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Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. Mexico's economy has solid growth and has moved into an open and diverse economy over the past ten years. The stable economic growth indicates that the Mexican economy still has a high potential and will continue to grow dynamically in the future. Especially the State of Nuevo León, with more than 5 million inhabitants, stands out as a national FDI, infrastructure and education champion. Leading companies are therefore already headquartered in Nuevo Leon, for instance SIEMENS, DAIMLER, LIEBHERR, GENERAL ELECTRIC, KIA, ACCENTURE, CARRIER and LEGO have been researching and producing here for years. The State of Nuevo Leon, and its capital city, Monterrey, are located at the North-eastern region of México. Monterrey is considered the most important financial and industrial center, as well as the must port of entry for the commercial exchange between the Northeastern Region of Mexico and the United States.

"Nuevo Leon has achieved to transform a traditional industrial region into a booming and modern economic region. Its unique ecosystem will play a vital role in the future competition in the Americas," says Fernando Turner Davila, Minister of Economy Affairs of the State of Nuevo León."Hannover is the pacesetter for Industry 4.0 and we have to be there because Nuevo Leon was the first State to launch a holistic 4.0 initiative integrating government, leading companies, SMEs, academic institutions and innovation centers."

12 reasons for doing business in Nuevo Leon

  • We are the key investment destination in Mexico. - For the past 20 years, Nuevo Leon has been the leading attractor of Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico, hosting more than 3,500 foreign-capitalized companies.
  • Leading the way in Industry 4.0 – Nuevo Leon is taking a leadership role in Latin America by transforming conventional manufacturing into the smart factories of the future. The Nuevo Leon 4.0 initiative was introduced with the objective to modernize the production systems with a new business and manufacture model with advanced technology aligning efforts from private initiative, academy and Government towards a world-class digital platform. Thereby, Nuevo Leon 4.0 promotes industrial development, employment and labor skills of high added value, to potentiate future industrial sectors and develop an ecosystem to reposition the State as a national and international referent in economy and Industry 4.0. Through Nuevo Leon 4.0 the State of Nuevo Leon enables the development of technological skills, such as the cloud, robotics, simulations, additive manufacturing, Internet of things, big data, advanced materials, augmented and virtual reality, artificial intelligence and informatics security.
  • Productive, young, talented, and skilled workforce. - With 4% of the country’s population, Nuevo Leon contributes 8% to Mexico’s GDP.
  • Diverse pool of suppliers. - Nuevo Leon has a business ecosystem of more than 151,000 potential suppliers and partners. Crucial to mention is the cost advantage that provides the capital Monterrey on a global comparison. In the latest Competitive Alternatives study of KPMG Monterrey ranks 1st among 133 global cities business locations costs, focusing on the following sectors: Digital Services, R&D, Services, Corporate Services and Manufacturing.
  • Location, location, location – Nuevo Leon has a direct border with the United States of America, providing our companies direct access to the world’s most important consumer market. The Corporation for the Development of the Border Zone of Nuevo León (Corporación para el Desarrollo de la Zona Fronteriza de Nuevo León, CODEFRONT), a decentralized State entity in charge of managing a number of border assets, including the Puente Colombia bridge infrastructure which connects Nuevo León to Texas.
  • We invest in tech and science. - The Research and Technology Innovation Park (PIIT) located in Apodaca, is one-of-a-kind in Latin America and Mexico’s only member of the Association of Universities Research Parks and the International Association of Science Parks. In Nuevo Leon there are more than 80 R&D centers that drive innovation to the next level.
  • Educational Hub. - Nuevo Leon is home to Mexico’s best-ranked private university (ITESM) and one of the largest engineering schools (UANL) in the region. It is important to recognize the efforts that its universities, especially the four most important universities of the State, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), ITESM, Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) and Universidad Regiomontana (U-ERRE) have made in order to contribute the regional development. Besides the natural incorporation of new industry 4.0 and information systems programs as part its teaching-learning process, most of the universities have also incorporated social and community programs; technical and practical internship with business and industry into the students curricula activities, in order to respond to the business and industrial sector’s needs.
  • Top Industrial Infrastructure. - With more than 150 industrial parks in the country Nuevo Leon is the leading destination for infrastructure and logistics. Nuevo Leon is considered as the industrial capital of Mexico due to 4,226 km. of Highways, 1,091 km. of Railroads, 2 International Airports, and a stable infrastructure in communications, transportation, energy, gas and coal deposits, and sufficient power generation plants.
  • Strong local companies. – Several of the most important Mexican companies are headquartered in Nuevo Leon. These companies like CEMEX, ARCA, FEMSA, ALFA, FRISA, QUIMMCO, METALSA and KATCON have become strong global players.
  • We build global leading products. – From laundry machines, to cars and aerospace components, products made in Nuevo Leon are exported to the entire world. Manufacturing is Nuevo Leon´s top productive sector, it accounts approx. 25% of the State´s GDP. Yet, chief subsectors of manufacturing in Nuevo Leon are computing, electronic and transport equipment, the food industry, basic metallic industries, and oil derivatives and coal.
  • Unique cluster ecosystem. - Nuevo Leon has 12 Clusters representing its strategic sectors, including Automotive, Home Appliances, Software, Energy, and Aerospace. This existence of mature clusters is another appealing feature of the State´s economy, which have a number of aims, including formulating strategic sector strategies rooted in coordination between academic institutions, the private sector and the government; establishing a common private sector front to align actions; developing a long-term sector strategy; and matching government projects with the real needs of industry and academia.
  • A place to live, work, and play - In Nuevo Leon we value honesty and hard-work; and as a State we focus on public safety and security. Therefore, "Monterrey is the city with the highest quality of life in Mexico." – Mercer