MetoKote Corp. has opened its newest facility in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

LIMA, OH - MetoKote Corp. has opened its newest facility in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. This is the eighth facility in Mexico for MetoKote, which has a total of 38 facilities across North America, South America and Europe. 

MetoKote located the facility in the San Luis Potosí area because of the rapid growth in this region and the strong demand for coatings. This central region of Mexico, referred to as Bajio and Altiplano areas, is within a two-hour radius of industrial cities such as Queretaro, Aguascalientes Irapuato, Leon and Silao.   

The plant currently operates one high-production electrocoat monorail line with a part envelope of 36” x 48” x 72”.  The line is designed to coat small-to-medium-sized parts with a turnaround time of 24 hours or less. The facility also offers light assembly, special packaging for automotive spare parts, labeling and inventory tracking of customer parts. When at full capacity, the company will employ approximately 50 employees.