The aerospace industry in Mexico has positioned itself in recent years as a strategic cluster for the country's economic development, currently operating in the country 267 companies that employ 34,000 workers in the manufacturing productive sector, located in 18 states. In an interview with Mexican Business Web, Carlos J. Bello, general director of the Mexican Federation of Aerospace Industry (FEMIA) said that in 2012 the industry accumulated approximately $1.3 billion dollars (mdd) in new investments, an amount that is expected to be obtained again this year, in addition to 17 new projects

With the expansion of Tenaris-Tamsa, a thousand people have been hired to the workforce of the company dedicated to the manufacture of steel pipes, informed the company's Public Relations Manager, Gerardo Cárdenas Hernández. He pointed out that there are 4,700 people working on a permanent basis and that the factory generates around 20,000 indirect jobs per year, benefiting the region and reactivating other suppliers of the international company. The expansion of the facilities that are being made with the investment of 1,600 million dollars will allow production to increase from 800,000 tons

For a large number of companies, it is increasingly urgent to accelerate the pace in the incorporation of technologies and innovation strategies to their production and management processes, not only to ensure their growth but also, in principle, to ensure their permanence. However, it is not always evident that the implementation of new technologies and the development of infrastructure alone do not solve the problem. Those who determine the path to follow and achieve results are the people; that is why if we focus a good part of our attention and resources on their training and development

As part of Promexico's Mexico-European Union competitiveness and innovation program (PROCEI), the European Community will invest 20 million pesos in Mexico to train 25 Mexican SMEs to obtain AS9100 aeronautical certification this year. Through the Aeronautical Testing and Technology Laboratory (Labta), SMEs in areas such as metal mechanics, electrical systems and even companies dedicated to composite or composite materials will be trained. "To help them quickly and achieve the goal, we are recovering the SMEs that have the capacity to make wonderful materials that the industry requires, that

From February 5 to 7, 2013, a mission of Italian businessmen, producers of machine tools, will hold two events in which it is intended to establish business alliances in favor of the productive development of Mexican manufacturing companies. PROGRAM february 5 - Seminar "Italian Technology for Productive Excellence", to be held from 10 am at CIIMMATH - Center for Italian-Mexican Innovation in Manufacturing (Ex-Dina Nave F5 - Industrial Complex EX-DINA Ciudad Sahagun, Hidalgo). The seminar will consist of a presentation of Italian technology by European entrepreneurs, as well as an

Tens of thousands of engineers and technical managers from across Europe gathered in Northern Italy last month for a series of events loosely termed Technology Exhibition week. These included Fluidtrans Compomac (fluid power), Mechanical Power Transmission and Motion Control, Plast (plastics and plastics-processing machinery), Xylexpo (woodworking machinery) — all held in Milan — and Lamiera (metal-forming equipment), held in Bologna. Widespread interest in Italian components, machines, and technology belies the country’s current economic conditions. It’s no secret that Italy is caught up in

During a morning press conference, the extent of the success of Italian machine tool and metal forming companies during the past couple of years was laid out for us by Luigi Galdabini, VP of UCIMU – Sistemi per produrre, the trade association of Italian manufacturers of machine tools, robots, automation and auxiliary technologies. “During 2011, all the figures showed a double digit increase in all indicators for volume, exports, and so one,” Galdabini explains. “Our production of machine tools rose in value to 4.8 billion Euros, which was an increase of 13.5 percent compared to the previous

The Italian machine tool industry has seen double-digit growth in the past couple of years, and expects to have a solid 2012 also. At the recent Lamiera show in Bologna, Italy, Luigi Galdabini, VP of the machine tool trade association UCIMU - SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, explained with Metalworking Production and Purchasing Magazine editor, Rob Colman, what he considers the reason for this success, and what he is hearing from clients about their needs. Video shot at the Lamiera trade show in Bologna, Italy.