Seco Tools Opens New Production Facility in Mexico

Seco Tools has opened a new production unit (PU) in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico that will house special tool manufacturing. This strategic move will enable Seco Tools to consolidate its presence in the Mexican market. Located in the 360 Industrial Park, the new PU has direct access to industrial cities in the North (Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros and Reynosa) and the South (San Luis Potosí, Guanajuato and Querétaro).

The new 2,500-square-meter manufacturing facility features Seco Tools’ unique architecture, design and production cell layout standards. Additionally, PU employees will have exclusive training and education spaces with multifunctional rooms for strategic, commercial and administrative activities.

Following the acquisition of the cutting tools division of Quimmco Technological Center, the machinery and equipment from the previous facility will now be transferred, occupying approximately two-thirds of the PU floor. New equipment for standard tool production is expected to come soon and fill the remainder of the space.

Seco Tools plans to continue its focus on sustainability with this new location, which will feature solar cells on the plant roof and on the top of car ports to generate up to 50% of the power needs of the PU.

Oksana Wade, CFO at Seco Tools, says, “In Mexico, Seco Tools is not only selling new tools, but also regrinding and remanufacturing carbide and PCD tools, as well as recycling carbide at the end of the tool life. [When] taking care of the whole tool lifecycle, the customer wins and the environment wins too.”

According to Seco Tools, this new PU is an example of the company’s commitment to the Mexican market, and it is strategically positioned to serve the growing demand for carbide and diamond tools in Mexico, North America and some countries in South America and Europe.