Mexico is third in advanced manufactures exports

Mexico.- Carlos Guzman Bonfill, General Director, ProMexico, informed yesterday that Mexico is the third country in the world in advanced manufactures exports, currently accounting for 70% of technology manufactures exported from Latin America and 80% of high technology exports.
As an example of the investments made in this field, he pointed out that more than 80% of Volkswagen’s Jetta Bicentenario was designed by Mexican engineers.
He said that Honeywell, in a lab located in Mexicali, makes tests on instruments supplied for Airbus A350. Close to 150 Mexican engineers work in this Center, one of a kind in the world.
He further spoke about Bombardier operations in Queretaro for the development of Learjet; processors development by Intel in Guadalajara and Ericsson’s investments in a control center for telecommunication networks, as well as about GE investments to design airplane engines.
Source: Excelsior | Date: 02/08/2012