MEDIA RELEASE PR35602
Mexican Company Goes Global
MONTERREY, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
The Mexican company Katcon Global closed as scheduled, on July 31st, the last stage of the
acquisition of Delphi's catalytic converter and exhaust system global business. This last phase consists
in the acquisition of the manufacturing facilities located in Shanghai, China and Gurgaon, India.
These two plants join other Katcon facilities located in Mexico (2), Venezuela, and those recently
acquired in Poland, South Africa, and Australia.
In addition to these eight manufacturing facilities, Katcon Global recently acquired two sales,
technology research and development centers located in Michigan and Luxembourg. These tech
centers have a group of highly qualified engineers and design, test, and validation equipment with top-
of-the-line technology.
Katcon becomes a global company with manufacturing and research operations in eight countries in
the five continents. Apart from the countries where the company operates, its products reach Canada,
Colombia, Ecuador, Belgium, France, Germany, Turkey, Russia, Spain, and Thailand. Katcon Global
supplies more than 60 client facilities of the most important vehicle manufacturers with applications
ranging from ultra-compact cars to medium and heavy duty, gasoline and diesel and all different types
of emission levels.
Katcon Global will have a lean, decentralized, and interactive business model, globally linked with
the most advanced telecommunications systems, creating collaborative teams, eliminating the
necessity of corporate offices and using open platforms located in the Web and accessible to
executives worldwide. Such collaborative teams are now integrated through a videoconference system
that will allow continuous and low-cost communication to achieve a fast post-acquisition integration.
Through this advanced structure and tools, Katcon Global will compete in the tough global
automotive market, based in agility, flexibility, low fixed costs, and high manufacturing efficiency,
rapidly developing new low-cost ideas in its engineering centers, with a open research policy.
This business model will provide a competitive advantage compared to a heavy and expensive
structure that predominates in the industry, which can be considered one of the main causes of the
recent industry turmoil.
With good financial health, Katcon Global is open to new business opportunities that present in the
future to extend the reach of our business model. We are certain that our clients, suppliers, and
employees will receive these news positively and that we will maintain their support and commitment in
the future.
SOURCE: Katcon Global
CONTACT: Katcon Global:
Jose De Nigris,
+1-248-499-1511,
jose.denigris@katcon.com,
Carlos E. Turner,
carlos.turner@katcon.com,
or Fernando J. Turner,
fernando@katcon.com
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