NEWS BY STATE

Baja California

Last week, six French companies from the aeronautical sector visited the entity of Baja California. The objective of this mission is to make the participating companies aware of the attractions of Baja California in terms of attracting investment, particularly in the aeronautical and space sector, and, to present the products and services offered by French companies to the companies in the aeronautical sector established in the State, particularly in Mexicali and Tijuana.

Sonora

State Governor Alfonso Durazo, said that they are working to be the main link with Arizona on the issue of semiconductors to create better conditions and strengthen the binational relationship to a historic level, the governor of Sonora mentioned. It has been an honor to be part of the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Summit, he added.

Chihuahua

In order to promote competitiveness, develop talent and boost innovation, the Instituto de Apoyo al Desarrollo Tecnologico (INADET) signed a collaboration agreement with the Hi-Tec Group, whose headquarters are located in London, England.

In the facilities of the High Technology Training Center (Cenaltec), the official signing took place between Cenaltec and Renato Novoa Perez, legal representative of the Hi-Tec Group, which will facilitate the training of men and women, who will receive specialized training in state-of-theart machinery and cutting-edge technology, which will increase productivity.

Nuevo Leon

During Hannover Messe in Germany, Nuevo Leon’s state authorities confirmed that two international companies in the automotive industry could arrive in Nuevo León in the coming months.

Coahuila

The State Government will announce a couple of new industrial parks next week, to provide infrastructure to various areas of the state, said Claudio Bres Garza, Coahuila’s Secretary of Economy.

The park that is going to be announced for the municipality of Frontera has an area of 76 hectares for the industry.

Tamaulipas

According to the statistics of the National Council of the Maquiladora and Export Manufacturing Industry in Nuevo Laredo (INDEX), the expectation of growth in the industrial sector projects the expansions of three companies that will respresent an investment of more than 150 million dollars. With this, there will also be an increase in employment, for a total of 3,500 new job opportunities for these first months of 2023.

Guanajuato

Guanajuato’s exports increased from 27 to 31.8 billion dollars by the end of 2022. This figure represents an 18% increase compared to 2021, said Luis Ernesto Rojas, Director of the Foreign Trade Promotion Coordinator (Cofoce), during yesterday’s presentation of the Claugto Automotive Forum. In particular, auto parts recorded a 15% growth compared to 2021. Meanwhile, non-automotive products increased by 18%: footwear, food, handicrafts, among others. These results, said the official, are part of the public policy that has been promoted by the state government. Ramon Alfaro Gomez, head of the Secretariat of Economic and Sustainable Development (SDES), said that the attraction of investments has been successful. He said that for this year the projections exceed 33 billion dollars. The automotive sector contributes 15% of the Gross Domestic Product, he added. The sector has 2,700 companies located in the state, which generate 193,000 jobs. In Guanajuato, there are 500 supplier companies, 9% of the supply chain is national, at least two thousand SMEs.

Queretaro

With the attraction of new investment projects, Queretaro faces the challenge of responding to the demand for personnel for the industry. The director for Latin America of The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT), Carlos Mortera, emphasized that the arrival of investments in the state is correlated with meeting the needs of trained personnel. “This is how we will be able to ensure that the revenue stays in Queretaro, if the talent is trained, if the talent is developed,” he said. In this regard, he stated that Queretaro is usually one of the industrial states of interest for global companies seeking to enter the market, due to the economic and industrial growth conditions that characterize the state. “I work with more than 300 international clients, which are global companies that supply Latin American markets and the rest of the world, one of the industrial states where we focus on penetration issues is Queretaro, due to the accelerated economic and industrial growth it has experienced,” he said.

Cdmx

The head of the Mexico City Government, Claudia Sheinbaum, denied that she is the driving force behind the National Women’s Front ‘Por ella Todas’, which has expressed its support for the presidential aspirations of the local leader. Sheinbaum said that they are women who support that a woman could win the poll to define Morena’s presidential candidate, heading for the 2024 elections, and thanked them for expressing their sympathy. This week, female legislators, academics, political scientists, and businesswomen presented the Front and stated that it is a movement made up of women from all over the country who embrace the feminist struggle and gender equality, in order to bring the first woman to the head of the Federal Executive.

State Of Mexico

The debate between the candidates for the governorship of the State of Mexico, which took place on Thursday, April 20, did not have a clear winner, since the electorate’s opinions, especially those who are non-partisan, were divided. A poll by El Financiero indicates that 50 percent of those interviewed who followed the debate considered Delfina Gomez the winner and 43 percent, Alejandra del Moral. Among the non-partisan segment, which represents 53 percent of the state electorate, 46 percent mentioned the Morenista as the winner and 43 percent the PANPRI-PRD-Panal alliance candidate as the winner, practically a tie, if the margin of error of the survey is considered. The poll was conducted by telephone on April 21 among 500 adults, 66 percent of whom said they had seen, listened to, or heard about the debate.