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A maquila in Mexico. A maquiladora (Spanish: [makilaˈðoɾa]), or maquila (IPA:), is a word that refers to factories that are largely duty free and tariff-free.These factories take raw materials and assemble, manufacture, or process them and export the finished product.
The way that the manufacturing outsource option works is that a foreign company essentially hires the maquiladora to manufacture the foreign company's products for them in Mexico (much like in a "contract manufacturing / subcontract" situation) but with an inexpensive Mexican workforce that utilizes the equipment, tooling, and processes of the ...
[1] [2] Mexico was the first Latin American member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), joining in 1994. It is classified as an upper-middle income country by the World Bank [ 3 ] and a newly industrialized country by several analysts.
Pages in category "Manufacturing companies of Mexico" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
Name Ticker Symbol Revenues US$ millions (2014) Sector Industry Sub-Industry America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. AMXB: 63,455: Telecom Services: Wireless Telecom
Because of substantial industrial and commercial growth in Mexico mid-century, owing to the rise in the creation of maquiladoras in northern Mexico, as well as the accumulation of capital and the constant creation of new businesses at the time, the Monterrey Stock Exchange was established, and it grew to serve the entire North of the country ...
This list is based on the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies.The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit, total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking.
The Matamoros Strike in Matamoros, Tamaulipas is a strike of tens of thousands of Maquiladora workers that began in January, 2019 and is ongoing. The workers, whose manufacturing activity on the Mexico–United States border is tightly linked to the American manufacturing economy, have low wages relative to local living costs and have demanded 20% pay increases and bonuses.