CCN Group, located in PIMSA Mexicali, and PRAE-TURBO are affiliates of German holding company Booster Precision Parts GmbH as of January 2016 and aim to become an international, integrated group. Following the management buy-out of PRAE-TURBO in February 2015, the companies had initiated the globalization of PRAE-TURBO’s production base via CCN locations.
Both firms combined had a total output of € 133 million and a staff of more than 1,000 in Germany, France, Slovakia, Mexico and China. Clients include most manufacturers of exhaust turbo charger systems for cars and commercial vehicles. They procure highly stress-resistant precision components made by Booster from aluminum, Inconel or Titanium. Turbo chargers are a critical element for the automotive industry’s compliance with tighter regulation of exhaust emissions and fuel consumption. Over the next five years, demand is expected to reach double-digit annual growth rates. In the first quarter of 2016, Booster Precision Parts’ order book already covered a high percentage of total output planned for the year.
International expansion of production is developing according to plan: A mixed team from both companies had manufactured the first compressor wheel at CCN’s plant in Mexicali, Mexico, in early March 2016. Following the automotive industry’s usual production trials and client approvals, full operation is to start during the year. Since 2013, CCN also runs a plant in China where joint production is planned to come online six months after the ‘go’ for Mexicali. Over this period, a new top management will be established for Booster Precision Parts Holding to provide strategic and organizational support to international growth.
Combining CCN and PRAE-TURBO establishes a substantial contender as Booster Precision Parts is one of the leading independent providers of precision components for the exhaust gas-propelled turbine and the compressor in the air-intake of turbo chargers. “We are most excited with CCN Mexicali future plans, so far so good! We’ve gotten Momentum!” – Hector Richarte
Source: Halder Magazine MBO
“The World’s Aquarium” said the great ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau about the Sea of Cortez, also known as Gulf of California and Mar Bermejo.
This PostandFly video explores the islands of San Jose, San Francisco and Espiritu Santo. The Sea of Cortés (Gulf of California) is the body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland. The Sea of Cortés is thought to be one of the most diverse seas on the planet, and is home to more than 5,000 species of micro-invertebrates. A large part of the Sea of Cortés is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Several rivers feed the Sea of Cortés, including the Colorado, Fuerte and Yaqui. The Sea of Cortés has more than 300 estuaries and other wetlands on its shores, of which the delta of the Colorado River is especially important.
Source: Geo-Mexico
For Guillermo Salcedo, General Manager of BD CareFusion, a world class leader manufacturer of medical products located in PIMSA Mexicali for over 33 years, the key to their success is based on a working team of people that have equal responsibility. “Management and direct employees are one unit” this is why today we have 3,000 associates working with quality and efficiency.
Guillermo is originally from Mexico City. He came to Mexicali at a young age, a dedicated student graduated from CETYS University Mexicali Campus, School of Industrial Engineering. His wife and daughters are also graduates of CETYS; again, a whole family educated at this university.
One of Guillermo’s passions is outdoor activities especially in Mexicali Valley where he spends some weekends with his family.
CareFusion, partner with Becton Dickinson and Company (BD), is a medical technology company that provides various healthcare products and services.
“Soft-landed by us and located at PIMSA III since 1983 on a 600,000 square feet facility, CareFusion is a solid example of why Mexicali is a prime location for medical manufacturers. Labor stability, competitiveness and quality minded in world production, continued expansion, make us proud to be the home for this outstanding corporation” – Xavier Rivas, Vice President of Business Development, PIMSA.
We believe in Mexicali and it’s people, the land, the workplace culture and the dynamics of world class businesses in the city that empower our industry.
Operating with state of the art technology and a global network, NOV Mexicali has refined its procedures making them swift and error free when designing and constructing structures of striking proportions that exceed the highest standards within the industry.
Its production plant in Mexicali plays an important role in the corporate world of the distinguished NOV family.
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Mexicali’s production plant allows NOV to increase its ability to offer even better services to our customers.
