MFI International, key speaker at the "Selling to the Mexico's Maquiladora Industry" seminar
Tomas Mena, speaker at the seminar for MFI International, highlighted key role of doing business on the U.S-Mexico border.
- El Paso, TX (1888PressRelease) March 11, 2011 - The U.S. Commercial Service hosted a seminar entitled "Selling to the Mexico's Maquiladora Industry" on February 10 and 11 2011. The seminar, held in San Antonio and Houston, Texas, provided an overview of selling to the Mexican maquiladora industry. Company representatives from Juarez, Mexico presented information on trade opportunities in the area as well as logistics and legal considerations.
Participants learned about relevant industry topics, included:
-Trade and maquila supplier opportunities
-The state of maquiladoras in the Juarez/El Paso area
-Growing industries in the area
-The procurement process for U.S. suppliers
-Crossborder logistics and legal issues on the border
-Financing exports to Mexico's maquilas
Tomas Mena, from MFI International, was one of the guest speakers at the seminar. Mena, who spoke on the overall trade opportunities in Juarez, joined the Chihuahua State Economic Development department during the seminar.
Mr. Mena has more than 40 years of manufacturing in Mexico experience, including direct fields experience in OEM and EMS manufacturing in Mexico environments for multinational companies such as MFI International, Plexus, Elamex, RCA, amongst others. Mena has a reputable track record success in strategic planning, managing multiple manufacturing facilities, transferring operations from North America and Europe to Mexico, as well as managing an extensive network of clients within different top level positions in various multi-national companies operating in Mexico. He has the experience of establishing and maintaining profitable government alliances due to his extensive local government networks as former President of the Maquiladora Association in Ciudad Juarez Chihuahua (AMAC) and Vice President of the National Council for the Maquiladora Industry (CNIMME).
About MFI International
MFI International, headquartered in El Paso, Texas, has been successfully delivering manufacturing in Mexico solutions for over 30 years to companies that build its competitive advantage from the benefits associated with doing business in this country. Its portfolio of services includes contract manufacturing and maquiladora shelter programs.
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