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MEXICONOW Issue 96

Sep – Oct 2018

3 September, 2018

Carga Aeroportuario de Valladolid receives US$3 million investment

31 August, 2018

The new Centro de Carga Aeroportuario de Valladolid, located in Kaua, Yucatan, received an investment of more than US$3 million….

Mexican chocolate industry generates US$1.3 billion per year

31 August, 2018

The chocolate industry in Mexico generates around US$1.3 billion annually, according the director of the National Association of Manufacturers of…

JetLease wants to rent Mexico’s government aircrafts

31 August, 2018

 JetLease Palm Beach, an American private aircraft leasing company, presented a proposal to President-Elect AndrĂ©s Manuel Lopez Obrador to rent…

Honda books US$ 450 million loss due to Celaya plant flooding

31 August, 2018

The flooding of a Honda assembly plant in Celaya, Guanajuato, occurred at the end of last June, will represent a…

Ford Focus, once slated to be made in Mexico, won’t make it to the US market

31 August, 2018

Ford Motor Co. will not sell its new China-built Focus crossover in the U.S. market due to tariffs imposed on…

China and Tamaulipas analyze investment opportunities

30 August, 2018

Tamaulipas governor, Francisco Garcia Cabeza de Vaca, accompanied the ambassador of the Republic of China in Mexico, Qiu Xiaoqi, during…

PRB and KFC franchises to invest US$24 million in Mexico

30 August, 2018

Throughout 2018, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), Premium Restaurant Brands (PRB), and its franchisees have invested US$24 million to open up a total…

KIA Motors builds its 500,000th vehicle in Pesqueria, Nuevo Leon

30 August, 2018

It took two years and three months of manufacturing operations in Mexico for KIA to achieve production of half a…

Volkswagen plant in Puebla idles due to lack of supplies from Brazil

30 August, 2018

The Volkswagen assembly plant in Puebla idled again this week due to the lack of supply of some components coming…

KIA Motors builds its 500,000th vehicle in Pesqueria, Nuevo Leon

30 August, 2018

It took two years and three months of manufacturing operations in Mexico for KIA to achieve production of half a…

Exports cap for Mexico-made cars, well above current capacity, says Guajardo

30 August, 2018

The automotive production installed in Mexico, as well as the plants that are currently under construction, would have a kind…

GM Ramos Arizpe gears up to add second work shift; opens 300 job vacancies 

30 August, 2018

The General Motors complex in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, northern Mexico, gears up to operate again in two production shifts after…

Austrian group Voestalpine inaugurates US$ 4 million plant in Zacatecas

30 August, 2018

Voestalpine Rotec Summo, a subsidiary of Austrian group Voestalpine dedicated to the manufacture of tubular components and assemblies for the…

Forecast: US auto sales to increase around 1% in August

30 August, 2018

Three forecasts from major analyst firms predict U.S. light-vehicle sales to increase in August, one year after two hurricanes collapsed…

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