The Ministry of Sustainable Development (SEDESU) reports that, according to information from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), during 2022 the manufacturing industry accumulated a total of 465 thousand 351 million pesos, a figure that represents an increase of 14.2 percent, compared to what was obtained in 2021. The manufacture of transportation equipment was the industry that accumulated the highest production value, with 112 thousand 633 million pesos; followed by the manufacture of electrical accessories and appliances, which obtained 69 thousand 529 million pesos

Labrenta, a company from Breganze, in the province of Vicenza, specialized in closure solutions for the wine and spirits sector, closes 2021 with a total turnover of €20 million, doubling the previous year's result. The company's growth is linked to Labrenta's success in the American and European markets, especially Mexico, United Kingdom, Central Europe and +128% of sales recorded in the United States. The company's Mexican headquarters - inaugurated in 2020 with an investment of half a million euros that included the acquisition of the company Tapones Cabrera - is located in Zapopan, in the

The Italian Trade Agency Office in Mexico City hands out the Italian Plastic Technology Award and the Italian Packaging Technology Award. The project aims to create a link between graduates and undergraduates in engineering programs at leading Mexican universities, and to increase their awareness of leading technology and solutions available in Italian plastics and packaging machinery. Each award had been organized alongside its respective Italian industry association: ASSOCOMAPLAST (the Italian Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery and Moulds Manufacturers’ Association, www.assocomaplast

Automakers may announce the construction of three plants in Mexico, which will initially assemble a combined 400,000 cars. "There will be decisions from very important companies in the manufacturing sector, which will be announced in the summer," said Ildefonso Guajardo, Secretary of Economy. The Japanese newspaper The Nikkei reported that Nissan Motor and Daimler AG decided to produce luxury subcompact cars in Aguascalientes. Plans call for assembly to begin in 2017, with production of between 100,000 and 150,000 units per year. Nissan and Daimler will become the first automotive alliance for

He assured that although "not all Mexican plastic companies will be able to immediately access the automotive supply market, the benefit will be gradual". Last year alone the demand for auto parts of this material increased, so the market reported a growth level of about 10% compared to 2011, coupled with the fact that Mexican manufacturing plants offer better quality products worldwide with prices 20% cheaper than those manufactured in the United States. Therefore, the business organization expects the plastics sector to grow at rates above 6% in 2013, "which is equivalent to almost double

Not by chance, foreign visitors to PLAST 2012 grew both in number (more than 18,000 versus 17,500 in the 2009 edition) and by country of origin (121 versus 114 in the previous edition). We reproduce only some of the opinions gathered during and after the fair. "PLAST 2012 - says Daniela Cosmoiu, director of the Romanian association Aspaplast - has been for us, present with a stand offered by the organizers, and for the operators from our country who visited it, an interactive platform to develop contacts and even contracts, as well as a unique moment to gather information on the latest