NEWS BY STATE

Baja California

The arrival of companies attracted by nearshoring from Asia to Mexico raised 14.28% the rental prices per square meter of industrial developments in Tijuana, said Genaro Lopez, an analyst with the markets division at Newmark. “The industrial market in Tijuana has registered aggressive growth in recent years and now we see how it expands to the surrounding municipalities, also in Rosarito there is an increase in interest in the industrial market, with developers driving the growth of this area” he added. For this 2023, a possible stabilization in prices, new offers, and industrial zones are forecast throughout the north of the country.

Sonora

The export industry will create more than 15,000 jobs in Sonora this year in the aerospace industry, mentioned the Governor of Sonora. He also mentioned that a binational semiconductor center will be formed in conjunction with Conacyt and the University of Arizona, to increase the entity’s competitiveness and create job opportunities for young people. This bi-national project will be reviewed during the next visit of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, from February 17 to 19.

Nuevo Leon

Nuevo León wants to attract suppliers for semiconductor manufacturing and electromobility, two industries to which it wants to bet in the coming years, a situation for which it has already begun to make a “ road map” to know the “ecosystem” and how to shape the supply chain, said Héctor Tijerina, director of the promotion agency Invest Monterrey. In the case of electric batteries or energy storage systems, he explained that these are areas that are growing a lot in the United States and there is also interest in Nuevo Leon to attract suppliers and gradually shape it.

San Luis Potosi

The installation of the new BMW electric car plant in San Luis Potosi, which will be officially announced in February, will lead to an increase in salaries in the manufacturing industry in San Luis Potosi, since a factory of this nature requires a highly specialized and therefore better-paid workforce, stated Hector Andrade Ovalle, director of the firm A&T Consulting. The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) reported that, at the end of 2022, the average daily salary in the transformation industry in San Luis Potosi was 563.36 pesos, or 16,900 pesos per month, which is the fifth highest in the Republic in the said sector, only below that of North Mexico City (601.85), Baja California (570.36), Queretaro (570.27) and Nuevo Leon (569.33).

Queretaro

The US company Avery Dennison will invest 100 million dollars (mdd) to expand its operations in Queretaro; it will build an RFID (radio frequency identification) plant. According to the governor of the state, Mauricio Kuri, the capital will also be reflected in the creation of 600 new jobs, which will be operational, technical, and professional. The property is scheduled to be inaugurated in 2024 and is expected to be the largest operating network facility capable of producing this type of inlays. The technology production plant will have an expansion of 25 thousand square meters, will be located in the FINSA III Industrial Park, and will be LEED certified.