Category: Manufacturing

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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Juarez registered an annual inflation of 4.07%

JUAREZ – Pushed by rising food and electricity prices, Ciudad Juárez recorded an annual inflation of 407% during July, the highest level in the last 24 months According to the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) published by the National...

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Over-regulation will further prolong the economic crisis

JUAREZ – Excessive regulation of maquiladora companies, the only economic sector in Ciudad Juarez that is growing despite the pandemic, will further prolong the economic crisis resulting from COVID-19, said Isaac Leobardo Sánchez Juárez, an...

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Taiwanese Chip Maker Arrives to Phoenix

Taiwan-based maker of silicon chips intends to build a major manufacturing plant in Phoenix that could bring more than 1,600 jobs, Governor Doug Ducey announced Even though Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world’s largest...

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BRP Increases ORVs Manufacturing Capacity in Juarez

Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) Inc is increasing its manufacturing capacity in Ciudad Juarez with the construction of a new facility to meet demand for its off-road vehicles (ORVs) business, the company informed “Despite the pandemic,...

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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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BD Medical to start operations in Hermosillo

SONORA – Sonora governor Claudia Pavlovich announced that BD Medical will begin operations in Hermosillo, which will lead to the creation of 1,600 new jobs for the entity The president stressed that despite the pandemic caused by COVID-19, the...

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Nikola begins factory construction in Arizona

COOLIDGE - Nikola Motor has just celebrated the ground-breaking ceremony for its plant in Coolidge, Arizona, where the Nikola Tre and Nikola Two trucks will initially be produced Nikola CEO Trevor Milton has also revealed more about the...

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Nike pulls out of Goodyear facility due to COVID-19 Impact

GOODYEAR, AZ -  Nike will "no longer be investing" in a Goodyear manufacturing facility that was supposed to bring more than 500 jobs and nearly $500 million in economic impact to the southwest side of metro Phoenix, the company announced on...

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New Mexico medical marijuana industry booming during pandemic

NEW MEXICO – The medical cannabis industry is booming in New Mexico The industry says the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically increased demand and they’re trying to keep up “What we learned was it wasn’t just a New Mexico...

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