GM the largest auto industry investor in Mexico
By Adina Moloman Sources: PWC, Reuters, Automotive News The Mexico automotive industry is the sector that attracted the highest amount of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for Mexico and is organized in 4 large regional clusters in the North, Central and Bajio areas, exporting last year 2.41 million vehicles. The Mexico automotive industry includes a large […]
Mexico Manufacturing Report-June 2013
By Adina Moloman Sources: www.inegi.org.mx, www.economia.gob.mx, www.cnimme.org.mx During the first semester of 2013 the Mexico Manufacturing activity showed signs of recovery despite the fact that at an international level there are still a contraction or a slow recovery in the productive sectors of Mexico manufacturing partners like the United States, China and Euro Zone. The […]
2013 -The Fourth Annual Baja California International Aerospace Supplier Forum
By Adina Moloman Source: www.bajaaerospaceshow.com The 4th International Baja Aerospace Supplier Forum will take place at Baja California Center August 29th 2013. The Baja Aerospace Show is becoming a very popular event in this region, where Buyers and Suppliers from the aerospace and defense Industry are finding opportunities to do business within the Mexico Maquiladora […]
Mexican Steel industry forecasts
By Adina Moloman Sources: Mexico Today, WSJ The privatization in the 1990s of the Mexican steel industry was an important step for industry consolidation by eliminating antiquated operations and investing in more efficient operations and thus becoming a more competitive industry in terms of cost and quality. Mexico steel manufacturers had been facing foreign and […]
Tijuana- San Diego major infrastructure projects updates
By Adina Moloman Sources: San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, SD Metro During the latest meeting of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce a presentations with updates regarding Otay 2 Border Crossing and regarding the Cross Border Terminal. The Smart Border Coalition is taking a position reactivating these two topics. This group with started in […]
Auto manufacturing in US and Mexico
By Adina Moloman Sources: Washington Post, Chicago Daily Herald Mexico is becoming a global hub for vehicle manufacturing and export, where the major players are the US and Japanese automakers, followed by European automakers that are investing billions of dollars in manufacturing in Mexico within the Mexican Maquiladora business model. The Mexico automotive sector is […]
Border initiative: The Incubator for Civic Imagination
By Adina Moloman Source: San Diego Red Representatives of civic groups from California and from south of the border, Baja California, are coming with a new idea of creating a so-called “Incubator for Civic Imagination”. This concept will begin to take form soon and is inspired by different experiences that have been taking place in […]
Bilateral cooperation Mexico-China
By Adina Moloman Sources: Reuters, www.news.xinhuanet.com Chinese President Xi Jinping recently visited Mexico where he met with Mexican President Peña Nieto. The two leaders exchanged views on domestic and foreign policies and, most importantly, they agreed to upgrade the bilateral relationship into a comprehensive strategic partnership. The main aspects of this strategic partnership are: Mutual […]
Drone technology in Tijuana
By Adina Moloman Sources: San Diego Red, El Pais Though drone technology has been around for almost a century, today technology has been made them an important tool in military and for non-military applications. Many drones are built up for civilian applications: they are used to study natural phenomenon such as tornadoes; in Germany they […]
2013 Ministers Meeting Responsible for Trade in APEC
By Adina Moloman Source: www.economia.gob.mx The decision to invite Canada and Mexico to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was taken last year during the G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. With this decision TPP includes countries from the Americas, Asia and Oceania. During the Trade Ministers Meeting of the Forum of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), […]