This unsung wine region in Baja California has it all, from cutting-edge wines to glamorous hotels.
Six hundred miles south of Napa Valley, just past Tijuana, lies a series of lush, green vineyards that are turning out some of the world’s most exciting New World wines. The main highway is quiet and dusty, and the landscapes are dotted by rock-strewn hillsides and grazing cows.
Turn onto any side road and you’ll start to unearth the many gems of Valle de Guadalupe, Mexico’s first, burgeoning wine region. There are restaurants with international acclaim, stylish boutique hotels, and sprawling wineries–most with panoramic views—where you’re as likely to mingle with locals as with the winemakers themselves. Encuentro Guadalupe, a sustainable (but incredibly stylish) resort in Valle de Guadalupe. Photographer: Luis Garcia.
For wine lovers in the know, Mexico is buzzing. Two decades ago, you could count Valle de Guadalupe’s wineries on both hands. By 2012, there were about 50 of them. Now,Baja’s Ruta del Vino boasts more than 100 wineries.
Despite the exponential growth, Valle de Guadalupe still has a low-key feel that’s reminiscent of a pre-commercial, pre-tourism Napa.
“All of the wineries here are family-based,” says Fernando Perez Castro, owner of Valle’sLa Lomita and Finca La Carrodilla wineries. “We all live here. When you visit a winery, there’s a great chance you’ll see the owner or winemaker or the son of the owner hanging around.” Deckman’s en el Mogor, one of Valle’s hottest restaurants. Photographer: Cintia Soto
Getting there is easy. You can drive two hours south from San Diego or fly to Tijuana. Once you’re in Baja, you can use UberValle to get around; it’s an Uber service that dispatches private drivers to chauffeur you all day long, from Tijuana’s airport to the wineries and to dinner or beyond. It’s a common approach for San Diego- and L.A.-based day trippers and weekend visitors, though well-heeled nationals from Tijuana are also pouring in.
Here’s a guide to the best in food, wine, and hotels. If you want to hit them all, plan to stay for four or five days.
Where to Sample
Finca La Carrodilla, one of Valle’s top wineries. Source: Finca La Carrodilla
Valle de Guadalupe’s regional climate is similar to those of Bordeaux and Rioja, albeit more arid. So it’s no surprise that well-ripened, jammy blends of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot are among the most popular pours. That said, mono-varietals are the area’s current obsession.
Start with the Nebbiolos from Las Nubes and L.A. Cetto, one of the region’s oldest, most respected wineries. Then head to Finca Carrodilla, the only winery in the region that uses certified organic grapes. Its Cabs and Shirazes are high in demand and best enjoyed in the leafy rooftop garden.
Make your last stop Decantos Vinicola, noted for its modern, minimalist architecture and groundbreaking techniques; it uses gravity, rather than mechanical decanting, to transfer wine from tank to barrel, which helps maintain the integrity of the wines’ aroma, flavor, and color. Nightfall at the trailblazing vineyard, Decantos Vinícola. Source: Decantos Vinícola
These wines aren’t just good by local standards—top sommeliers in the U.S. are also buying in.
“I love pouring a glass of [Mexican] wine and not telling someone where it’s from,” says Greg Majors, who worked as Tom Colicchio’s wine director at Craft in New York before joining San Diego-based Blue Bridge Hospitality. “Then you tell them it’s from Mexico, and their eyes pop.”
Where to Eat
Drew Deckman in his open kitchen. Source: Deckman’s en el Mogor
Restaurants are seasonal and fiercely farm-to-table, with some of Mexico’s most noteworthy chefs in the kitchens.
In the case of Deckman’s en el Mogor, Georgia-born chef Drew Deckman—who studied with Paul Bocuse and was executive chef of the Michelin-starred Restaurant Vitus, in Berlin—is front and center at the glorified campsite restaurant, where he grills grass-fed meats and vegetables picked from the property’s on-site garden. Oysters at Corazón de Tierra. Photographer: Fernando Carmela
At Corazón de Tierra, the restaurant at the hacienda-style bed and breakfast La Villa Del Valle, chef Diego Hernandez’s tasting menus are made up of such modern Mexican dishes as pig’s trotters dusted with onion ashes. It’s the only Valle restaurant to be featured as one of Latin America’s Best 50 Restaurants since that list debuted in 2013.
