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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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Sonora has decreased its industrial foreign investment

SONORA – Out of 13 industrial programs that the state of Sonora had for 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic, only two have been completed and another four were cancelled by the foreign investors that were going to come to the...

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U.S. Natural Gas Exports Rise as Mexico’s Pipeline System Grows

By Nancy J Gonzalez The completion of the southernmost segment of the Wahalajara system, the Villa de ReyesAguascalientes-Guadalajara (VAG) pipeline, will increase the exports of natural gas to Mexico by pipeline, according to US Energy...

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Wind Farm Expansion Moves Forward Despite Criticism from President

By Wendy Fry Developers say a project to build a second wind farm in Baja California’s Sierra Juarez mountain range is making progress, despite harsh criticism from Mexico’s president and tougher regulations on renewable energy The...

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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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Coahuila's automotive assemblers are about to reach 100% of their production

MONTERREY – The assembly plants located in Coahuila are about to reach 100% of their production and have helped the state achieve a quick economic recovery, promoting small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which have been the most affected by the...

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INCORA to invest US$1.5 million in Chihuahua

CHIHUAHUA – The governor of Chihuahua, Javier Corral, and the US ambassador in Mexico, Christopher Landau, announced the opening of INCORA, an aerospace sector company that will make an investment of US$15 million and generate around 240 jobs at...

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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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Juarez decreased its workforce in May

JUAREZ – During May, the Manufacturing, Maquiladora and Export Industry (Immex) in Ciudad Juárez registered a reduction in the number of employed personnel and hours worked as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic According to the Immex indicator...

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