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Jatco Ltd. has increased the capacity of its continuously variable transmission plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, to 700,000 CVTs a year from 400,000.
"We expect an increase in demand" in North America, the Japanese company said in a statement. "Jatco Mexico is playing a key role in Jatco's global expansion."
CEO Shigeo Ishida officially opened the plant extension, located within the Nissan Mexicana complex, in mid-April.
Jatco said the $200 million extension will allow the plant to build CVTs for large vehicles, such as Nissan Motor Co.'s Maxima.
The factory is 310 miles northwest of Mexico City-and about 100 yards from a Nissan plant that builds the Sentra and Versa.
The expansion of the Aguascalientes plant is in response to an increased global demand for environment-friendly CVTs, the company said.
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