The HELLA Group has officially opened its fifth production plant in Mexico, a $90 million facility built in just eleven months in Irapuato in the State of Guanajuato. The new industrial complex will generate approximately 1,500 new jobs over the medium term and is considered one of the most advanced HELLA Group plants worldwide in terms of infrastructure, technology, design, performance and sustainability. The facility will strengthen Mexico's position as a strategic production and distribution hub within the auto industry.

The plant is expected to produce 1.2 million headlamps and 2.4 million rear lamps for markets in North and South America. One of the new plant's major features includes a low power consumption LED lighting system developed by HELLA. Industrial processes performed in the plant don't require water and the production system itself is emission-free.

Also, the facility's waste treatment systems are operated by outside contractors specializing in waste management.