With an investment of 700million pesos, the cement company Holcim Apasco will change its name to Holcim México and improve its assets.
To modify its image and corporate name, the company will allocate 200 million pesos, while it will channel another 500 million pesos to improve its assets, informed Eduardo Kretschemer, CEO of the Mexican construction production sector company, at a press…
After commenting that in the last 10 years Mexico has worked on market diversification and that as a result South America, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia represent the second most important market for the automotive sector, after the United States, the Executive President of the National Auto Parts Industry (INA), Óscar Albín Santos referred to this state, which, he said, is attractive for…
The auto parts industry is working hand in hand with the Ministry of Economy (SE) to create Mexican Official Standards (NOM) to standardize the quality of automotive parts.
"Very few spare parts in Mexico have a NOM, so we are practically starting from scratch," said Oscar Albin, president of the National Auto Parts Industry (INA).
The objective is for the new standards to distinguish between a…
As part of Promexico's Mexico-European Union competitiveness and innovation program (PROCEI), the European Community will invest 20 million pesos in Mexico to train 25 Mexican SMEs to obtain AS9100 aeronautical certification this year.
Through the Aeronautical Testing and Technology Laboratory (Labta), SMEs in areas such as metal mechanics, electrical systems and even companies dedicated to…
In his inaugural speech at the Plastimagen Mexico 2013 industrial fair, held in Mexico City last March, the president of Anipac, engineer José Anselmo del Cueto, highlighted the role of plastics in the automotive industry.
According to the executive, in this niche, the progressive replacement of traditional materials with plastic implies great fuel savings, greater comfort, lower cost and greater…
Mexico increased the value of its auto parts production by 10.3% between 2011 and 2012, displacing South Korea as the fifth largest global manufacturer of automotive parts and components.
Mexico's main advantage over Asia was the diversification of sales, since while the bulk of South Korea's auto parts production is for its assembly plants (such as Hyundai, Kia and SsangYong), Mexico serves…
MEXICO CITY - The metal-mechanic industry includes everything from screw manufacturers to equipment producers, and the National Chamber of the Transformation Industry (Canacintra) is seeking to boost this sector through certifications, greater linkage and technification of production plants, explained Pablo Alberto Briseño Alonso, liaison president of the metal-mechanic branch of the business…
In Mexico, spending by companies on capital goods and infrastructure grew 4.6% at an annual rate in January, above analysts' forecasts, which could be stimulated in February and March due to the lower cost of imported machinery as a result of a strong exchange rate.
Alejandro Cervantes, an analyst at Banorte-Ixe, stated that " investment in machinery and equipment will most likely present a…
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…
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…