Mexico Manufacturing Locations

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Aguascalientes

Nissan and suppliers control the market, strategic central location

Celaya

Good airport, General Motors auto cluster, great incentives

Chihuahua

Good interior alternative to Juarez, more stable infrastructure and labor base

Durango

Textiles, lower cost labor offsets difficult logistics

Ensenada

West coast port city with big plans

Guadalajara

Silicon Valley south, hi-tech labor force, 2nd largest Mexican city

Hermosillo

Ford and suppliers are the big players, great labor spot and intermodal

Juarez

Most maquila employees, established industrial culture, support

Proximity to U.S. markets is sometimes offset by labor turnover.

Lazaro Cardenas

Secondary pacific coast port, major expansion plans

Matamoros

Least congested border location

Merida

Textile center, shipping connections with U.S. gulf coast ports

Mexicali

Good infrastructure, low labor turnover, easy border crossing

Best border location by nearly every measure.

Mexico City

Capital and well connected as well as financial powerhouse

Monterrey

Industrial Capital of Mexico, best location for real

Mexico's premiere location for high-skill high-value added projects.

Nogales

Small stable labor market, access to Phoenix market

Nuevo Laredo

World's busiest port of entry, NAFTA highway and best

Puebla

Automotive, major industrial city with gulf coast access

Queretaro

Central location, excellent alternative to Mexico City, auto and aerospace hub

From agricultural center to automotive center and emerging aerospace venue in under ten years.

Reynosa

Fastest growing border location but big turnover and other challenges

Economic development office paints a rosy picture of U.S. neighbor McAllen, but McAllen isn't Reynosa.

Saltillo

Detroit south, Monterrey services without Monterrey prices

Automotive hub of Northeastern Mexico.

San Luis Potosi

Automotive and appliance center, NAFTA highway, strategic central location, intermodal facilities

Silao

Good international airport, General Motors auto cluster, great incentives

Tampico

Major gulf port with direct access to Monterrey

Tijuana

Most maquilas by number; medical manufacturing a big recent focus, management gets to live in southern California, Toyota

Proximity to Southern California is the driver for this city.

Toluca

Alternate to Mexico City, major auto cluster

Torreon

Apparel industry center, heavy manufacturing center for Caterpillar

Vera Cruz

Main gulf port of Mexico, access to Mexico City and central Mexico

Zacatecas

Strategic central location, diverse industries

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