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Chihuahua brings aerospace industry laboratory

CHIHUAHUA  – An investment of US$75 million contributed by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Conacyt) will create 7 specialized laboratories for the aerospace industry; one of them will be installed in Chihuahua in charge of the...

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Tourist promotion of Baja California to be strengthened

BAJA CALIFORNIA  – With the aim of encouraging the arrival of visitors to the region, Secretaría de Turismo del Estado (Secture) will strengthen the promotion of tourism in Mexico, the United States and other countries The head of Secture,...

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Smurfit Kappa inaugurates new plant in Tijuana

TIJUANA  – With an investment of US$1455 million, Smurfit Kappa inaugurated a folding carton manufacturing plant in Tijuana, offering 250 jobs in the area and using digital technology to optimize production costs Smurfit Kappa currently has 26...

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Asia increases interest to invest in Tijuana: Deitac

TIJUANA  – As a result of the promotion carried out by Desarrollo Económico e Industrial de Tijuana (Deitac), in Asia, during November, is expected the arrival of 4 new companies to Tijuana in the coming months, specifically in the medical and...

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Workforce Solutions Borderplex Accepting Student Teams for Prudential Math Challenge

Workforce Solutions Borderplex (WSB) has opened registration for the 2019 Prudential Math Challenge, where high school student teams will compete to solve a real-world problem utilizing Applied Mathematics   The Prudential Math Challenge is an...

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KCS to build US$99 million cargo processing facility at U.S.-Mexico border

Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) will develop a US$99 million cargo processing facility at the US-Mexico border, aimed to improve traffic between southern Texas and the state of Tamaulipas in northern Mexico Once the facility is completed, the...

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Ford Engine Plant in Chihuahua Is Among Most Competitive

The production of Ford engines in Mexico started in 1983 when the company opened a facility in the city of Chihuahua The growth of this plant has been gradual, and at this moment, it has 247 acres of land and 732,000 square feet of construction...

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Maquilas step up to offer jobs to Central American migrants

Trapped in Tijuana by US immigration policy, thousands of Central American migrants are being offered jobs by the city’s maquiladora industry while they await their cases to move through the lengthy US asylum process on the other side of the...

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Retail Sector is Expanding, Changing the Look of Mexico

Over the past five years, retail investors and developers have added a new imprint to the familiar terrain of cheek-by-jowl, mom-and-pop stores across Mexico, building US-style strip and destination malls with brand name tenants  The trend is...

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Raytheon Wins Navy Deal for AIM-9X Missile Program

Missile Systems (MS) business division recently secured a US$4344-million modification contract for the procurement of 766 AIM-9X and 160 AIM-9X Block II+ missiles The deal will serve the US Navy, US Air Force, and the governments of Israel, Norway,...

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