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The City of El Paso’s Economic Development Division and the El Paso US Export Assistance Center are hosting a free supplier day event to promote the capacities of the regional suppliers on Thursday, November 10, 2011 beginning at 8:30 a.m.  The event will be held at the Butterfield Golf Club, 1858 Cottonwoods in El Paso.

The maquiladora supplier day is free, but companies are required to match the materials in demand. Flexaust, Genasco, and TECMA will take one-on-one meetings with suppliers.   The commodity buyers have listed the materials they are interested in sourcing in the attached list.  In addition to the B2B meetings, companies can purchase vendor tables to promote their products for $75.  The vendor table reservation form is attached here.

Participation is by invitation only and provided that suppliers meet the criteria on the list of supplies noted above.  There is a limit of two representatives from each supplier and suppliers must RSVP by Tuesday, November 8.

To RSVP or for more information contact Mayra De La Canal: delacanalmx@elpasotexas.gov.

The International Business Accelerator cordially invites you to the “2011 NAFTA Institute/Supplier Meet the Buyer Conference,” which will take place on June 16, 2011 at the Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino in Sunland Park, New Mexico. This event is the largest international trade conference of its type on the entire U.S.-Mexico border. As in the past, it will combine the activities of the “NAFTA Institute Conference” and the “Supplier Meet the Buyer Trade Mission.”

The Conference is designed for the following people:

1.       Businesspeople interested in selling their products to Mexican buyers, importing products from Mexico, and/or becoming a supplier to Mexico’s maquiladora industry. The organizers of the conference will match potential Mexican buyers/sellers with participants in private business-to-business sessions.

2.       Anybody interested in learning the mechanics of doing business with Mexico, Canada, or the U.S. During the event, topical experts will be discussing the various aspects of conducting cross-border business.

3.       Businesspeople wishing to network with counterparts from Mexico, Canada, and the U.S.

Conference Topics:

•Business-to-business sessions:  Meet purchasing managers from Mexico’s maquiladora industry and from local production firms.

•Union Pacific’s $400 million Santa Teresa diesel refueling and intermodal yard project – the biggest project of its kind on the U.S.-Mexico border. Meet and interact with Union Pacific officials.

•The Foxconn project in San Jeronimo (across from the Santa Teresa Port of Entry) – the largest maquiladora in Mexico and the producer of Dell computers.

•Overview of New Mexico and Chihuahua’s cross-border strategies.

•Border security and trade.

•Financing transactions in tough economic times.

•International trade resources for businesses.

•The economic future of the maquiladora industry

Cost:

Conference: $99

Corporate Sponsorship: $1,000 (Includes an exhibition table, space for your banner to be displayed, and admission for five people to the conference.)

Sponsorship: $500 (Includes an exhibition table and admission for two to the conference.)

Banner Sponsorship: $130 (Have your banner displayed at the conference.)

Registration:

To register visit: www.nafta-institute.com/register/

For more information visit: www.nafta-institute.com

Article Courtesy of the International Business Accelerator

On November 11 through 13, 2009, the International Business Accelerator (IBA) and the Office of Mexican Affairs & Trade (OMA) organized an outbound trade mission to Juarez, Mexico. The purpose of the trade mission was to promote New Mexico exports by introducing qualified industrial suppliers to industrial buyers from the maquiladora industry, located in Juarez.

The IBA, OMA, the City of Juarez Economic Development Association, and the State of Chihuahua Industrial Development Department worked together to match the participating New Mexican suppliers’ outputs with the demand interests of the participating maquiladora purchasing managers.

The New Mexico companies that participated in this event included:

• Omega Trucking
• Bralco Metals
• Sun Automation
• Monarch Litho
• Georgia Pacific
• Southwest Dowel & Wood Products, LLC
• Albuquerque Printing

These companies had the opportunity to meet with several maquiladora buyers during a series of pre-qualified interviews arranged by the organizers. Each interview had duration of up to thirty minutes. The companies that participated from the Juarez maquiladora purchasing industrial sector included: Crayola, Bosch, ADC, Delphi, Tyco, Strattec- Security, Larco, Matrix Wire, Bell Manufacturing, Radial, Toro, Labinal, Tatung, Lexmark, Del Real, Cardinal Health, Covidien, and Inventec.

The New Mexico suppliers are currently working on production quotes and are conducting follow-up with these companies.

Office of Mexican Affairs Invites New Mexico Industrial Suppliers to Expo Maquila Trade Mission and Matchmaking Sessions

New Mexican companies interested in exploring supply opportunities with Mexico’s maquiladora (twin plant) industry are invited to participate in a trade mission and matchmaking sessions that will take place November 11, 2009 in El Paso, and November 12 and 13, 2009 in Juarez, Mexico. Organized by the New Mexico Economic Development Department’s Office of Mexican Affairs and Trade, in conjunction with the International Business Accelerator and the Juarez Economic Development Department, this event will be designed to put New Mexican suppliers in direct contact with the purchasing managers of maquiladoras.

Up to 30 purchasing managers will be providing lists of the production inputs and industrial processes that they are currently in search of, including plastic injection, packaging, metals, and resins. Based on these needs, companies will then be recruited to participate in the trade mission, which will include one-on-one meetings with the purchasing managers in both El Paso and Juarez. For a copy of these production inputs click here and here.

For more information or to secure your company’s participation, please contact Randy Trask (505-231-0677 or randall.trask@state.nm.us) of the Office of Mexican Affairs or Jerry Pacheco (575-589-2200 or jerry@nmiba.com) of the International Business Accelerator.