Strategic Location

Mexico is the third receiver of direct foreign investment (IED) within the emergent economies. From 1995 to 2002, the foreign investment in Mexico has exceeded 119 thousands of million dollars.

Mexicali, located on the southern border of the State of California, approximately 100 miles south of Palm Springs. It is an ideal site to improve your competitive position at home or abroad. Located at the heart of what composes one of the most fertile valleys, the Imperial-Mexicali valley, which is the Mexican port of the west coast NAFTA’s corridor, offers a strategic location to move components and products rapidly to global destinations. Its proximity to Palm Springs, Ontario and Los Angeles, California, as well as to Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona, provides additional transportation hubs to interline, and also the proximity to these locations help speed goods to their final destination.

Mexicali has an abundance of skilled and quality-conscious labor, with a population of about 803,446 inhabitants, and an annual growth rate of 4.9%. There are many young and eager individuals ready to tackle the most demanding manufacturing and assembly tasks.

Mexicali counts on a privileged geographic position. It has the advantage of being able to provide products always “in time” to the North American market. It also counts with opportune access to world-wide quality income, as well as the latest technological advances.

This combined preferential access to a young and enabled labor force, makes of Mexico an attractive destiny for investment. Also, Mexico grants security and legal protection to the foreign investors through the Agreements for the Promotion and Mutual cover for the investments, of which our country has signed with 20 countries.

Availability of skilled people

Mexicali boasts three universities – the largest with an enrollment of more than 20,000 students – offering degrees in disciplines that can work for you, and over eleven trade and vocational schools with responsive administrations to ensure a cadre of skilled workers.

Natural Resources

Mexicali is blessed with abundant water and power supply. The Colorado River, approximately 40 miles east, guarantees a profuse and continuous flow of water to satisfy the needs of any operation. In terms of electric power, one of the largest geothermal electricity plants in the world, with over 600 megawatts of production, is located in the Mexicali Valley.

Infrastructure

Mexicali offers a completely integrated transportation network - air, land and sea - as well as communication systems (phone, fax, satellite, micro waves and direct computer networking). 

Transparency

The Mexican Government has promoted the transparency in his actions, the respect to the State of Right and the application of the law, has given a result of a favorable and stable atmosphere for the businesses.  Thanks to the extensive network of agreements for Investment and Free Trade, the investors have seen benefits with this clear legal frame. 

Others

Manufacturing in Mexico provides access not only to the U.S. market, but also to the Latin American markets, under several Free Trade Agreements signed by Mexico, as well as others with Europe and Israel.

Mexico also offers competitive work force and efficient raw materials suppliers.

The NAFTA framework and the tariff-reduction scheme have given a strong support to the flow of goods and investment among Mexico, U.S., and Canada.