Louis Knifong is a veteran Mexicali manufacturer highly experienced in glass fabrication, General Manager of ISOCLIMA de Mexico, a competitive company producing quality armor glass for both automotive and commercial building use with parent company in Italy, located in PIMSA I, Mexicali, Baja California.
Based on the need for security glass with high quality standards in America, ISOCLIMA de Mexico started operations in Mexicali in 1998.
As a reference, ISOCLIMA’s auto windows are used in all of Pope Francis’ vehicles and in the cars driven by James Bond in his latest 007 movie, Spectre.

Louis was born in a 200-inhabitant small town in Missouri, graduated from Missouri State University, a basketball player ever since, a good scorer with great moves. Lives with family north of Mexicali in the Imperial Valley.
Today ISOCLIMA is aiming to develop new clients. If interested please contact erick@pimsa.com.mx

 
PDF: PIMSA Who’s who: Louis Knifong

CETYS University, Mexicali Campus
Ph.D. Wolfgang Ketterle, professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Nobel Prize winner in Physics; from Heidelberg, Germany; presented a Master Conference related to atoms and its relation to Aerospace Industry, thanks to Honeywell Initiative For Science & Engineering.

In picture, Fernando Leon, Ph.D. President of CETYS University; Wolfgang Ketterle, Ph.D. and Xavier Rivas of PIMSA.
CETYS continues to outreach to those that can make a difference to youngsters and the Mexicali Community by sharing their life achievements.
Thank you Honeywell and CETYS University on behalf of PIMSA Companies.

 
Roberto Arroyo, General Manager of Bio-Pappel, SA de CV, the largest cardboard packaging producer corporation in Mexico.
Located in PIMSA III, Bio-Pappel operates on a 363,000 square feet state of the art facility with 200 employees.
An alternative of wax and conventional boxes for packaging, Bio-Pappel clients are leading companies in each of their sectors that demand high standards of quality and services:

Roberto is originally from Mexico City, graduate of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Tec de Monterrey). His vast experience and right attitude not only serves Bio-Pappel but adds to PIMSA and regional manufactures, guidance to solving packing demand.
Bio-Pappel produces tons of corrugated carton without cutting down one single tree, indeed a corporation friendly to our environment.
“We need to maintain focus on our manufacturing to obtain quality for our clients!”
Roberto Arroyo

Bio-Pappel has available capacity for companies in need of a source of cardboard packaging, if interested contact erick@pimsa.com.mx
PDF: PIMSA Who’s who: Roberto Arroyo

Calexico, California, February 2016
San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus, an important U.S. Complement for Manufactures on both sides of Mexicali – Imperial Valley Region.
In picture Xavier Rivas presents to Valorie Ashley of SDSU a map of Baja California Peninsula as the Spanish explorers thought it was an island.

The potential to set up a bus assemble plant in Baja California has been considered by PIMSA outreaching for bus manufacturers in different countries.
In picture, Jose Zoroastro of Tres Estrellas de Oro, a pioneer company in bus transportation in Mexico and USA and Xavier Rivas of PIMSA.
The potential is important, for instance if Mexicali can produce semi-trucks at Kenworth Paccar plant, we can produce buses.
Of course there are several issues to consider, we have done due diligence related to this possibility.
Should there be interest, contact PIMSA at erick@pimsa.com.mx

Education is the key to our quality manufacturing future, so far Mexicali is blessed to have prime university institutions, both, private and state centers of high education.
In this occasion, we refer to CETYS University, a non-profit private university founded by the visionary and Honorable Ignacio Guajardo, heading other distinguished city fathers of Mexicali.
Today, many of our international manufacturers include graduates from CETYS University.
CETYS and PIMSA have agreed to intensify our alliance through an industrial intelligence THINK TANK, now headed by Cesar Ponce, a CNC Manufacturer of PIMSA’s Tenants Association.
This Think Tank provides, guidance and hard facts of tangible and intangible facts for manufacturers located in Mexicali and those considering Mexicali as a location.
CETYS is presently supporting Tech Trade program for aerospace, medical, automotive among other activities and is ready to enter into specific tailor made training programs under special agreements.
Dr. Fernando Leon is the President of CETYS University, in picture, Francisco Fiorentini, Head of PIMSA and Xavier Rivas, PIMSA’s Business Development Division, are presenting Dr. León with PIMSA’s Baja California “Fact of History” special token.

