By doubling its production of carbon fiber in 2016 to reach 5000 tons, the company ZOLTEKwill create 200 new jobs in Jalisco, which will add to the 250 it already has the plant in the state.

Aristotle Sandoval, the Governor of Jalisco and Ignacio Nuño, of ZOLTEKde Mexico, made the announcement without disclosing the exact amount of investment will require increasing the production capacity next year.

The company, which has five plants, three in the United States, one in Hungary and one in Mexico, is a worldwide leader in the manufacture of carbon fiber that is used, for example, in aircraft brakes or workmanship of the blades to generate wind power.