Monterrey-based Grupo Alfa to sell energy assets amid uncertainty
Monterrey-based conglomerate Grupo Industrial Alfa SAB plans to sell a number of energy assets, including its share of the Eagle…
Sonoco acquires Peninsula Packaging Company; deal includes one Mexican plant
Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Peninsula Packaging Company, a manufacturer…
Grupo Infra inaugurates US$ 180 million power plant in Veracruz
Mexican authorities and Grupo Infra officials inaugurated an efficient cogeneration power plant, which implied a US$ 180 million investment in…
Ford CEO: Two new Mexican facilities will start operations this year
Ford Motors Mexico president Gabriel M. Lopez confirmed the company has invested US$ 2.5 billion in two production sites scheduled…
Ford invests in Irapuato and Hermosillo
Ford has maintained its plans in Mexico. The US$2.5 billion investment plans, which were announced in 2015, will become a…
Argentina looking to expand maize trade with Mexico
Argentina is looking to increase its currently limited maize exports to Mexico, as part of an attempt to expand the…
Chihuahua to export more nut to China
The Chinese market for nut export might grow over the upcoming months, as an agreement to ship industrial amounts of…
Siemens invests US$200 million and generates 1,000 jobs in Mexico
The German Company Siemens will invest US$200 million in Mexico during the next 10 years, generating 1,000 new jobs. This…
Grupomar plans to invest US$ 48 million, create 500 jobs
Grupo MarĂtimo Industrial (Grupomar) announced plans to invest around US$ 48 million on several projects including a new sardine canning…
Vitro to invest US$ 55 million on recently acquired Texas plant
15 February, 2017Mexico-based Vitro Glass Company plans to invest US$ 55 million on an expansion project for its recently-acquired plant located in…
Soon-to-be-built in Hermosillo, redesigned Ford Focus goes for a test drive in Europe
15 February, 2017The fourth-generation Ford Focus hatchback is being tested in Europe. Spy shots around the web show the model heavily camouflaged,…
Space Agency signs agreement with educational institution
15 February, 2017The Mexican Space Agency (AEM) signed a collaboration agreement with Mexico’s National Institute of Technology (TecNM). Bringing the telecommunications, aerospace…
Recognition to the Baja California Aerospace Cluster AC
15 February, 2017The Ministry of Economy granted the Baja California Aerospace Cluster AC a special recognition for its outstanding efforts and performance…
Upturn for space surgery
15 February, 2017Carlos Salicrup, a Mexican aerospace physician, in collaboration with Japanese firm Stony, designed a 3-D printed ventilator, useful for surgical…
Strengthening Jalisco’s aerospace sector
15 February, 2017Luis Valtierra, President of the Aerospace Council in Jalisco, informed that they are looking to strengthen the aeronautics and space…
Guanajuato and Canada strengthening bilateral exchange
15 February, 2017Miguel Marquez Marquez, Governor of Guanajuato, met the Consul and Commercial Delegate of Canada in the Occident of Mexico, Stephan…
Automotive sector could have a positive year
15 February, 2017Despite confronting complicated times, companies from the automotive sector in Mexico might have a not-so-negative 2017. Signum Research indicated that,…
Audi and Volkswagen reassert their permanence in Mexico
15 February, 2017Despite recent threats against the automotive industry, Enrique Martinez Neuenschwander, General Manager of Audi Center Aguascalientes, revealed that the firm…
Aeromexico to charge US$25 for checking-in luggage to US and Canada flights
15 February, 2017Aeromexico is changing its luggage policy as of February first, thus charging up to 500 pesos per piece of luggage…
Border market takes off
15 February, 2017The volume of passengers transported between Mexico and the U.S. had a 7.2% growth in 2016. Southwest Arlines started operations…
