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Nuevo Laredo expects important industrial growth in 2015

Nuevo Laredo has the busiest inland port for exports from Mexico to the US, but its industrial activity was at a standstill for several years In 2014, the dynamics changed and some companies had expansions Juan Antonio Lazalde Romo, President of...

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Mexico’s Manufacturing Supply Chain Summit moves from El Paso to San Diego

MexicoNOW’s El Paso-decade-old event “Mexico’s Manufacturing Supply Chain Summit” will be held in San Diego, California in March 19-20, 2015 at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina resort   The main objective of this logistics and supply...

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Fisher & Paykel Expands Operations in Tijuana

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited announced that it would expand its manufacturing facility in Tijuana, Mexico, creating 200 new jobs   Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, based in New Zealand, is a leading designer, manufacturer and...

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Mexicali bets on technical education and high-tech industries

The maquiladoras modified Mexicali´s economy, which has gradually gone from being agricultural to industrial Today, this border city has more than 120 maquiladoras across many high-tech industrial sectors   Flavio Sandoval González, Index...

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Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration affects border

President Obama used his executive authority to grant millions of undocumented immigrants a work permit and a reprieve from deportation proceedings In order to qualify for this program, undocumented immigrants must have been in the United States...

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Mexico’s Energy Reform at work with new Texas gas pipeline

NET Midstream announced that its affiliate, NET Mexico Pipeline Partners, LLC has completed construction of its 120-mile, 42” and 48” Texas intrastate pipeline ahead of schedule NET Mexico, which achieved mechanical completion in October, has...

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Tijuana seeks to create infrastructure and increases education to attract new investment

BorderNOW Staff Interview The industrial sector in Tijuana is diversified  Most of the companies are from the electric, electronics, aerospace, medical, metallurgical and plastics sectors This border city wants to attract more Foreign Direct...

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More than 2,800 maquiladoras get VAT certification in Mexico

As of this writing in late December, 2014, The Tax Administration System (SAT) certified 2,809 IMMEX companies in Mexico The certification was a new requirement imposed by Mexico’s Treasury on maquiladoras in order to be tax-exempt from the Value...

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Cheaper electric power in Mexico is "around the corner"

According to Enrique Ochoa Reza, General Director of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE),the changes promoted in the energy reform will turn CFE into a world class and competitive company that will offer competitive electric costs in the next...

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Industry Events Border Now January 2015

MEXICO´S AUTO INDUSTRY SUMMIT     Index celebrated its 41 st National Convention EPBCX 2014 - EL PASO BUSINESS CONFERENCE & EXPO  ...

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