Worthington announces expansion of Tempel Steel facility in Mexico

Worthington announced the expansion of its Tempel Steel facility in Apodaca, Mexico, which is operated by Worthington’s Steel Processing business segment. Tempel will re-engineer the footprint of its existing production area and add operations to an adjacent 185,000 square-foot facility. These moves will facilitate a significant expansion of Tempel’s Focused Factory, which produces engineered traction motor laminate cores for electric vehicles. With expanded production expected to come online in 2024, Apodaca will be Tempel’s largest production site for motor and transformer laminations for the electric vehicle market. The increased capacity will allow Tempel to leverage the experience and expertise of the Apodaca community, including the more than 500 members of the current Tempel Steel local workforce. Tempel expects to add as many as 400 new positions to its Apodaca staff over the next five years.