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Airport improvements to boost cargo shipments

SANTA TERESA – The Doña Ana County International Jetport at Santa Teresa will have a US$9 million upgrade to increase its capacity to land cargo planes The 9,550-foot runway will be replaced as a first step toward speeding up shipments of...

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Flying Star acquires refined fuel transport

Flying Star Transport (FST), a subsidiary of Davidson Oil, has acquired Refined Fuels Transport (RFT), based in Albuquerque, New Mexico The company said this acquisition will further enhance FST’s presence in the Albuquerque and El Paso markets...

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Expedeon sells division

Expedeon has agreed to sell its immunology and proteomics businesses to UK-based life science reagents and tools company Abcam for US$130 million in cash The deal com- prises Expedeon’s core proteo- mics business, as well as its im-...

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Alpine 4 acquires metal company

PHOENIX – Phoenix-based Alpine 4 Te- chnologies Ltd has bought South Bend-based Deluxe Sheet Metal Inc Terms of the deal were not disclosed “The addition of Deluxe will have an immediate impact on Q4 revenue Deluxe is expected to play a...

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IRISYS gets new contract

IRISYS, a San Diego-based provider of contract pharma- ceutical product development and manufacturing services, has been awarded a new “Drug Formulation and Manufactu- ring” contract by the Office of Logistics and Office of Ad- ministration at...

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Harness companies with more staff turnover: Index

CIUDAD JUAREZ – According to the Association of Maquiladoras (AMAC-INDEX Juárez), harness turn maquiladoras in Ciudad Juárez are registering the highest turnover rate According to Index data, for the month of October 2019, the rotation of...

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Chihuahua stands out for its GDP growth

CIUDAD JUAREZ – According to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), Chihuahua stands out for its growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Alejandro Sandoval Murillo, president of the Mexican Institute of Finance...

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Baja California expects real estate investment by 2020

ROSARITO – Investments for this year are expected to exceed US$186 million in Rosarito, Baja California, mainly in the real estate market, a sector that has registered sales increases of more than 60% compared to 2018 Gustavo Torres Ramírez,...

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SIDE and Canacintra sign agreement to export MSMEs

CHIHUAHUA – The Directorate of Commerce of the Secretariat of Innovation and Economic Development (SIDE) signed an agreement with the National Chamber of the Transformation Industry (Canacintra) Chihuahua, to provide training to food...

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Matamoros forecasts recovery in the labor market

MATAMOROS – The 53% increase in the general minimum wage in the northern border free zone, will boost Matamoros' economy; however, a challenge for 2020 is the recovery of employment During this year, only 1,500 jobs have been generated as a...

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