Category: Logistics

Construction Companies Close in Baja California

At least 40% of small and medium-sized construction companies in Baja California had to close down amid the coronavirus pandemic because of the impossibility of maintaining their payroll and operating expenses, according to Víctor Manuel Escobar,...

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Prices of Medicine Go Up in Tijuana During COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic has driven up the prices of the most requested medical products Medicine and medical products have increased on average 10% in Tijuana pharmacies between January and June 2020, according to the National Institute...

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Coahuila, excellent place for meeting tourism

COAHUILA – With the support of governor Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís, Coahuila has consolidated itself as a destination full of strengths and leadership in education, foreign investment and productivity in the manufacturing and automotive...

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Nuevo Leon’s industrials operate at 66% of their capacity

NUEVO LEON – Nuevo Leon's industry is operating at 66% of its capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is affected by the delay in the refund of Value Added Tax (VAT) and the elimination of the benefit to certified export companies, said...

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Baja California Goes After Big Industry Water Users

State officials allege big US companies haven’t paid their water bills By Wendy Fry Baja California Governor Jaime Bonilla commissioned an audit of the state’s water agency which uncovered international corporations allegedly colluded...

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Amazon to Open a Fulfillment Center in El Paso

By Nancy J Gonzalez In late 2017, El Paso proposed to host Amazon’s second headquarters (HQ2) in North America, offering the company a binational approach It did not get it Two years later, Amazon announced it is instead establishing a...

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Juarez transporters lost US$3.5 million in May

JUAREZ – According to statistics from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), during the confinement caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in May, local transporters had losses of US$35 million In May 2019, the maquiladora...

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Trump signs permit for second rail bridge in Laredo

LAREDO, TX – Just five months after submitting their application, Kansas City Southern’s presidential permit for a second international railroad bridge in Laredo was approved This new rail bridge will be constructed adjacent and just to the...

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Nuevo Leon launches a call for the National Energy Innovation Award

MONTERREY – To face the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nuevo Leon Energy Cluster launched the call for graduate, postgraduate and newly graduated students to participate in the National Energy Innovation Award César Cadena...

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Texas A&M facility to produce COVID-19 vaccine

TEXAS – A bio-manufacturing center at Texas A&M University in College Station has been tapped to mass produce a COVID-19 vaccine, as soon as one is approved by the federal government As part of Operation Warp Speed, the US$265 million...

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