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Mexico’s maquiladora industry could hire up to 80,000 Haitians

MEXICO- The National Council of the Maquiladora and Export Manufacturing Industry (Index) assured that the sector can hire up to 80,000 Haitian migrants who are on the border with the United States, depending on the number of vacancies in each...

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Chihuahua seeks to vaccinate children of employees

CHIHUAHUA – Roman Rivas Hong, president of Index Chihuahua, stated that the intention is to vaccinate the children of the sector's employees against COVID-19, adopting the same strategy of transferring them to the border as was done at the time...

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Aptiv Donates Manufacturing Lab to Students in Juarez

JUAREZ - Aptiv, an industry leader in providing advanced software and hardware architecture for vehicles, donated US$165,000 for the creation of the Fab Lab Mobil in Ciudad Juarez “This laboratory has robots, drones, virtual reality glasses...

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Expansion Continues in Texas Manufacturing

TEXAS - Texas factory activity continued to increase, albeit at a slower pace, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey “There were widespread reports of difficulty sourcing needed materials, and...

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Rivian Seeks to Build a US$5 Billion Facility in Texas

TEXAS - Electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian is considering the Fort Worth region to build a US$5 billion facility The factory, described in official document as “Project Tera,” would create at least 7,500 jobs by 2027 and produce around...

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HNI Corporation invests US$18.5 million in Saltillo

SALTILLO – The Governor of Coahuila, Miguel Angel Riquelme Solis, announced the installation of the HNI Corporation plant, a state-of-the-art office furniture manufacturer, in Saltillo, with an investment of US$185 million and the creation of 250...

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Juarez leads in job creation

JUAREZ – Driven by a growth in the maquila sector, Ciudad Juarez created 1,117 formal jobs during August of this year According to data from the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), from 480,315 workers in July of this year, the figure...

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Roadway between Saltillo and Ramos Arizpe is expanded

COAHUILA – Thanks to the coordinated work carried out between the State Government and the Municipal Government of Saltillo, the capital of Coahuila is developing works that increase the competitiveness of the region, as well as the connection of...

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2 million people completed vaccination schedule in Chihuahua

CHIHUAHUA – The sub-delegate of the Welfare Secretariat, Avril Gomez, informed that to date, a total of 2,119,733 people in the state of Chihuahua, which represents 85% of the total adult population, have been vaccinated against COVID-19 This...

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Amazon to build new distribution center in Tijuana

TIJUANA – Amazon will build its ninth distribution center (CEDI) in Mexico and the second in the north of the country, located in Tijuana, Baja California It is a 32 thousand square meter building within the Real Estate Management and Services...

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