Category: Manufacturing

Bell Textron Unveils New Manufacturing Tech Center

TEXAS – Bell Textron Inc unveiled its new 140,000-squarefoot Manufacturing Technology Center (MTC) in Fort Worth, Texas The company informed the MTC is an innovative proving ground where Bell will test and refine technologies and...

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Constellation Brands Seeks Coastal Location in Baja

By Wendy Fry The United States beverage company Constellation Brands is exploring moving its unfinished brewery plant from Mexicali to Baja California’s coastal zone where it can produce and use desalinated water to make beer, according to Gov...

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New Taxes Hit Maquiladoras

By Nancy J Gonzalez The modifications to the General Rules of Foreign Trade (RGCE) published recently on July 24th eliminate benefits to manufacturers in Mexico making the country less attractive to foreign investors Before these rules,...

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Juarez’ maquilas survive the hardships: Index

JUAREZ – With delays in exports, roadblocks that caused technical stoppages, restrictions due to the pandemic and new charges imposed by the federal government, this is how the maquilas in Juarez, considered the economic engine of the city,...

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Chihuahua ranks first in export of medical devices

CHIHUAHUA – With more than 39 companies in the Biomedical Cluster and 40,000 people working in the sector, the state of Chihuahua replaced Baja California in the export of medical devices during 2019, due to the consolidation of the...

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Manufacturing received 78.9% of FDI in Chihuahua

CHIHUAHUA – According to figures from the federal Ministry of Economy, in the state of Chihuahua the income from Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), in the first 6 months of the year, was mainly destined to the manufacturing sector, with 789% of the...

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Railroad blockade in Sonora wreaks havoc on manufacturing industry

SONORA – Delays and significant economic losses in manufacturing exports are being experienced due to the blockades in southern Sonora, carried out by members of the Yaqui ethnic group on the railroads and Federal Highway 15 This was denounced...

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Alfagomma opens its plant in Torreón

TORREON – The Governor of Coahuila, Miguel Angel Riquelme Solis, inaugurated the Alfagomma Plant in Torreon, in which US$15 million were invested, which shows that the entity provides certainty to investments The Italian company announced that...

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Sonora on the road to a sustainable industry: Index

SONORA – Making more efficient use of raw materials and reducing operating costs are the benefits generated to the industry by the circular economy and Sonora already has some cases of this process The term "remanufacturing" will become more...

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Juarez’s companies deny jobs to obese, diabetic and hypertensive people

JUAREZ – Juarez's maquiladora companies are in the process of restructuring their workforce, but only hire people who do not have comorbidities to the COVID-19 pandemic; which means that they are not obese, hypertensive or diabetic, reported...

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