Where to Sleep
Bruma, one of Valle’s first chic stays. Source: Bruma
While the roads in Valle may be dusty, the accommodations are anything but. Look to the many design-forward boutique properties for proof. Bruma, the brainchild of eight childhood friends, is a year-old, 75-acre property that includes a five-bedroom bed and breakfast (dubbed Casa Ocho), a pool, spa, and event space, with a winery and restaurant opening soon. Decked out with beautiful tile work and wood detailing, it feels like a log cabin-turned-art gallery, with design led by famed local architect Alejandro d’Acosta. An eco-villa at Encuentro Guadalupe. Source: Encuentro Guadalupe
Modernity is the guiding principle at Encuentro Guadalupe, which opened in 2012 and offers 20 sustainably built lofts and villas on a rocky hillside. The hotel bar is a hip hangout for well-to-do Tijuanese and hipster SoCal travelers.
Chefs are getting in on the hotel game. Tijuana-bred chef Javier Plascencia, who runs the Valle restaurant Finca Altozano and numerous hotspots throughout Tijuana and San Diego, opened Finca La Divina last year. The six-room bed and breakfast feels more like a glamorous Airbnb, complete with pool and grill; four more bedrooms are to come by the end of 2017. In the cellar at La Lomita. Source: La Lomita
Mexicali’s Metro Police K9 Police Dog program has received international awards for obedience, guard duties, sniffing drugs and guns, among others.
Mexicali Police K9 is an endeavor with specific goals and challenges; in its continued success, the program has turned dog handlers from the police department into qualified trainers.
The long-term goal of the K9 program is to strengthen Mexicali police actions through sound tactical training and to bring every officer and administrator involved in K9 to work closer together in an effort to heighten work standards and ethics, thus making each of our jobs safer.
Today Mexicali has 8 trained dogs available for duty, including service for industrial companies interested in detecting any abnormal behavior during a day’s work, if needed.
In schools for instance, these dogs have detected drugs which has helped to keep students away from drugs.
PIMSA congratulates Officer José Luis Cabrera, who heads a group of canine officers in Mexicali’s K9 Police Dog Team ready for patrol duties.
Interested companies can contact José Luis Cabrera at (686) 558-1200 ext. 6000 and 6051.
Jesus Velez is originally from Mexicali and a graduate of Technological Institute of Mexicali.
With a long productive background in industry, Jesus has been named General Manager of Martech Medical Products.
Martech manufactures needles, dilators, molded components, monitoring lines, valved products, simple and complex machined parts, medical grade extrusions and finished catheters.
With 25 years operating in Mexicali, Martech has assigned Jesus Velez to lead their operation in Mexicali teaming up with Vice President Tracy Schultz.
Cesar Ponce, who presides PIMSA’s tenant association, Francisco Fiorentini, Executive V.P. and Xavier Rivas Business Development V.P. of PIMSA, gave Jesus a warm welcome to “La Familia PIMSA.” “I will concentrate on making Martech a better place for workers and our parent company” – Jesus commented.
Jesus is also a former American football player and an off-road racer who has ran the Baja 500 and 1000.
Xavier is originally from Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, and grew up in Mexicali. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma’s Institute of Economic Development with the thesis “How to Organize and Develop Mexicali’s Manufacturing.”
Since the mid 70’s, Xavier has been actively involved with corporations coming to Mexico from all over the globe. To mention a few, National Oil Varco, Bosch, GE, Chromalloy, Nippon Sheet Glass Company, LG, Nissan, Panasonic, Emerson Electric, Pharmaseal, Dataproducts, Frito Lay PepsiCo, Rockwell, Hitachi, Hyundai, Samsung, and many more.
