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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

CETYS University signs a memorandum of understanding with Al Akhawayn University. Ifrane, Morocco July 2016 CETYS University, located in Baja California, (www.cetys.mx/en/), continues to build a network of international universities, in this case with Al Akhawayn University (www.aui.ma/en/) , located in Ifrane, Morocco. This initiative will, no doubt, benefit students of both universities as it…

The new plant increases the number of the Group’s production facilities in North America to 21 and reaffirms Michelin’s commitment to manufacturing its tires as close as possible to the markets in which they are sold. Mexico and Clermont-Ferrand, France, July 4, 2016 — Michelin today announced plans to build a production facility in the…

We take this opportunity to inform you of three young top guns of the aerospace business in Mexicali: Roberto was born in Mexicali, Baja California. He is a graduate of Cetys University, School of Engineering, with a Global MBA by the National University in La Jolla, California. After working in Kenworth Mexicana, Maseca Group and…

Mexicali, 2016 At a dinner event during the NOV (National Oilwell Varco) yearly suppliers’ day, tenors and sopranos from the Baja California Arts Commission, began singing to the surprise of attending companies. NOV is a prime corporation located in PIMSA since 1984, with outstanding quality and competitiveness on their high end scale manufacturing. Thanks to…