Local
companies are involved in heavy metallurgy as successful
bidders of large infrastructure works using their
own technologies and foreign licenses, building turbines
for hydraulic generators, valves, cranes, pipes, metal
structures etc.
In the area of light metallurgic industry, production
is oriented to machines to break up products, cold
storage equipment, devices for the production of food
and drinks, and tools for agricultural and chemical
activity.
The metal-mechanic industry
in Mendoza features some peculiarities as a result
of gained experience in the region, the markets it
supplies and the Argentine economic ups and downs.
The metal-mechanic sector in the province is concentrated
on companies that manufacture, repair, assemble and
transform metal to be applied as follows:
Basic metallic industries:
in the field of aluminium, other non-ferrous
metals and casting of metal parts.
Manufacture and preparation
of products oriented to the metal-mechanic industry:
preparation, cutting and folding of metal sheets and
profiles, die-stamping and metallic coverings and
finishes.
Manufacture of iron and steel
products: forged and die-cast products,
metallic hand tools and kitchen utensils, ironwork,
locks, wires and springs, metallic parts, screws and
other metallic manufactures.
Metallic constructions:
industrial premises, coating, beams, columns, roofs,
etc. and industrial assemblies.
Machinery and equipment production:
boilers, tanks and metallic packs, machinery
and equipment for agricultural activity the metal-mechanic
industry, the manufacturing industry, internal combustion
engines, maintenance of turbines and transmitters.
Industrial equipment in general.
IAutomotive and transport
equipment industry: vehicles, spare parts,
trailers, break down vans and carriages.
Metallurgic installations
and services: drilling pipes and oil industry
services.
Thermo-mechanics:
industrial and commercial air conditioning, heating
and cooling systems and thermal installations such
as tubes, steam pipes, furnaces, industrial burners,
etc.
Electro-mechanics and industrial
technical services: industrial machinery
repair, industrial and transport maintenance, automotive
industry services, industrial automatisation.
The metal-mechanic industry in Mendoza
is partially involved in the activities described
above. In fact, the basic metallic industry is limited
to metal smelting.
Nine subsections have been defined so as to cover
all the activities developed in the province.
Main subsections in Mendoza:
Suppliers – Cutting and folding of metal sheets
and profiles- Die-stamping
Constructions and metallurgic assemblies
Installations – Thermo-mechanics – Vent
pipes
Furniture, metalwork and other final products
Mechanised products.
Machinery and equipment manufacture
Electro-mechanics and industrial technical services.
Metal smelting
Metallic supplies for the transport sector
Significant data
Billing:
In 2003, the metal-mechanics industry in Mendoza billed
about USD 1 billion, representing 23% of the total
number of provincial industrial companies.
2003 Export sales:
About USD 10 million in export sales to the United
Sates of America and Latin America, especially to
Brazil.
Mendoza’s industries produce
high-technology equipment which is adjusted to international
standards. Experience gained throughout the years
has helped the sector take a clearly-defined direction
to provide equipment for the most traditional segments
of the province: grape-growing and wine- making, olive-growing,
fruit-growing, horticulture and preserves industry.
Source: Idits. (link)
Related Web
sites.
www.portaldelaindustria.com
www.impoweb.com.ar
www.mecon.gov.ar
International
Trade Fairs and events in which Fundación ProMendoza
takes part
Expometalmecánica
Aconcagua
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