Auto Parts Manufacturer, HBPO, Opens New Plant in Mexico
HBPO, a leading supplier of modular front-end systems for the auto industry, has opened a new facility in San Jose Chiapa, Mexico.
The new facility is expected to support assembly of Audi’s Q5 luxury SUV.
The 89,000-square-foot HPBO facility currently produces Q5 front-end modules and center consoles with nearly 70 employees operating on two shifts. It is located in a JIS (just-in-sequence) supplier park on Audi’s San Jose Chiapa assembly-plant property.
The HBPO plant has the capacity to produce up to 160,000 complex front-end modules per year.
With just three hours of advance notice from Audi, HBPO reports it is able to deliver just-in-sequence consoles and front-end modules for vehicles coming down an assembly line at Audi’s San Jose Chiapa plant. The process involves the management of more than 300 individual components for more than 300 variations of the Q5’s center console and more than 200 Q5 front-end modules.
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