While the former capital of U.S. automotive manufacturing now crawls in municipal bankruptcy in Detroit, Michigan, a new boom is happening south of the border, and a large number of car manufacturers are embracing the change. Mexican factories are now reaching record levels of production at a lower cost, fewer issues with union labor strife, and attracting new levels of investment for Mexico. General Motors, for example, already assigns the [...]

Since 1994 when the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) removed the trade barriers between the United States, Canada and Mexico, the member nations have experienced ever-increasing ties and collaboration. Manufacturing in Mexico has boomed, quintupling exports and providing good jobs for the country’s workers. As the global economy improves after the recession, Mexico is poised to take advantage of opportunities in the medical device market that serves the healthcare [...]

August 28, 2013 – U.S. and Mexican officials have been meeting in several locations to discuss the impact of possible immigration legislation and its effects on the border and manufacturing in Mexico. President Barack Obama and Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto met in Mexico at the beginning of May to discuss several issues affecting both nations. These included trade, mutual economic ties, security, the drug war and immigration. Diplomats, politicians [...]

Manufacturing in Mexico set to show growth due to profitable sector reform; government looking to significantly improve its ranking amongst competitors. Mexico manufacturing has become involved in discussions regarding the country’s state-run energy sector, specifically as it pertains to growth during a recent energy reform. Under President Enrique Pena Nieto and his established reform, the Mexican government has hoped to significantly improve its ranking amongst competitors while seeking improvement in [...]

Numerous options and ideas to shorten the length of wait times at the busiest U.S./Mexico borders, such as Tijuana and Cd. Juarez, are being discussed as a response to the notoriously long line issues at these locations. Both countries have reported seeking a solution that not only speeds up the process but also mandates protocol and varied safety measures. Foreign companies manufacturing in Mexico are very interested in these discussions, [...]

News coming out from both European and Asian automotive manufacturing centers and Mexico is that there is a new wave of automaker giants coming to Mexico--or at least doing some serious thinking about major investments within the next few months to a couple of years. Legendary names such as Mazda, Mercedes Benz, Renault, Nissan, Infinity, Honda, Audi, BMW and General Motors are just some of the players venturing deeper across [...]

Toyota will be thinking of new ways to increase production on two of its more popular trucks, the Tundra and smaller sized Tacoma. As the company enters 2014, they will be embracing a redesign for the full-size pickup, which indicates concentrated planning is already underway. A few different options Toyota has considered would be moving its more compact Tacoma pickup, also being built and produced in their San Antonio factory, [...]

If trends continue along their current track, “Made in Mexico” is set to become as ubiquitous for the American consumer as “Made in China” was in years past. Manufacturers from a variety of industries are opening their eyes and operations to move significant portions of their manufacturing processes to Mexico instead of the traditional labor outsourcing countries such as China, Brazil and Thailand. One important driving factor is that the [...]

When global business leaders are first introduced to the concept of “maquiladoras,” one of their first questions is invariably, “What does that word mean?” But a direct Spanish-to-English, word-for-word translation for “maquiladora” is difficult to provide. “Maquiladora” (pronounced mah-KEY-ah-DOOR-uh) is derived from the Spanish word "maquila." In Spain hundreds of years ago, farmers took their grain to mills to be ground into flour or meal. Mill owners kept a portion [...]