The industry for auto manufacturing in Mexico continued to set records in January, with production up 20% and exports continuing to grow at 14% year-over-year. 2013 kicks off in a positive and uplifting way for Mexico Manufacturers, following a record year in 2012. Mexico is continuously proving to be the top contender for automotive exports to the United States and other global markets. Auto exports to the United States increased 32% within the [...]

Effective December 01, 2012, Mexico’s Federal Labor Law (FLL) underwent the most comprehensive reform in over 40 years.  Many of the new laws will impact companies manufacturing in Mexico, especially those who are uninformed and/or unprepared to address the more than 300 changes in the decree.  Below are three key changes employers can expect under the new decree. Outsourcing The reform heightens the regulations on employee outsourcing (subcontracting) with potentially [...]

Mexico Maquiladoras  The maquiladoras (IMMEX Program) in Mexico are manufacturing plants in free trade zones. Mexico manufacturing is impacted by maquiladoras in that maquiladoras are mostly tariff-free and domestically tax-exempt assembly, processing and manufacturing plants. In terms of manufacturing in Mexico, nearly 1.5 million Mexican workers are employed in Mexico's 3,000 maquiladoras. The IMMEX (maquiladora) program continues to expand and contribute to significant growth throughout the country, especially now that manufacturers are moving operations back to [...]

A new proposition may enable drivers who are crossing the US-Mexico border to be offered a special California drivers license to speed up the border crossing process, while maintaining security for both nations. This new proposition could be extremely beneficial for the numerous employees who manufacture in Mexico. California would be the first state to occupy this new license, if the proposition goes through, for the southwest states. This "enhanced [...]

The aerospace industry in Mexico is one of the three largest industries for manufacturing in Mexico. This industry has proven to be a lucrative investment for Mexico manufacturing, exceeding $3 billion within the last few years. Over the next 5 years that number will continue to grow, while simultaneously creating 35,000 jobs. 200 aerospace companies currently reside in Mexico, employing over 200,000 people. Mexico has welcomed the aerospace sector with open [...]

With the economy often shed in a negative light, Mexico Manufacturing proves to expose a bright light with a promising future. Mad Money's Jim Cramer explains how, "Mexico has been getting its act together, industrial and automobile production south of the border are on the rise. They're growing GDP faster than we are in the United States, much faster. Just two days ago, we got terrific Mexican manufacturing purchaser managers [...]

Manufacturing in Mexico continues to display signs of positive growth, especially in the automotive and consumer products industries. The country posted an increase in their Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for the final month of 2012. The PMI index rose by 1.5 points over November to a value of 57.1 (anything over 50 in the index indicates growth for manufacturing in Mexico. It is now believed by analysts that the [...]

Mexico’s growing skilled work force is expected to play a larger roll, as companies expand their manufacturing in Mexico. Mexico continues to develop a growing population of educated individuals ready to put their engineering skills to the test. The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development has reported 50 percent of the citizenry in Mexico is currently enrolled in some type of educational program. Some 90,000 people are graduating from the country’s [...]

The aerospace industry is one of the three largest industries manufacturing in Mexico today. This industry has proven to be a lucrative investment for Mexico manufacturing, exceeding $3 billion within the last few years. Over the next 5 years that number will continue to grow, while simultaneously creating 35,00 jobs in Mexico. 200 aerospace companies currently manufacture in Mexico and employ more than 200,000 people. The country has welcomed this [...]