual report

    「At the Mexican subsidiary, production efficiency and profitability have improved steadily. The second casting line is scheduled to begin trial operations around September this year.」

    Production efficiency and profitability have improved at the Mexican subsidiary, and the planned start of trial operations for the second casting line has taken concrete shape.
  14. FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「The company has also begun work on expanding production facilities, including a second casting line.」

    The company continues to report the start of production facility expansion at the Mexican plant, including a second casting line.
  15. FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「At the Mexican plant, as utilization of existing facilities continued to improve steadily, the company began efforts to expand production facilities, targeting operations to begin in 2018.」

    While confirming improved utilization of existing facilities, the company has begun expanding production facilities with operations targeted to begin in 2018.
  16. FY2016First statedAnnual report

    「Mexico is seeing continued concentration of the automotive industry, and automotive production is expected to increase to 5 million vehicles by 2020, 1.5 times the current level. Automakers currently import many iron castings from overseas into Mexico, and demand to shift to local sourcing is expected to increase further. To meet this demand, the company decided to expand production facilities with operations targeted to begin in 2018. The expansion will increase casting-line capacity by 700 tonnes per month to a total of 1,400 tonnes. In addition, a new machining line will be added to accommodate increased production of existing products. This will increase machining-line capacity by 30,000 units per month.」

    The company has described a plan to specifically expand casting and machining capacity, targeting operations to begin in 2018.
Moved together

"Expansion, rationalization and renewal of manufacturing facilities" moved the same way as this thread, in the same document, in 11 of its 18 moves.

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  1. ★This thread
  2. 1Expansion, rationalization and renewal of manufacturing facilities11×
  3. 2R&D of new products that will earn market recognition8×
  4. 3Weak machine-tool orders and declining capital investment7×
  5. 4Stable operations at local plants in Mexico, Thailand and China, and the global expansion of the brand6×
  6. 5Foreign exchange fluctuation risk and foreign exchange losses caused by yen appreciation6×
  7. 6Strengthening the Development Framework6×

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