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Lighting assembly in Monterrey, Mexico

Proximity.Quality.Trust.

Your manufacturing partner for the North American market. We assemble luminaires in Monterrey and ship finished goods into the United States.

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Backed by global lighting experience Plusrite
2hours
to the Texas border
5–7days
transit into the United States
3lines
of production plus a packaging line
0%duty*
under USMCA

* Subject to rules of origin and applicable tariff classification.

About Startek

Manufacturing and assembly built for the North American market

Startek Lighting is a lighting-product assembly plant in Monterrey, Mexico. We run on quality, on-time delivery, flexibility and continuous improvement, and we are here to build long-term manufacturing relationships with U.S. customers.

  • Plant in Monterrey

    Our own lighting assembly facility inside the Nuevo León industrial corridor.

  • Export to the United States

    We assemble lighting products and export finished goods to the U.S. market.

  • Quality and delivery

    Operations focused on quality, on-time delivery, flexibility and continuous improvement.

  • Long-term relationships

    We look for partners, not one-off orders: manufacturing programs that hold over time.

Startek Lighting plant frontage in its Monterrey industrial park

Startek + global experience

Startek up front, backed by international lighting experience

Startek's Monterrey operation is backed by Plusrite's lighting experience and global supply-chain capabilities, strengthening our ability to serve the North American market.

Startek

Monterrey, Mexico

  • Lighting assembly
  • Testing and quality control
  • Finished-goods packaging
  • Export to the United States

Plusrite

Lighting expertise

  • Lighting experience and know-how
  • Lighting HQ in China
  • Support within a global supply chain
Supply chain
ChinaMonterreyUnited States

Strategic location

Monterrey, Nuevo León

We sit in the Mexican industrial hub best connected to the southern United States: highway, rail and an international airport minutes from the plant.

  • 2 hoursfrom the Texas border
  • 10 milesfrom Monterrey International Airport (15-minute drive)
  • 140 milesfrom McAllen, Texas
  • 4,899,119people in the metropolitan area
UNITED STATES MEXICO Gulf of Mexico Houston San Antonio Nuevo Laredo McAllen Monterrey Startek plant 2 hrs 140 mi
Monterrey — Texas corridor

Plant layout

Three production lines, a packaging line, SMT room and warehouse

The plant runs as a continuous flow: components enter through SMT and assembly, pass electrical and photometric testing, are packed on a dedicated line, and leave the finished-goods warehouse straight into export.

Luminaire production lines in operation
01

Production lines

Three assembly lines with work stations and conveyor.

Packaging line with test stations ahead of final boxing
02

Packaging line

Dedicated line with test stations ahead of final boxing.

SMT room with ESD flooring and surface-mount equipment
03

SMT room

ESD flooring, pick-and-place, reflow and inspection.

Finished-goods warehouse with selective racking and pallets staged for shipment
04

Finished-goods warehouse

Selective racking and pallets staged for shipment.

Inside the operation

Photographs from the Monterrey plant.

Production and test equipment

We assemble and verify on the same floor

Every unit goes through electrical, photometric and ingress testing before it ships. The lab is inside the plant, not subcontracted.

Production

  • SMT machine
  • Assembly lines
  • Packaging line
  • Laser marking
  • Automatic carton sealing

Electrical test

  • Hipot / overvoltage test
  • Ground continuity test
  • Insulation resistance test
  • Power analyzer
  • Aging test rack

Photometry and environment

  • Integrating sphere
  • IES photometry / darkroom
  • IP65 / IP67 ingress testing
Integrating sphere in the photometry lab
Environmental chamber for accelerated life testing
Surface-mount pick-and-place machine loaded with component reels
Darkroom for IES photometric measurement of luminaires

Competitive advantages from Monterrey

Why this city and not another

Strategic location

Close to the U.S. border and to the main transport corridors.

Logistics connectivity

International airport, trunk highway network and rail.

Available talent

Access to skilled labor and more than 30 technical institutions in the area.

Trade framework

IMMEX and PROSEC programs, and the USMCA treaty.

Logistics comparison

China or Monterrey: the difference in practice

Same product, two origins. What changes is not only freight: it is the capital trapped in transit, the tariff exposure, and your ability to react when the schedule moves.

China or Monterrey: the difference in practice
Criterion China Mexico (Monterrey)
Estimated time to the East Coast 25 – 30 days 5 – 7 days
Transport Ocean + truck Direct truck / truck + trailer
U.S. duty (LED luminaires) High 0%*
Government policy Trade war USMCA compliance

* Subject to rules of origin and applicable tariff classification.

Less risk, more upside

  • Minimizes supply-chain risk
  • Access to skilled, competitive labor
  • High quality and on-time delivery
  • Operations closer to your U.S. customers
  • Potential TAA advantage for eligible projects

Example: delivery to Texas, USA

  • ShanghaiOrigin
  • 25–28 days ocean
  • MonterreyAssembly
  • 2–3 days road
  • Texas, USADestination
Faster, more efficient freight
50% faster compared with traditional routes

For investors

An installed position in the nearshoring corridor

Startek is not a project on paper: it is a plant running in Monterrey, with installed lines, its own lab, and product crossing into the United States. It belongs to a group operating in manufacturing, lighting distribution and building technology.

A productive asset in operation

An installed plant with three assembly lines, an SMT room and an in-house test lab — not dependent on third parties.

Structural demand, not cyclical

The relocation of lighting manufacturing to North America answers to tariffs, transit time and supply-chain risk, not to a price cycle.

Access to global know-how

Backed by Plusrite's lighting experience and supply chain, with lighting headquarters in China.

Favorable regulatory framework

Operating under IMMEX and PROSEC programs, within the USMCA treaty.

The group

Startek operates inside a group with three complementary fronts.

Manufacturing

Startek Lighting

Assembly and testing of lighting products in Monterrey for export to the United States.

startek.com.mx
Lighting

Leaderlight

Lighting sales and projects in the Mexican market.

plusrite.mx
Smart building

LifeSmart México

Automation and control for the high-end residential and commercial market in Mexico.

lifesmart.com.mx

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Let's build the future together

Ready to be your trusted partner in lighting manufacturing

Tell us what you want to move to North America: estimated volume, product family and target date. We come back with a start-up plan.

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