Posts by Toby Spoon
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Benefits of Moving Manufacturing to Mexico
BENEFITS OF MOVING MANUFACTURING TO MEXICO As U.S. and Canadian Manufacturing companies felt the sting of comparable products being marketed at a fraction of the pricing required for their very existence they recognized the need to produce products at substantially less cost. This began the migration of manufacturing companies to countries where production costs met […]
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NAFTA in Motion – Industry Expert Provides Insight to NAFTA Issue
NAFTA in Motion Alan Russell, President of the Tecma Group of Companies, specializing in providing manufacturing shelter services in Mexico, was asked to speak at the February 23, 2017 MexicoNow event in El Paso, Texas. Alan’s chosen subject was NAFTA in Motion. His speech included a frank discussion about NAFTA negotiations and the Border Adjustment […]
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Wilbur Ross – Make Mexico Great Again
Make Mexico Great Again In an interview last Friday, US Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, spoke on positive considerations for Mexico in the looming NAFTA renegotiation that resulted in a Mexican peso surge. It appears that Ross is discussing the possibility of asking Mexico to consider raising its minimum wage. The Mexican minimum wage is […]
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NAFTA Negotiations Affected by Mexico’s 2018 Presidential Election
NAFTA Negotiations Will Be Affected By Mexico’s Presidential Election NAFTA negotiations are expected to begin in the months of May or June, 2017 and are bringing high levels of interest from companies manufacturing in Mexico. As we review the next Mexico presidential election, parties and candidates we find mixed levels of support for willingness to […]
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Aerospace Engineering in Mexico Advances
Aerospace Engineering in Mexico Advances with the recent AIAA award being granted to UABC Aerospace Engineering. We just received this announcement about aerospace engineering in Mexico advances by the AIAA Student Branch Charter being granted to UABC Aerospace Engineering. To all the aerospace community in Mexico and abroad The prestigious American Institute of Aeronautics and […]
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China-Mexico Relations are Creating Mutual Opportunities
China-Mexico Relations are Growing With all of the talk in the US of the incoming administration disrupting international trade, two countries on different sides of the planet are strengthening their economic ties. China-Mexico relations have been friendly for many years, and some would even call the relationship a kind of alliance in the making. But […]
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NAFTA Questions and Controversy Stir Political Forces
NAFTA Questions and Controversy The US recently elected Donald Trump as the next president in a surprising upset, resulting in a flurry of questions surrounding his policies and campaign rhetoric. In particular, many are asking if the US president has the authority to withdraw from NAFTA. Trump has for some time promised to renegotiate or […]
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Regionalism Makes Mexico Part of Global Manufacturing Hub
In an increasingly interdependent and regionally minded world economy, Mexico’s manufacturing growth coupled with the rise of an increasingly educated and innovative US workforce, is propelling the region to prominence as a global manufacturing hub. Mexican Manufacturing Since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the US and Mexico have been joined […]
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Why Is China Manufacturing Moving to Mexico?
More and more Chinese companies are joining in the global trend of moving manufacturing operations to Mexico or expanding existing production facilities there. This article will answer the question of “Why is China manufacturing moving to Mexico?” China Manufacturing Moving to Mexico is a Unique International Partnership There is certainly a trend taking shape for […]
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Asian Manufacturing is Moving to Mexico
Asian Manufacturing is Moving to Mexico. Mexico provides many advantages for manufacturing for export, and companies around the world are picking up on this trend. But surprisingly, many of these firms are from Asian nations which were considered choice export-manufacturing destinations in previous years. The Shift From Asia to Mexico While China and other Asian countries […]
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California Companies Moving to Tijuana
In recent years, Tijuana has become quite a destination of choice for international manufacturing and California companies moving to Tijuana. Why are California Companies Moving to Tijuana? Over the past several years, a noticeable shift has been occurring. California has long been a popular location for manufacturing and technology companies, but in recent years, many […]
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Will recent reform spur technology transfer to the Mexican energy sector?
Technology transfer to the Mexican energy sector is critical component for ensuring the success of recent reforms. Two years ago, Mexico enacted sweeping reforms across several important sectors of the country’s economy, including, one of the most critical, energy. Reforms that ended a seven decades long monopoly over production of oil and natural gas by […]
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Mexico business opportunities and challenges
Those organization that are seeking to grow and prosper in 2016 must consider Mexico business opportunities. A collaborative study conducted in 2015 by Capgemini Consulting, Penn State University, Penske, Korn Ferry, as well as IndustryWeek presents a series of aspects regarding both economic and Mexico business opportunities, as well as makes the case as to why […]
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The Mexican Energy Transition Law completes the nation’s energy reform
The nation’s Chamber of Deputies recently revised and approved a passable version of the Mexican Energy Transition Law. On Wednesday, December 9, 2015, the country’s lower legislative house, the Chamber of Deputies, revised and delivered a version of the Mexican Energy Transition Law (LTE) to the nation’s Senate that is expected to be signed into […]
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The midstream Mexican energy sector segment means opportunities for US and other foreign firms
Foreign companies not only find lucrative opportunities by conducting drilling and extracting operations, but can also benefit through the participation in the midstream Mexican energy sector segment Those that are familiar with the oil and gas industry are aware that its basic structure is composed of three fundamental segments: upstream, midstream, downstream. Much of the conversation related […]
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Energy reform and its impact on the Mexican manufacturing sector
Mexico’s energy reform is in the early stages of its implementation, but is gaining momentum. Data analysts are noticing a registering of positive results for the nation’s economy, particularly with respect to the implications for the growth of the Mexican manufacturing sector. Energy Reform In 1938, Mexico’s energy industry was nationalized and brought under the […]
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Mexican oil block auctions become more successful as experience grows
Industry will eventually get a boost from Mexican oil block auctions and lower energy prices that come as a result. Despite the fact that the industry had been closed to foreign investment for more than seven decades, tenders of Mexican oil block auctions that took place last July were, for all intents and purposes, a failure. […]
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US-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue Initiative
High level talks are held by US and Mexico officials on a regular annual basis to address economic issues of importance to each nation. Companies in the US and Mexico conduct over US $500 billion in bilateral trade each year, and engage in cross-border investment that exceeds US $100 billion during the same period. Despite […]
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Private Sector Bolsters Mexican Infrastructure Upgrade
Mexico’s economy is growing, but some fear a bottleneck will form in the near future as Mexican infrastructure development lags behind. Could the answer in making the necessary upgrades lie with the private sector? Mexico’s infrastructure challenges It seems the world is consuming goods manufactured in Mexico almost as fast as Mexico can churn them […]
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Manufacturing Talk Radio talks Mexican aerospace
The Mexican aerospace industry was the topic of a recent conversation that aired on Manufacturing Talk Radio. Manufacturing Talk Radio was launched in 2013, and is hosted Lew Weiss and Tim Grady from their studios located in Fairfield, NJ. Shows are done live, on a weekly basis, and later made available to listeners via an […]