The award-winning video team at PostandFly.com.mx continue to produce some powerfully-evocative short videos focusing on Mexico’s extraordinary scenery.

Many of the individual clips in this video were filmed in Baja California Sur, with occasional forays into Chihuahua and central and southern Mexico:
 

 
Here is the list of places in order of their appearance in the video, with a few clues to act as “landmarks” along the way:

 
Pimsa shares this wonderful video of Mexico, thank you Bob Godde for sending it to us.
Mexico a beautiful landscape. Enjoy!
 
Source: Geo-Mexico

Mexico’s national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos is opening its first gas stations in the United States with five inaugural store right here in the Lone Star State.

Known as Pemex, the Mexican oil company opened its first gas station at 9722 Park Place Boulevard in Houston on Thursday morning. Four more stations are planned to open in Houston this month.

Although Pemex has a refinery in the Houston suburb of Deer Park, the organization reported that the five gas stations are franchised and do not sell their brand of gasoline.

The newly opened Pemex gas station includes a fully-stocked convenience store and a “Taco Shack” restaurant.

Pemex officials said Houston was chosen as their launching point due to its high Hispanic population, and in particular Mexican population. If all goes well, they could expand their franchising opportunities in other markets.

“This pilot program will allow us to judge the impact of the Pemex brand against others and will identify business opportunities as part of our evaluation process to enter other external markets,” Pemex officials said in a statement.

Although all Pemex gas stations in Mexico are full service, the Texas locations will be self-service. Pemex officials said the gas stations in Texas are being opened as part of Mexico’s energy reforms, which have opened the nation’s energy markets to foreign competition and investment for the first time in more than 70 years.

Observers say the franchise in Texas could be an important test for Pemex as Mexico seeks to open its lucrative gas station market over the next few years.

Starting in 2016, foreign companies will be able to obtain a permit to set up service stations in Mexico where they will be able to sell fuels from any company. Private companies will be able to freely import refined oil products into Mexico in 2017. The Mexican government will remove all price controls on gasoline and diesel in 2018.

Source: San Antonio Business Journal

Osamu Toyoda, CEO of the Toyoda Research Institute Co., Ltd., presents a beautiful Japanese Tea Cup to PIMSA’s Xavier Rivas.
In picture also Japanese Legal Counselor, Tetsuji Hando.
The Toyoda Institute is non-profit organization dedicated to Japanese Manufacturing.
PIMSA’s Think Tank will coordinate with the Institute a Seminar in Japan for Japanese industry.
PIMSA appreciates the networking of Owen Oneoye, Attorney at law.

MRO Mexicali, an economic boom
MEXICO IS A LEADING GLOBAL PLAYER IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

The government of Baja California, ProMéxico and PIMSA (a private industrial developer) are joining forces with the goal of building a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) service center for the aerospace industry.
Last August, in response to an invitation from the project’s creators, representatives of the 2017 Mexican Aerospace Show (FAMEX-2017) visited AAR Corporation’s headquarters in In­dianapolis, US, to present the “MRO Mexicali” project and to have a tour of the company’s maintenance facilities. This invitation is a clear indication that the Mexican Aerospace Show is now the country’s primary platform for the promotion and development of the aerospace industry.
AAR would be in charge of bringing this project to life, since the company focuses on building maintenance and repair centers for medium and large aircraft, and it currently operates six such facilities in the US.

 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
AAR is a leading provider of products and ser­vices for the aerospace industry, mainly in its government and defense sectors. The company was founded in 1955 and today its revenue ex­ceeds 2 billion USD, employing approximately 7,000 people in 17 countries. It also owns a valuable and well-rounded portfolio of aviation services and technological products.
The “MRO Mexicali” project is currently in the research, development and market prospect­ing phase, and there are high expectations for consolidation, which if successful, could be realized in the next five years.
With more than 20 years of experience working with the 737, AAR is a reliable provider with leading services for the aerospace and public aviation industries. It recently supplied a converted 737-400 with a tailored configuration for the US Department of Energy and another one for the Colombian Air Force. It does conver­sions and testing, and owns aircraft and ITAR management assets with a proven track record.

CONSOLIDATION OF THE MRO
If AAR were to decide to greenlight the project after studying the conditions, the “MRO Mexi­cali” project would be of great benefit to this northern part of the country, creating jobs, attracting direct foreign investment and spark­ing the local aviation industry, consolidating the state of Baja California as a leading entity with a thriving aviation industry.
This project, along with the “MRO Mexicana” project, built in our nation’s capital in 1997 as a the result of having provided maintenance services for more than 87 years, could posi­tion Mexico as a leader in aircraft maintenance services in Latin America; and don’t forget that Aeromexico and Interjet also have facilities of their own, where they carry out similar opera­tions on their respective fleets.

 
Source: Jet News

Robert Bosch Tool Corporation
Dremel Division
Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
 
Now looking for suppliers for their Mexicali Manufacturing Facility.
 
This a unique opportunity to those local, world manufacturers.
 
As you can see on the following slide of presentation, Bosch will continue to grow, however, need suppliers to be on a 300 mile proximity.
 

 
Should your company be interested, please contact Alberto Villa, Purchasing Team Leader, e-mail: alberto.villa@us.bosch.com.
 
There are other Mexicali manufacturers in search of suppliers.
 
You can also contact Cesar Ponce, Coordinator of PIMSA Think Tank, an Industrial Intelligence Effort of our manufacturer’s community, e-mail: cesar.ponce@wdfservices.com.
 
Mexicali’s location:
 

Year 1926, Mexicali, this is how the Port of Entry to Calexico, California looked like.
Mexicali’s population has grown since to a whopping 1 Million of residents.
The population of Mexicali has developed a binational way of living and working.
A unique condition that has offered an intangible working ethics reflected in quality and industrial innovation.

