Businessmen from Japan bet on the manufacturing industry in Mexico

Japanese businessmen are confident in the future of the manufacturing industry in Mexico as a focal point to supply North AmericaTakao Nakahata, general director in the country of the Japanese Organization of Foreign trade (Jethro, for its acronym in English).

“Mexico is a very important place for manufacturing production, every year its production volume is increasing”considered.

Proof of this, added the general director of Jetro in Mexico, is the boost to large industries already established in the country, such as the automotive sector, and also to new technologies and the internet of things applied in solutions for the so-called industry 4.0. .

Nakahata emphasized that what they are looking for is for Japanese companies in Mexico to not only install their factories in the country to produce, but also to be able to provide added value to the Mexican maquiladora industry with technological, automation and service solutions.

“We want to promote the technology of Japanese companies to solve or give more added value to the Mexican manufacturing industry”held.

Jetro is one of the main participants in the Industrial Transformation Mexico expo, which is held from October 4 to 6 in León (Guanajuato), organized by the Italian German Exhibition Company, with which EFE maintains an agreement to disseminate content for the attraction. of investments to the North American country.

The largest Mexican industrial event

Jetro also promotes Japan’s participation in the Industrial Transformation Mexico (ITM), the trade fair that is a replica of the Hannover Messe in Germany and is one of the most relevant in the industrial world.

In it, the main global trends in solutions to improve the productivity of companies will be exhibited, with a focus on digital technology.

In this sense, the general director of Jetro in Mexico pointed out that, when the ITM is held, Japan will have a 90 square meter pavilion inside the León Poliforum.

At the largest industrial event in Mexico, the Japanese pavilion will host five Japanese companies established in the country that wish to expand their businesses by forming strategic alliances: Fujita Rashi Kougyou, Juki America, Konica Minolta Business Solutions of Mexico, TLV Engineering and Hanshin Neji.

Mexico’s economy is driven by manufacturing, including the automotive industry, due to its proximity to the US market. Data from Jetro show that in Mexico there are at least 1,300 Japanese companies, of which more than fifty% They belong to the manufacturing sector.

Meanwhile, three out of every 10 companies in Mexico with investment of Japanese origin operate in Guanajuato, a state in the center of the country, which makes it an important area for Japanese economic activity.

Since 1958, Jetro settled in Mexico, going from manufacturing machinery necessary for oil extraction to being an important player in the automotive industry that represents eight of every 10 products exported from the North American country, while it is represented in 55 countries with 76 Offices.