Collingwood, Ontario, Canada [May 31, 2019] ā The Canadian-based mobile mining equipment manufacturer MacLean Engineering is expanding and tooling up its QuerĆ©taro, Mexico facility for production, with component manufacturing for the MacLean Mining Divisionās product line to be followed by complete mining machine builds.
Phase 1 of the expansion project in 2019 will include the addition of assembly bays, weld bays, a burn table and overhead cranes, bringing the companyās total manufacturing footprint in Mexico to 60,000 square feet (5,600 square metres). Currently, 30 MacLean employees work at the companyās QuerĆ©taro branch, including sales and marketing personnel, skilled trades, technical and training support specialists, along with virtual reality and vehicle monitoring system programmers. Queretaro is located some 220 kilometres northwest of Mexico City.
āThis is a major statement to our global customer base, something that we hope is seen for what it is ā a proof point for the extent to which we see the Latin American underground mining market as key to our companyās future and, a significant investment in de-bottlenecking our three manufacturing facilities in Ontario,ā notes MacLean Engineering President, Kevin MacLean.
āWe have fleets of MacLean equipment supporting safer, more productive underground operations at mine sites across Mexico, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Colombia and Ecuador, so Iām thrilled that this addition of capacity at our QuerĆ©taro facility will place us closer to our Latin American customers,ā adds MacLeanās Vice President of Latin America & Quebec, Tony Caron. āFor our customers in other parts of the underground mining world in South America, Canada, the United States, Australia and southern Africa, this investment by MacLean will also help address production output limitations out of our existing manufacturing footprint in Ontario at our Collingwood, Owen Sound and Barrie facilities.ā
āThe MacLean engagement in the Mexican mining industry started with the opening of a branch over seven years ago, and since that time we have grown to support a wide range of mining companies in Mexico looking for mobile fleet solutions along with world-class service, training and parts support,ā states Rene Valle, General Manager of MacLean operations in Mexico and Central America. āThis latest investment by MacLean represents a first for our company ā establishing manufacturing outside of our main base in southern Ontario ā and it is worth noting that with this move, MacLean also becomes the only global OEM in Mexico conducting manufacturing activities in-country. This speaks to MacLeanās belief in the business potential of supporting a safety and productivity focused underground mining industry in Mexico and beyond, across Latin America.ā
For more information:
Stuart Lister,
Vice President of Marketing & Communications
MacLean Engineering
slister@macleanengineering.com
705-241-3247 (c)
MacLean Engineering designs, manufactures, markets and supports engineered solutions across the mining, municipal, environmental and industrial goods sectors. The companyās mining division builds a comprehensive line of mobile equipment for full-range mining cycle support across all underground mining methods in ground support, ore flow, and utility vehicle product categories. Founded in 1973, MacLean is based in the southern Georgian Bay region of Ontario, with branch offices across Canada as well as in Mexico, Peru, South Africa and Australia, providing service and support to a global client base.
