Why Mexicali for Manufacturing Maquiladora Services?

Mexicali is the capital of the state of Baja California and a major gateway to the United States of America. The city is a thriving metropolis of over one million well educated people with an unprecedented wealth of manufacturing experience. With an inexpensive, stable, and professional workforce, close proximity to the United States, cutting edge technology, abundant natural resources, world-class infrastructure, and globally competitive production costs, the capital of Baja California is an ideal location to outsource any manufacturing operation.

• Exceptional Population
• Key Location
• Modernity
• Mexicali's Infrastructure is Ideal for Manufacturing
• Ports of Entry

While many cities along the United States and Mexico border are by nature highly transient, the workforce in Mexicali is comprised of highly skilled and stable personnel. Due to Mexicali's exceptional educational opportunities and a deeply-embedded agricultural heritage resulting in numerous multi-generational families, the city is renowned for it's secure labor pool and it's unsurpassed level of education.

Mexicali is blessed with an excellent location directly alongside the U.S. Mexico border right in the heart of Southern California. While this strategic geographic position is obviously ideal for shipping and receiving, additional benefits abound. For example, Mexicali's close proximity to the United States greatly reduces communication time between partners, allows a stable and inexpensive logistical support system, and provides US businesses the ability to easily monitor the operation to ensure that every step of the receiving, manufacturing, warehousing, and shipping process is being conducted exactly as planned. With an international airport of its own and close proximity to the Imperial Valley airport, Mexicali offers commercial service to major U.S. cities and other international destinations. Mexicali is also interconnected by an extensive railway network and enjoys access to the most modern port of entry between Mexico and the United States.

Both the government and the business community have demonstrated their eagerness to encourage Mexicali's continuing growth in the today's world by embracing modern technologies not yet available in many other parts of the world. Emerging technologies such as fiber optic telephone lines for data transmission and fully integrated communications systems allow both local and foreign firms to connect directly and effortlessly to the rest of the world. With a fusion of old world stability and new era advances, Mexicali has become one of the most cost-effective regions for manufacturing on earth.

• Mexicali enjoys an abundant water supply thanks to the nearby Colorado River.
• Access to the Imperial Valley airport, 15 miles north of Mexicali offers commercial service to major U.S. cities.
• A modern 4-lane highway to Tijuana cuts driving time to 2 hours or less.
• Excellent access to U.S. Interstates 8 and 10.
• The 680-megawatt "Cerro Prieto" plant generates surplus energy that is exported to the U.S.
• Natural Gas is available in all of Mexicali's industrial parks.
• A recently expanded water treatment plant.
• A modern communications infrastructure:
• • fiber optic telephone lines for data transmission
• • satellite communications
• • Several servers are available for Internet access
• Railroad network (81 miles long) connects directly with Southern Pacific Railroad in the U.S. with spurs available to several industrial parks.
• Mexicali's international airport is located approximately 12 miles east of the city offering daily private and commercial flights.
• The first maquila landfill in Mexico has been opened west of Mexicali. This means that non-hazardous waste can now be disposed-of locally with savings of up to 60%.

• Mexicali benefits from two ports of entry to the United States of America located only a few miles from one-another.
• The commercial port of entry located on the east side of the city and is capable of processing 3,000 full containers per day. The facilities currently process only 800 containers a day leaving plenty of room for the anticipated expansion.
• Several miles of thoroughfares efficiently link the city's industrial parks with the new port of entry
• Nearby deep-sea ports of Los Angles and Ensenada allow for overseas shipping to locations throughout the world.