• Temporality extends to companies in the Shelter industrial model
• IVA-IEPS and NEEC Certified companies also receive support
• All of this benefits were requested by Index Nacional

Mexico City
November 17^th, 2015
During the closing of Index’s 42th National Convention, Secretary of Finance Luis Videgaray made three major announcements that will provide benefits to IMMEX companies, all of them in response to requests made by the National Council of Maquiladora and Export Manufacturing Industry.
In the event, before the National Index President, Emilio Cadena Rubio; President Elect, Federico Serrano and leaders of the business elite of the country, Videgaray said that these announcements certainly will boost the opportunities and efficiency of the sector.
First announcement, he said, “Because we want to give certainty to business scheme with the Shelter program. Through an administrative arrangement, foreign companies will be allowed to continue operating even after the four years period limit established by law” of course with due compliance with their tax obligations.
The second announcement, he said, has to do with “allow to IVA-IEPS certified companies, the permanent import of goods, when purchased by resident companies. This will prevent manufacturing made with temporarily imported inputs that find local market will not have to be re-exported and then introduced. A large load of logistics will be removed, and this was proposed by Index”.

Videgaray during the third announcement said it has also to do with an administrative complexity. Now companies with NEEC certification, will be allowed to consolidate their export cargo into one single container, whether from different suppliers or made with different custom brokers.
After noting the great work Index has done and the team work with Federal Government, which has given successful results, invited this entities to participate in the efforts to achieve Special Economic Zones. “You are the ones who will help this project to reach the intended success”, he said.
The Secretary of Finance reiterated that the maquiladora and export manufacturing industry is a great honor for Mexico, since among other things generate 17 percent of the total manufacturing export GDP.
Source: Boletin de Prensa Index

We have been asked again and again, what are our industrial location advantages compared to other geographical regions when considering Mexico as a location for manufacturing.
This is a truly Mega Region location: California, Nevada, Arizona, State of Washington, Sonora, Baja California and Baja California South; a market with a population of 62 million of inhabitants. 
Some facts, California could be considered as the 5th Economy in the World.
Arizona has 1,200 Aerospace Industries making home there.
In Automotive Industry, Ford, Toyota, Kenworth, Hyundai, CCN Group, Tesla, Honeywell among others, have established manufacturing facilities at this region.
So, it is a simple answer; a top on the list advantages is that Mexicali is located next to California but in middle of a Strong Economic Community!

A fresh beginning
Index Mexicali has elected Salvador Maese as President of the International Manufacturers Association of Mexicali (Index), Salvador is the Human Relations Manager for Newell Rubbermaid Mexicali Plant.
Index will be in hands of an experienced Maquiladora expert.
Congratulations and best of luck to Salvador from the 37 Corporations located in PIMSA.

Salvador will take office on January 2016.
In regular annual meeting of members Index Mexicali, Salvador Maese was elected as Chairman of the Board of Index for the period 2016-17. According to the protocol, the current Secretary of the Board, Victor Hugo Delgado, requested the vote of those present, being Maese who got the majority of votes and will be taking office on the first of January 2016.
In this regard a detailed finance report of the Association of Maquiladoras was presented by Manuel Euyoqui, treasurer of the Board, this report was reviewed and approved by the general managers present at the Assembly of Members.
As part of his work proposal, the president-elect noted the importance of giving the right importance to human talent. Another aim will be to position the leadership of IMMEX companies in the economic model of Mexicali and Baja California as well as achieving expand the competitiveness of companies with schemes that provide a stable regulatory framework and long-term legal certainty.
The public reposition of the export manufacturing sector to the three levels of government, business associations and community in general has been a central task since Sandoval González administration and the new president-elect has decided to include this task to its strategy towards 2016.
Regarding the management and lobbying on issues such as tax, foreign trade and social security the aim will to strengthen the service offered by Index Mexicali to their members, so “we need to professionalize the services we provide to our members to be of better quality” noted Maese who also said he will work to obtain ISO-9002 certification.
Continuing policies of National Index related to supplier development, President-elect noted that federal and state resources will be managed to boost productivity and competitiveness of export manufacturing companies through a local supplier chain specialized
Salvador is currently Director of Human Resources of Newell Rubbermaid in Mexico, he has 25 years of experience in the manufacturing industry.
 He was vice president of the Board of Mexicali Index 2014-15, current director of the National Convention of Index and has participated as national advisor of this agency.
Exitos Salvador!
 

The auto maker’s sales are on track to beat its 2015 target.
Kia Motors México has announced the opening of 25 new dealerships, an investment of more than US $50 million, adding to the 21 it opened in 10 major cities in July.
By the end of October, the South Korean auto maker had sold 6,659 vehicles since then, suggesting it will easily beat its target of 7,000.
The company’s Mexico sales manager suggested that the opening of 46 dealerships in less than a year was a record in Mexican automotive history. Tae Jin Park also said Kia Motors now has a presence in 85% of the market.
Its July sales totaled 1,499 vehicles, beating BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Suzuki, and the numbers have been increasing steadily since, hitting 1,829 units in October.
Kia is currently offering its Forte compact sedan and Sportage and Sorento SUVs in Mexico, but next year will add the Optima mid-size sedan to the list.
The company anticipates having 65 dealers by 2017.
Kia will begin manufacturing vehicles in Mexico next May when its new assembly plant in Nuevo León is scheduled to begin production.
Cars made in Mexico can be sold throughout the Americas without paying duties because the North American country has open trade packs with its neighbors.
Source: Mexico News Daily