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Mexico strengthened its automotive leadership in the U.S. in 2021

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Mexico reached a record share of the U.S. automotive import market in 2021, according to data from the Department of Commerce (DOC). Mexico's automotive exports to its northern neighbor totaled 128.622 billion dollars in 2021, an increase of 13.9% at an annual rate. The United States represents the largest automotive import market in the world and Mexico and Canada are among its main suppliers. Foreign purchases by the U.S. automotive industry from around the world totaled 348.347 billion dollars in 2021, an 11.8% year-over-year increase. With this, Mexico's market share was 36.9%, its all

BMW invests $1 billion dollars in its first plant in Mexico

MEXICO CITY - The German brand BMW will invest $1 billion dollars to build a plant in San Luis Potosi, where it will assemble up to 150,000 units annually of its 3.28 model, announced Harald Krüger, member of the board of directors of BMW Group for production and manufacturing. The new complex will generate 1,500 direct jobs once it starts operations in 2019, Krüger added during the official announcement made at the Official Residence of Los Pinos. BMW revealed last year its interest in assembling both the 1 Series and 3 Series in Mexico, as long as the right market conditions were generated

Mexico is called "El Dorado" for Italian machinery in the packaging industry

Mexico is called "El Dorado" for Italian packaging machinery "When we landed in Mexico City in 1997, we were the only ones producing bottle caps. About 50 million dollars a year. At that time, cola and beer, which were produced by multinationals that had relocated years before, were produced with the help of SMEs already in Mexico. The final product cost less, approximately half the price of mineral water, strictly imported products. Today, however, the market is changing, we need more and more intelligent and flexible solutions, which many of our SMEs often have. The problem is getting them

El Bajío, a new industrial heartland

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april 1, 2013 MEXICO CITY, April 1.- The Bajío has become Mexico's new manufacturing hub, thanks to a relatively better-educated workforce, improved security and good infrastructure, noted U.S. analyst firm Stratfor. The firm's text points out that Mexico's manufacturing sector has become more sophisticated under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), making more value-added products, such as automotive, aeronautics and electronics, and now does so outside the traditional U.S.-Mexico border region. "As the country's economy has grown, a secondary manufacturing core has emerged in the