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Mexico City,- Facing the crisis automotive industry is undergoing at the USA, closing plants cutting down production and a drop in units’ sales, Mexican authorities and the main assembly companies are finding ways to prevent the auto-motors sector in Mexico to be seriously affected by this situation.

To begin with, Ford will invest US$3 billion within the next two years, together with the auto parts industry, to revitalize its activities in the plant located at Cuautitlan, State of Mexico, and produce the new Fiesta for the North America market, which will provide for a larger flow in the activities of auto parts industry at the area.

During the VI International Congress of the Automotive Industry in Mexico there will be a very important panel for auto parts sector about Strategic Supplies, where Bo Anderson, Worldwide Procurement Vice-president for General Motors, which purchases US$12 billion from Mexican suppliers every year, together with John Campi Chrysler LLC’s Procurement Vice-president and Leo Torres, Ford de Mexico’s Procurement Director, will give their purchases forecasts for the next few years, in which Mexico could be benefited in spite of a decrease in work shifts at several factories in Mexico.

In the first two months of the year, auto parts industry reached a production value of US$5.147 billion, with a 16.5% growth; however, in those months the drop in the production of automobiles for export was not felt yet. Automobiles production is expected to start going down from June on.