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UFI Filters announces US$25 million investment in Coahuila

COAHUILA – The Italy-based company, UFI Filters, manufacturer of filters and modules for plastic injection filters, will start operations in Ramos Arizpe in one year, and it is to generate 250 new jobs with an investment of US$25 million,...

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New US$40.7 million dam to be built in Nuevo Leon

NUEVO LEON – Comisión Nacional del Agua (Conagua) and the Nuevo Leon government announced the construction of the Presa Libertad in the rural municipality of Montemorelos, which will solve the water supply problem to the metropolitan area of the...

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At least 350 migrants have joined Tijuana’s workforce

TIJUANA – At least 350 Central American migrants have joined Tijuana’s industry, informed the president of Asociación de Recursos Humanos de la Industria en Tijuana AC (Arhitac), Ulises Araiza Sanchez According to the leader, a company in...

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3 million jobs threatened by potential U.S.-Mexico border shutdown

US – A border shutdown such as the one US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose could seriously affect trade between Mexico and the United States, greatly harming Mexico’s maquila industry, upon which more than 3 million jobs depend,...

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Businesses on US-Mexico border suffer as wait time’s jump 500%

EL PASO — Local businesses in El Paso, Texas, are already seeing the effects of truck congestion and border delays, despite Donald Trump walking back his threats to close the US-Mexican border Trump instead, gave Mexico a "one-year warning" to...

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Legislation gives New Mexico ERB a funding boost

NEW MEXICO – New Mexico Gov Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill Thursday that among other things, gives the US$13 billion New Mexico Educational Retirement Board, Santa Fe, a one-time employer contribution increase of 025 percentage points,...

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Trump visited the US-Mexico border wall

CALIFORNIA – President Trump paid a visit to the US-Mexico border today, following a week of confusing comments over whether he'd shut it down During his border visit, Trump spoke about the wall's durability, saying it was “very, very hard to...

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New Mexico seeks to employ people in the cannabis branch

ALBUQUERQUE – A fast-growing industry in New Mexico is in great need of staff to keep up with demand Job seekers will be able to head to The University of New Mexico's Student Union Building on Friday for a chance at a job in the growing medical...

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U.S. Air Force opens Agile Manufacturing Lab in New Mexico

NEW MEXICO – The US Air Force has opened the new Agile Manufacturing Lab in New Mexico The hope is that the lab can take advantage of developing technologies in robotics, 3D printing, and advanced computing to expedite the design process,...

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Andersen Windows new manufacturing campus in Arizona to employ 415

GOODYEAR – Window and door manufacturer Andersen Corporation is investing US$$105 million to build a 500,000 square foot manufacturing campus in Goodyear, Arizona Andersen recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for its newest manufacturing and...

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