A former co-founder and president of Mexico’s Industrial Park Association, AMPIP; Mexicali’s Industrial Development Authority, CDI; the National Maquiladora Association, now Index; member of Mexico’s negotiation business team for NAFTA; today Xavier brings his grass roots experience to PIMSA, where he serves as the point person for industrial development.
PIMSA Industrial Developers will turn 50 years of servicing international manufacturers by providing build to suit and inventory buildings.
Innovating every day is a must in our activity. It is not only about leasing industrial space, it’s about proving industrial intelligence, manpower, effective logistics, chain of supply, among other elements for those considering to set up in Mexico.
There are alternatives for operating in Mexico. The best is to set up your own facility; production, quality and profit are now proven facts. Also, companies can choose manufacturing services by sub-contracting with a reliable source. PIMSA can guide you.
When considering to invest in Mexico, as in any other country, there are intangibles that can cost money and time. Be aware of what we refer to “the NO problem syndrome” or the “mañana” approach. We have professional and timely services that make PIMSA a solid option for industrial location.
Farewell to Carlos Angulo, retiring from Chromalloy after 30 productive years of service. Mission accomplished Carlos!
Chromalloy is a company that repairs and manufactures components for commercial and United States military jet aircraft engines. The company provides technologically advanced repairs and coatings for turbine airfoils and other critical engine components.
“I leave Chromalloy with a pleasant taste!” – Carlos Angulo.
Carlos is originally from Mexicali, a graduate of Cetys University Mexicali Campus. In fact, his wife Bertha Alicia Moreno and two daughters are all industrial engineers with Master Degrees from Cetys University.
“I recall 30 years ago Mr. Commandey, then President of American Chromalloy, visiting Mexicali for the first time. We were able to start up Chromalloy with Fansteel under Carlos Pinto’s direction; it all began there by subcontracting four employees.
“If we could define in one word the connection between Carlos Angulo, his whole family, Cetys University and the entire team at Chromalloy Mexicali, it would be PRIDE!” – Xavier Rivas, VP of Business Development, PIMSA.
PIMSA Mexicali
2016
David F. Markel and S. Tim Schweikert, CEO and President of Martech Medical Products respectively (www.martechmedical.com), visited their Mexicali manufacturing operation at PIMSA to celebrate their 25th anniversary, bringing about the consolidation of new projects.
The management team integrated by Quality Manager Alejandro Sánchez, Logistics Manager Rubén Godoy, Materials Manager Angela Sandoval, Engineering Manager Michael Rich, Assistant VP of Operations Tanya Mosqueda, and their team leader VP of Operations Tracy Schultz, along with PROMEXICO, Industrial Commission of Mexicali and State Government’s SEDECO authorities, recognized associate Antonia Hernández for her 25 years working in Martech. Antonia recalled the days when there were three workers and a supervisor and expressed the honor of being part of the original MARTECH team and witnessing its continuous expansion.
Melbry García, Human Resources Manager, said this celebration is also to recognize people who, like Antonia, have been in the company for decades because thanks to them and the new employees, the company is stable and capable of providing continuous stability for many families.
With 15 years in Martech, Rubén Godoy, Logistics Manager, mentioned he started when they were just one hundred and fifty employees. The workforce now accounts for almost one thousand three hundred people and they hope to continue growing from 15 to 20 percent each year.
In the same manner, Francisco Fiorentini, PIMSA’s Executive Vice-president, said he was proud because these 25 years represent not only job opportunities for Mexicali, but opportunities to build stories of personal growth. “This celebration means Mexicali has found the conditions to develop manufacturers such as MARTECH into a competitive edge – no doubt their celebration is a testimony of it.” – Francisco Fiorentini.
In the words of Sergio Vindiola, PRODENSA’s Project Manager (PRODENSA is the administrative services provider for Marthec) “Martech has been a stable business for its quality and loyalty of employees, and for its local and global contributions through its products.”
We appreciate Martech’s business through 25 years of being part of the PIMSA family of companies.
