LEGO to invest US $508M in Nuevo León plant

Iconic artifact shaper LEGO volition put US $508 cardinal to grow its works adjacent the bluish concern metropolis of Monterrey, Nuevo León Governor Samuel Garcia announced past week.

Governor García and authorities Economy Ministry authoritative Emmanuel Loo met with Lego executives astatine their office successful Copenhagen, Denmark, arsenic portion of a European moving circuit promoting the authorities of Nuevo León arsenic a strategical hub for planetary business.

According to the politician of Nuevo León (R), LEGO has invested US $1 cardinal successful its Ciénega de Flores facilities since 2021. (Gobierno de Nuevo León)

The mill successful Ciénega de Flores, a suburb northbound of Monterrey, is the largest LEGO works successful the world, producing astir 90 cardinal pieces per day. It supplies markets crossed the Americas with LEGO products, reaching much than 100 cardinal families a year, according to a connection released by the authorities government.

García said that since helium took bureau successful October 2021, LEGO has invested US $1 cardinal successful its Ciénega de Flores facilities. 

LEGO undertook a US $200 cardinal enlargement task successful November 2023, adding a packing building, a warehouse hold and different facilities. That task added 59,000 quadrate meters of operational abstraction to the existent site. 

The politician said that with this latest investment, LEGO aims “to marque the works not lone the largest successful the world, but besides the astir sustainable,” with plans to minimize vigor usage and summation renewable vigor supply.

García said the enlargement volition see further star panels and accrued star artillery retention capacity.

The mill already features a h2o attraction and recycling works that reduces its h2o depletion — captious infrastructure successful drought-prone Nuevo León.

LEGO COO Carsten Rasmussen thanked Governor García, saying his sojourn reinforced assurance successful the narration betwixt the artifact institution and the authorities and their communal opportunities for growth. 

Rasmussen said helium would convey García’s connection to the Board of Directors, confirming the worth Lego places connected Nuevo León.

The LEGO works has generated 6,300 jobs crossed the authorities of Nuevo León. It is 1 of 3 LEGO factories successful the satellite handling each aspects of the manufacturing and packaging of LEGO products, including molding elements, constituent processing and decoration and packing boxes.

With reports from El Economista, El Financiero, El Universal and Mexico Now