Category: Manufacturing

Sonora’s industry analyzes conditions in order to resume activities

SONORA – The manufacturing and maquiladora export industry (INDEX), sees the conditions to resume activities; it is expected that before the end of the month, the federal government will issue the decree to homologate essential industries that...

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Baja California desalination moves forward despite controversy

In a controversial extraordinary session, the Baja California legislature approved the 95th Opinion, which represented nearly the last hurdle to starting construction of two desalination plants in the coastal zone Consolidated Water Corporation...

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New industrial park in Juarez

Industrial real estate developer and operator Vesta recently inaugurated the first building of its newest industrial park in Ciudad Juarez The premises are located over a 15-hectare greenfield and its construction began in 2016 The total...

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90% of companies remain closed in Juarez

CIUDAD JUAREZ - Over 90% of the companies affiliated to the National Council of the Maquiladora and Manufacturing Export Industry (INDEX), Ciudad Juárez, remain closed due to the emergency caused by Covid-19 Pedro Chavira, president of INDEX...

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Sonora’s industry reconverts production due to Covid-19

SONORA – About 12 maquiladora companies that are installed in different municipalities of Sonora, have had a conversion of their usual manufacturing to medical supplies to provide support during the contingency caused by the Covid-19...

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Export industries urgently need to be reactivated: Concamin

MEXICO – The Confederation of Industrial Chambers (Concamin) called on the federal government to ensure that global chains such as the automotive, aircraft and electronics industries are considered essential and approved by their trading partners;...

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Sonora’s industry to resume operations

CIUDAD OBREGON – Gradually and by strengthening prevention measures, the maquilas of Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, are preparing to return to activities; this in order to reduce the economic impact on that entity, said Gerardo Vazquez Falcon, president...

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About 30% of maquiladoras will stop operations in Juárez

CIUDAD JUÁREZ – Thirty percent of the maquiladoras in Ciudad Juárez will suspend work as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, said the president of the Maquiladora Association (INDEX Juárez), Pedro Chavira According to INDEX, around...

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Nuevo Leon, leader in manufacturing during 2019

NUEVO LEON – In 2019 Nuevo Leon positioned itself as the main manufacturing engine of the country, a place that corresponded to the State of Mexico for decades According to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi),...

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Coahuila hopes to maintain economic growth in 2020

COAHUILA – Coahuila has had a direct foreign investment of more than US$39 billion, and in 2020 the state hopes to maintain that inertia of economic growth, along with the attraction of investments, expressed Jaime Guerra Pérez, Secretary of...

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