If you are weighing Mexico this year, you have heard two things: tariffs have moved, and the nearshoring headlines have faded. Both are true. Neither changes the reason manufacturers keep choosing Mexico. The reason is people. In the three places a Mexico decision usually starts, the United States, Canada and Germany, the workers who run … Continued
On July 1, 2026, the United States declined to join Canada and Mexico in extending the USMCA. The agreement did not expire, and it still runs to 2036. Had all three governments confirmed, the term would have been extended by a new 16-year period running from the review, moving the expiry from 2036 to 2042. … Continued
Empalme is a municipality of about 51,000 people on the Sea of Cortés, fifteen minutes south of Guaymas, and it is where Tetakawi’s oldest and most complete Manufacturing Campus sits. It is also, today, the side of the corridor with space you can occupy. This page covers the municipality itself: what is here, who manufactures … Continued
Guaymas is a municipality of about 157,000 people on the Sea of Cortés, four lanes and roughly 250 miles south of the Arizona border, with an aerospace and engine-components base that has been building there for a quarter century. This page answers a narrow question: what is actually in Guaymas, and does it fit the … Continued
Most shelter providers can tell you what they will administer. Fewer can show you a workforce they helped build. Tetakawi opened in Empalme, Sonora in 1986, and has operated in the Guaymas and Empalme corridor ever since. Two Campuses, one labor market, four decades in the same place. This page is about what that produced, … Continued
Hermosillo combines an established manufacturing workforce and supplier base with direct access north through Nogales into Arizona and the western United States. Ford has manufactured in the city since 1986, and companies including GE Aerospace continue to invest in advanced production here. For a manufacturer evaluating Mexico, the value is the combination: proven industry, technical … Continued
Hermosillo industrial vacancy, what Class A space costs per square foot, how to read a quote against its lease structure, and the buildings standing at the Río Sonora Campus.
What shelter services in Hermosillo actually cover, who answers to the Mexican authorities, and how a manufacturer moves to its own entity without leaving the Río Sonora Campus.
A plant cannot scale if it cannot staff the operation on the required timeline. Our customers are all knocking on our door asking us how much we can produce. And to grow and meet our customers’ demand, we’ve got to find the people to do it. Jeremy Main · Senior Vice President, Consolidated Precision Products … Continued
Mazatlán’s formal workforce is growing while manufacturing claims a small share of it. That structure is what separates it from the cities most shortlists carry. Manufacturing in Mazatlán means operating in a Mexican port city of half a million people where manufacturing accounts for 13.5% of formal employment, a fraction of what border cities carry. … Continued
