Proposed VAT rate to increase in 2013
By Adina Moloman Sources: El Mexicano, Deloitte, PWC VAT in Mexico is a tax payable on all types of operations at a general rate of 16% in most of the country except the border zones where the VAT rate is 11%. Food products and medicines are taxed at the zero rates. The condition for the […]
Mayors’ reunion
By Adina Moloman Source: San Diego Red During an event last week organized by the Institute of the Americas of the UCSD, Tijuana Mayor, Carlos Bustamante has met Jerry Sanders, Mayor of San Diego, for a bi-national conversation. This is the second round of conversations; the first one took place in May in San Diego. […]
Additive manufacturing process
By Adina Moloman Sources: Forbes, The Economist According to The Economist, additive manufacturing is becoming the third industrial revolution, where this new manufacturing process will help manufacturers to shorten supply chains, eliminate shipping costs and reduce lead times. This also are the advantages that Mexico Manufacturers are using for attracting foreign direct investment, especially from […]
A new step to consolidate Tijuana and San Diego cities as a region
By Adina Moloman Sources: Tijuana Innovadora, San Diego Red With almost a month away from a very excitement event Tijuana Innovadora, which started two years ago, the Team of Tijuana Innovadora walks on the streets of San Diego to promote the event and invite the San Diego public to integrate to this project. One of […]
GKN Aerospace new investment in Baja California
By Adina Moloman Sources: GKN Aerospace, Aerospace & defense news GKN Aerospace has opened in this third trimester of 2012 a new 80,000ft2 (7,430m2) composites manufacturing facility in Mexicali, Baja California. The facility will start off producing composite structures for the Sikorsky BlackHawk helicopter as its first component and expects it to start delivering parts […]
Tour of Baja’s top medical device manufacturing facilities
Sources: MEDevice San Diego Baja California has developed one of the largest concentrations of medical device manufacturing employment in North America, consolidated as an important Mexico Manufacturing cluster with over 60 Medical Device companies. Most of the manufacturing facilities are located in Tijuana just less than 30 minutes from downtown San Diego, mainly dedicated to […]
Techba Aerospace program in Baja California
By Adina Moloman Source: Aerospace Cluster of Baja California, AC The Baja California aerospace industry along with the government, organizations and related educational institutes in Mexico is organizing a plenary session with Techba AeroCamp. TechBA, is one of the technology business accelerators, created in 2004, by the United States-Mexico Foundation for Science (FUMEC), sponsored by […]
High tech investment in Baja California
By Adina Moloman Sources: SEDECO, CANIETI It has been a busy technological week In Baja California, where was the inauguration of the second phase of the Technology Consortium of Baja California and also it took place the official presentation of the recent handing over innovation incentives on the Bit Center (Business Innovation and Technology Center) […]
Sharp considering selling its Mexico TV plant
By Adina Moloman Sources: Reuters, The Wall Street Journal Sharp Corp is suffering huge losses and is considering cutting 3000 jobs, most possible through the sale of the company’s television assembly plant in China and also from its Mexico Manufacturing television plant. The two TV plants are probably about to be sold to Taiwanese partner […]
Hyundai new plant in Tijuana
By Adina Moloman Sources: North American Die Casting Association, Maquilaportal.com Hyundai, the Korean automotive leader set up its first plant in Tijuana back in 1989. This year Hyundai announced an investment for US$131 million in their new aluminum Die Cast Plant, as their third investment in Tijuana, Baja California. The construction of their new facility […]