In addition to its place as the home of the first automotive university in Mexico, Queretaro is also the location of other high-profile industrial training and educational facilities. The first automotive university in Mexico has recently initiated its operations inside of Queretaro’s Polytechnic University (UPQ).  The educational and training facility will be linked to that […]

The change in demand for light passenger vehicles produced in Mexico is leading the country’s auto manufacturers to supply more trucks and SUVs to the US market.   This past January, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) publicly stated that it will move its manufacture of pick-up trucks once produced in Mexico to the United States.  This […]

The best word suited to describe Central Mexico manufacturing is dynamic. An expansion of Mexican manufacturing is underway Growth in Central Mexico manufacturing is the main cause. Data for the first 11 months in 2017 show that the nation produced $345 in its production facilities.  This number represents an expansion of over six percent in […]

Before November 30, 2012 many companies in Mexico routinely had the habit of employing Mexican labor contracts that were verbal.  Posterior to this date the Mexican government revised the nation’s Federal Labor Law (FLL) to define the types and number of agreements for labor that could be used by business owners to put Mexican citizens […]

If an individual is seeking position or is contemplating a move from one firm to another, the salary offered in Mexico by the potential employer is always the initial thing that is considered.  However, benefits for workers in Mexico are also of great importance to prospective job candidates.  Although in that nation there are some […]

Four Mexican states: Guanajuato, Queretaro, Aguascalientes, and Jalisco make up an area known as the Bajio.  The automotive industry in the Bajio is host 50 percent of the country’s productive capacity in this well-developed manufacturing sector. The automotive industry in the Bajio, and in the nation, began to reach its apogee in 2010.  As of […]

Manufacturing in Silao, Guanajuato has become a popular choice in recent years. The municipality has become a favorite of companies that seek to make foreign direct investments in Guanajuato, Mexico.  In the last five years, Guanajuato has been the recipient of two hundred and forty-five foreign investment projects that have constituted a total capital outlay […]

There an abundance reasons that global manufacturers choose to initiate production operations through a Mexican shelter company in the Bajio. In a world that is becoming increasingly specialized, it is a good option for small to mid-sized operations to focus on what they are in business to do.   They should concentrate on producing product, instead […]

Prior to the 1980s, the manufacturing industry in the Bajio of Mexico represented approximately twenty percent of the economy of the region, while the share of Gross National Product (GDP) now stands at twenty-six percent in the states that include Guanajuato, Jalisco, Silao, Querétaro, and San Luis Potosí. Recently, the economy made up of industry […]

As of this writing, the Mexican automotive industry is experiencing a period of uncertain conditions due to the ongoing renegotiation of the NAFTA.   One of the main points of differences in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement is the rules of origin for the Mexican automotive industry, as well as for […]