Supply Chain
Mexico’s industrial production drops 29.63% during May
MEXICO – Industrial production in Mexico fell 29.63% at an annual rate during May, the National Institute of Statistics and…
BRP Increases Manufacturing Capacity in México
By Nancy González A day after the United States, Mexico, Canada Agreement (USMCA) entered in operation, BRP announced that it…
Mexican employed personnel in the manufacturing industry fell 3.71%
MEXICO – According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), the Manufacturing Industry, Maquiladora and Export Services (IMMEX)…
Mexicali maquiladora industry gets back on track
MEXICALI – Up to 70 companies affiliated to Index Mexicali have entered the so-called “new normal” and returned to their…
Metalsa to assemble the VSZ-20 ventilator
MONTERREY – For a month and a half biomedical engineers from the Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Medical Sciences and…
Mexican footwear industry estimates US$118 million losses due to the Coronavirus contingency
MEXICO – According to the president of the Chamber of the Footwear Industry of the State of Guanajuato (Ciceg), Luis…
Canacintra forecasts an increase of job losses in Chihuahua
CHIHUAHUA — “When labor activities in the industrial sector are resumed, there will be a significant loss of employment, as…
Essity will enable production lines to manufacture mouth guards at its Mexico plant
MEXICO — Essity, a global hygiene and health company, will enable production lines in Mexico, Sweden and the United States…
70 manufacturing companies restarted operations in Baja California
BAJA CALIFORNIA — The minister of Sustainable Economy and Tourism, Mario Escobedo Carignan, reported that 70 manufacturing companies that had…
COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t affected the demand for industrial buildings in Mexico yet
MEXICO — The Central, Bajío-Occident and Northeast regions have maintained the demand for industrial buildings in Mexico during the first…
Cluster of Plastics of Queretaro coordinates the production of masks during the COVID-19 contingency
QUERETARO — Miguel Ángel Aguirre, director of the Cluster of Plastics of Queretaro, shared how an effort between the Cluster,…
COVID-19 weakens Queretaro’s mold and die industry
QUERETARO — The mold and die industry is one of the productive sectors vulnerable to the economic effects of the…
Companies in Nuevo Leon are reconverting their manufacturing processes
MONTERREY — According to Abraham Tijerina, coordinator of the initiative “Covid@NL”, at least 110 companies in Nuevo León have reconverted…
ANTAD registers a 1.1% growth during March
MEXICO — Members of the National Association of Self-Service and Departmental Stores (ANTAD) reported a growth in sales of 1.1%…
Cemex stops operations in Mexico due to COVID-19
MEXICO — Cemex just announced the suspension of production in its 15 plants that it operates in Mexico, until April…