Industrial real estate Mexico: manufacturing in Mexico begins to grow

The Governor of the State, Enrique Alfaro Ramírez, met with executives of transnational manufacturing companies with the aim of proposing scenarios that contribute to lessen the economic impact in this sector that, as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, could be generated in the event of a total stoppage of activities.



In Jalisco alone, this sector generates more than 600 thousand direct and indirect jobs and has a record of 396 companies operating in the National Council of the Maquiladora and Export Manufacturing Industry (INDEX), and the president referred to the need to generate a joint action proposal, so it was agreed to establish a working table between the State Government and company managers.


During the meeting held at Casa Jalisco, César Castro Rodríguez, national president of INDEX Occidente, stressed that this sector represents 11 percent of formal employment before the IMSS in Jalisco, 44 ​​percent of the transformation industry in Jalisco, represents 61 percent of state exports, and for this year, despite the pandemic, an investment of 142 million dollars is projected.

Government and manufacturers seek to lower economic impact by Covid 19.


                             

Jalisco's manufacturing sector generates more than 600 thousand jobs in the entity where there is a record of 396 companies affiliated to the National Council of the Maquiladora and Export Manufacturing Industry (INDEX), who held a meeting with the governor this Monday morning, Enrique Alfaro Ramírez to search for the common strategy to lessen the economic damages caused by the Covid 19. Alfaro Ramírez explained the measure of the Emergency Button as an instrument that would be applied in case the indicator of hospital occupation reaches 50 percent or is a weekly record of 400 infections per million inhabitants.

However, he said that at this time the level of hospitalization remains stable and the rate of infections remains within the established range. Through a statement, the State Government indicated that said meeting was with the objective of generating a proposal for joint action, so it was agreed to establish a working table with the managers of IBM, Sanmina, Continental, Flex, Foxconn, Latam, Jabil, Plexus, ZF, as well as the INDEX, INDEX DE OCCIDENTE, CANIETI and CADELEC. During the meeting held at Casa Jalisco, César Castro Rodríguez, national president of INDEX Occidente, stressed that this sector represents 11 percent of formal employment before the IMSS in Jalisco, 44 ​​percent of the transformation industry in Jalisco, represents 61 percent of state exports, and this year, despite the pandemic, an investment of 142 million dollars is projected.

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