The American branch of Seco/Warwick has decided to expand its presence on the continent by opening a sales and service office in Monterrey, Mexico.
Mexico is an important market for Seco/Warwick USA. The new Seco/Warwick, Mexico, division will occupy about 2,000 square feet of office space in a high-rise business park, including garage parking and controlled-access reception.
As Mexico’s second-largest city, Monterrey is convenient to major road, rail, and air transportation hubs. Major Gulf Coast ports and U.S. points of entry are not far, either. As one of Mexico’s steel production epicenters, the region is also a major manufacturing center. All of this positions the city as a perfect base to connect with regional heat treaters or serve the rest of Mexico, along with Central and South America.
“Once the office has established a foothold as a self-sustaining base of operations for sales and field service, the next step will be to build on existing relationships we have with local contract manufacturers and mechanical contractors to fabricate furnaces and supplement field service staffing through outsourcing, respectively,” said Marcus Lord, managing director for Seco/Warwick USA.
Leading the expansion is longtime SWC engineer Luis Barragan, who will continue to manage the establishment of the business until it is on solid footing. At this point, he will pivot to managing sales while Lord will resume operations management. The Mexico office will also have its aftermarket segment, taking on aftermarket support for customers throughout Latin America.
“We’ve always had furnaces and heat treat partners to support, from Mexico down to Chile,” said Sławomir Woźniak, Seco/Warwick Group’s CEO. That demand has grown to the point that it is time to open a base of operations dedicated to that market.”
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