TRU México
Capacidad Local + Conexiones con EE.UU. y Canadá
Local Capability + Connections USA and Canada
TRU works locally in Mexico and through our capability in the US South West close to the Mexican-USA border - the Nogales Maquiladoras are less than one hour drive from our location in Tucson. We have bilingual consultants in all three NAFTA countries who are drawn upon to work in Mexico on your project whether it is in business planning, market research, venture capital development, export-import, engineering or in manufacturing operations. We can also assist Mexican, American and Canadian companies to export to and from NAFTA and resolve cross border issues. TRU extends all its strategic consulting services to Mexico and has a distinctive capability in technology intensive industry.
We are Mexico Manufacturing Experts
TRU has the best and most profitable approaches to maximizing the benefits of manufacturing in Mexico by your direct ownership and management, contract manufacturing or the shelter program. The Mexican market is large for many products. You can exploit this market and have your internationally cost effective and highly productive Mexican business operate as your gateway to South America and indeed the world - including the United States.
Mexico Maquiladoras and the "Shelter Program":
The Mexico Maquiladoras industry is a throw-back from the past when the Government officially promoted the idea that you need to engage in government sponsored programs in order to do business in Mexico. The program still exists and is named the "Shelter Program". However, business conditions have changed significantly since the program was introduced more than twenty years ago so many American sheltered companies left the system and the majority of new ventures avoid entering shelters with good results.
Nowadays, if you are a foreign company with a medium or large operation, you are likely better off without the extra costs of a Mexico shelter! TRU can strategically analyze your company situation, evaluate your options and recommend the best approach for both existing plants and new entrants. Independent or sheltered existing plants may consider relocating in any event to an area where business conditions could be more favorable to you [for example, you could move from the USA-Mexico maquilas twin-plant border area to further south for greater labor stability.
A Maquiladoras or Maquilas is a plant in Mexico that retains a Maquiladoras Permit from the Mexican government to import raw materials duty free into Mexico for manufacturing, assembly, repair or other processing. The foreign company must re-export a majority of its production.
We can also consider all aspects of Mexico versus China manufacturing.
Mexico Venture Capital and Investors
If you are an investor - corporate, venture capital, or individual - looking for good investments in Mexico we would like to hear from you.
Humberto Tapia MBA, PhD heads our Mexico practice. He has been a executive for several Mexican corporations and a consultant for the Mexican and Sonora Governments. These assignments were focused on trade promotion and economic development. In the past he has managed an industrial park for Maquiladoras industries in Hermosillo, Sonora and consulted with more than 100 Mexican businesses. Now an American citizen living in Tucson, Humberto Tapia is fully bilingual with undergraduate education in Mexico with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from the Technological Institute of Superior Studies of Monterrey. His other qualifications were obtained at the University of Arizona.
TRU trabaja localmente en México, y en el Sur Oeste de los EE.UU. cerca de la frontera entre México y los EE.UU. Tenemos consultores bilingües en los tres países del TLC que trabajan conjuntamente con México. TRU puede ayuda a compañías que cruzan fronteras, comercio con el TLC, y asuntos de manufactura.
