NEWS BY STATE

Baja California

Exports of the Maquiladora Industry in Mexicali increased 46% at an annual rate during January 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). Exports from the city’s maquiladora sector reached an amount of 5 thousand 237.6 million pesos, the highest volume for the month of January since INEGI has registered. Mexicali participates with 20% of the total income from abroad for the Baja California Maquiladora Industry.

Sonora

The two industrial parks that are planned to be built in Cajeme this year; Skybridge and Santa Rita, which will be located to the south of the municipality, will have at least 74 new companies, mentioned the Secretary of Economic Development of Cajeme. He stated that Santa Rita will have at least 32 warehouses of 5,000 square meters on a 75-hectare property. In Sky Bridge, 22 warehouses of 10,000 square meters will be built, of which the construction of two has already begun, which they estimate will be in operation in no more than six months, he indicated. He added that it seeks to build at least five industrial parks, in various sectors of the municipality, in order to detonate the region’s economy and attract high-tech industries with good-level jobs.

Nuevo Leon

The governor of Nuevo Leon, Samuel Garcia Sepulveda indicated that after Tesla’s investment announcement and the federal government’s subscription, more than 30 to 40 first and second-level suppliers (Tier 1 and Tier 2) are arriving.

COAHUILA

So far in the current state Administration, 204 investment projects have been concentrated in Coahuila -whose value amounts to more than 10 thousand 850 million dollars-, and 103 correspond to the automotive industry.

Queretaro

Automotive companies in the state have joined the Circular Economy System (SEC), which is being developed by the private sector in conjunction with the state government, in order to make their processes more sustainable. The state system involves 154 companies from various sectors, including companies from the automotive sector, one of the pillars of the state’s manufacturing activity The President of the Queretaro Automotive Cluster, Renato Villaseñor Mendoza, highlighted that with the implementation of circularity projects, companies have strengthened their organizations, a phenomenon that can be seen both in the automotive companies and in the rest of the participants.

Guanajuato

Of the 17 investment projects that Guanajuato is negotiating during this six-year term, one of them could come from the Netherlands. Companies based in this region of Europe are considering investing in the Bajio. “We have detected interest from the household appliance and automotive companies that have been prospecting Guanajuato and the Bajio area”. This was stated by the Secretariat of Economic and Sustainable Development of Guanajuato (SDES) in an informative card delivered to this media. At least 20 companies from the Netherlands have stopped considering China and Asia as a manufacturing center and are considering investing in the Bajio, said Forbes in an interview with Steven Büter, general manager of the Business Office of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Mexico.

San Luis Potosi

San Luis Potosi promotes and joins the common block to generate synergy with the states of Mexico in favor of growth, dynamism, and development, according to Juan Carlos Valladares, head of the state’s Secretariat of Economic Development (SEDECO). In this sense, during the meeting of the members of the Mexican Association of Secretaries of Economic Development (AMSDE), he specified that the nearshoring effect is a very interesting example of how the country -if the right conditions are created- can attract capital, companies, and detonate the generation of employment, thus boosting development.

Cdmx

The Congress of Mexico City approved reforms to the Law on the Right to Access, Disposal, and Sanitation of Water, through which the Digital Agency for Public Innovation (ADIP) and the Water System of the capital will develop a platform for the online processing of water feasibility reports according to the established polygons. According to the initiative presented by the head of government, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, and approved this Wednesday in general, the objective is to digitalize and simplify existing procedures before the Water System of the capital.

STATE OF MEXICO:

Despite having more than 16 million inhabitants and thus being the most populated entity in the country, the State of Mexico only had 13 water treatment plants in operation as of 2020, far below Sinaloa, Mexico City, and Tabasco, which had 140, 45 and 39 plants, respectively. This is based on information published by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) in the Drinking Water and Sanitation Module of the National Census of Municipal Governments and Territorial Districts of Mexico City (CNGMD) 2021, on the occasion of World Water Day, which will be commemorated on March 22.