Category: Manufacturing

New restrictions will affect the maquiladora industry

CHIHUAHUA – The new plan implemented by Chihuahua to stop COVID-19 infections, could impact the maquiladora industry with a loss of exports with a value of US$1 billion, estimated the president of Index-Chihuahua, Luis Carlos Ramirez He...

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Midea expects to open a plant in Nuevo León

NUEVO LEON – Midea, the largest manufacturer of household appliances in the world, is contemplating opening its first manufacturing plant in Mexico in the next few years, and Nuevo Leon would be one of the ideal states to do so Fernando A...

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El Paso prepares for COVID-19 vaccination

EL PASO, TX — As El Paso continues to see the spread of COVID-19 in the city, COVID-19 vaccinations will be a crucial component in combatting the disease and ending the pandemic Officials advised the vaccine will be received in three...

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Icanic Brands announces expansion in California

VANCOUVER — Icanic Brands, a multi-state brand operator in California and Nevada, announced that it has commenced construction on its soon to be California headquarters and manufacturing facility Icanic Brands will be relocating to a new 6,650...

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Maquiladoras evaluate leaving Chihuahua

CHIHUAHUA – Various industries in the automotive, aerospace and technology sectors, among others, are evaluating the possibility of transferring their production lines to other entities, due to the change of color in the epidemiological...

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Border maquilas on red alert for COVID-19 outbreak

MEXICALI – Companies in the US-Mexico border states could experience a COVID-19 outbreak, at least, in Mexicali, five companies registered in recent days a series of infections, said the head of the Baja California Health Secretariat,...

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Tetakawi develops new HMO industrial park

HERMOSILLO – Industrias Tetakawi, one of the largest employers in Sonora, is developing a new industrial park in Hermosillo The project is currently under construction and is located in the southern part of the city Luis Felipe Seldner III,...

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Essential industries will work at 100% in Juarez

CHIHUAHUA – Given the restrictions of the red light, manufacturing companies linked to the medical sector, as well as those that manufacture calculation mechanisms such as computers, tablets or calculators, may work at 100%, according to the...

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Christmas products manufacturing falls

JUAREZ – The economic uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is being experienced worldwide, decreased the percentage of manufacturing orders in Ciudad Juarez’s factories related to the Christmas season According to Index data,...

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Medical device industry expects to generate 85,000 jobs

BAJA CALIFORNIA – The maquiladora industry of medical devices in the state of Baja California could close the year with a generation of 85,000 jobs, since this sector in spite of the contingency derived from COVID-19, has grown in labor force,...

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