Calexico, California, Imperial County, USA.
In picture, Xavier Rivas with three former Mayors of The City of Calexico, Daniel Romero, Luis Castro and Alex Perrone.
Our Border vicinity is only divided by a fence boundary, Calexico and Mexicali are united by families, friends, education, banking, trade and now manufacturing.
Since the late 1800’s, we’ve lived together. More than 40,000 mexicalenses cross the border to work on the US side, our behavior style is one that has developed a sense of bicultural and binational way of life, unique and quite important to International business etiquette, important to incoming industry.
Mexicali name is the composition of “Mexi” for Mexico and “Cali” for California; and Calexico is “Cal” for California and “exico” for Mexico. Simple as that.
PIMSA salutes our sister city, Calexico, an important ingredient of our industrial potential.
 

1920, Calexico-Mexicali Border Crossing, photo taken from Calexico.

Dear Friends,
 
Greetings. In the capacity of the Chairman of the Americas Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC), I have received 2 Ambassadors recently, I am humbled and honored.
 
Founded in 1861, HKGCC is the oldest, yet most dynamic business organization in Hong Kong. Our members represent a wide spectrum of local, Mainland Chinese and international businesses. More than half of the flagship corporations listed on the Hang Seng Index are the members of HKGCC.
 
If you want to know more about HKGCC, please visit our website : www.chamber.org.hk
 
(Below pic : receiving the Mexican Ambassador to China, Mr Julián Ventura on Jan 28.)

 
 
(Below pic : Receiving Ambassador Qiu Xiaoqi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of PRC to Mexico中華人民共和國駐墨西哥特命全權大使邱小琪先生 on Feb 5.)
 

 
 
Just keep on running, on my Hispanic (Latin America + Spain) journey.
 
Solo sigo corriendo, en mi viaje hispanico (Latino y Espanol)
 
Kung Hei Fat Choy – all the best in the Year of the Monkey
 
With every good wish,
Thomas Wong
Hong Kong Certified Public Accountant
Partner, CWCC Certified Public Accountants
Investment Promotion Ambassador, InvestHK, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Expert Panel Member of Invest Guangzhou
 
 
Source:  www.chamber.org.hk

 
Oscar Galindo, General Manager of NASSCO/General Dynamic’s TIMSA, a company with over 200 skill and semi skill workforce that manufactures world class pipe assemblies and shipbuilding metal parts.
 
This company originally was established in Mexicali through a shelter sub-contracting service in 1991, now it is completely independent and continues to expand based on their quality processes.
 
Oscar is a native of Mexicali, graduate of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Tec de Monterrey), based in Monterrey, state of Nuevo Leon.  Member of a Mexicali pioneer family that owned and operates Blanca Nieves, since 1946, an iconic restaurant venue in the Traditional Down Town area of Mexicali.
 
TIMSA began with ship door frame assemblies in 1991, today they have proven to be of quality and a competitive manufacturer, all based on team production guided by Oscar and management.
TIMSA has available capacity for companies in need of a source of manufacturing, if interested contact marketing@pimsa.com.mx
 
PDF Version: PIMSA Whos who Oscar Galindo – TIMSA

 
Cesar Ponce is now presiding the PIMSA Tenants Association (Prestadora de Servicios Pimsa). The association includes 37 International Manufacturers in Mexicali Industrial Park several locations with more than 20,000 employees.
 
 
Cesar is native of Mexicali, owns and operates WDF, a High Precision CNC Manufacturing Company; graduated from the Autonomous Baja State University, UABC; Cesar brings a fresh working program that will contribute to established and incoming manufacturers.
 

• Oversee the Industrial Intelligence Working Group “PIMSA Think Tank”
• Para Darte Mas, a consumer membership card to serve workers with discounts.
• Labor Pool services for PIMSA Companies.
• Chain of Supplies services.

 
Among other services now in place by Prestadora de Servicios.
 
“Manufacturing in Mexico is profitable; the ability to develop the industry lies in the continuous effort to improve, to outperform as a high quality manufacturer, one must attain keep innovating.”
– Cesar Ponce
 
Cesar will no doubt contribute to improving our industrial Community. Best of luck!
 
PIMSA Momentum!
 
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