IMMEX 4.0 is Mexico’s initiative to modernize how the IMMEX program is administered. The existing program allows authorized companies to import qualifying goods temporarily for export manufacturing and services, subject to its requirements. The initiative aims to make procedures simpler, connect government information and improve how program holders are assessed. So for a manufacturer, the … Continued
If you are considering manufacturing in Guaymas or Empalme, the question that follows is how to get a plant running there. There are two practical routes. You can set up your own Mexican company and take responsibility for setting up and managing the local operation, or you can operate under a shelter arrangement. Under a … Continued
You’re thinking about manufacturing in Mexico, and Mazatlán has landed on the shortlist. So the next thing to work out is a practical one: how do you actually go about setting up a factory there? If you’re going to run your own production there, the practical comparison is between two routes. You can establish your … Continued
Shelter services in Saltillo let you produce and export from Coahuila without forming a Mexican entity. What they cover, what they leave out, and what a Manufacturing Campus adds.
What you get from a shelter arrangement in Mexico is a plant that starts producing without building a company around it first. The short version An established shelter can shorten setup by providing an administrative and compliance framework that already exists in Mexico, rather than one you build. Less has to be staffed before production … Continued
Mexico’s fourteen agreements bear on the duty charged on components entering Mexico and on finished goods entering your customers’ markets. Both crossings belong in the case for the plant.
By the time Mexico comes up in a serious way, the reason is usually specific. A customer has asked for production in North America. A plant is at its ceiling and next year’s program needs room. A second shift has gone unstaffed long enough to become a capacity problem rather than a hiring problem. Deciding … Continued
You have decided on Mexico. You have two or three providers in a spreadsheet, and their websites all say roughly the same thing: full support, expert teams, everything handled. None of it tells you what you actually need to know. That is not an accident. “Shelter company” is not a standardized product. It covers a … Continued
Manufacturing in Mexico is how more than 5,000 foreign companies produce goods for the North American market. Competitive labor costs, integrated supply chains, and preferential trade access to 52 countries through 14 free trade agreements make it the most established nearshore manufacturing platform in the Western Hemisphere. In 2024, U.S.-Mexico bilateral trade reached $806.1 billion, … Continued
Manufacturing in Mexico is how more than 5,000 foreign companies produce goods for the North American market. Competitive labor costs, integrated supply chains, and preferential trade access to 52 countries through 14 free trade agreements make it the most established nearshore manufacturing platform in the Western Hemisphere. In 2024, U.S.-Mexico bilateral trade reached $806.1 billion, … Continued
