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Santa Teresa, New Mexico – Products USA, LLC, a packager of foods and producer of Mexican-style salsas, has established a salsa production plant in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. This food producer currently has operations in Chihuahua City, Chihuahua. Its new plant in Santa Teresa will supply salsa to retailers in the western and southwestern United States. The company plans to initially hire six employees for the first phase of its operation.

According to Products USA, LLC CEO Cesar Moran, “We chose Santa Teresa as the location for our plant, due to its convenient location close to the Mexican border. This allows us quick access in and out of Mexico, as well as superior logistics to move our product to our U.S. target market. We were also impressed with the level of business support we received to establish operations in our new plant.” Assisting in recruiting the new company to Santa Teresa were the New Mexico Partnership and the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance.

The company has leased production space in the Verde Logistics Park, north of the Santa Teresa Port of Entry, and expects to begin operations within the next 60 days.

January 8, 2010
Alarie Ray-Garcia (505) 476-2248

SANTA FE- Governor Bill Richardson today announced Johnson Plate and Tower will build a wind tower manufacturing facility in Santa Teresa. The facility is expected to create dozens of construction jobs and 150 permanent jobs.

“I am pleased that Johnson Plate and Tower chose New Mexico to build its new wind tower manufacturing plant and plans to create 150 new jobs in our state,” Governor Richardson said. “This announcement shows that our aggressive efforts to create jobs, especially during this global recession, are paying off. Manufacturing of green technology is an important component of building a green jobs economy here in New Mexico.”

Today President Obama announced that Johnson Plate and Tower is one 183 projects that will share $2.3 billion in Recovery Act Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits for clean energy manufacturing projects across the United States. Johnson Plate and Tower was awarded $2,385,000 in credits for its Santa Teresa facility.

Johnson Plate and Tower will build its more than 84,000 square-foot manufacturing facility on 22 acres in the Verde Logistics Park. The company expects to employ 40-50 people during the construction phase and then move to a full time operation employing 150 people in the manufacturing of wind towers for wind farms across the country.

“We are excited that Johnson Plate and Tower chose to locate in our growing industrial border-plex region here in New Mexico,” Economic Secretary Fred Mondragon said. “I want to commend Dona Ana County for the passage of the Local Economic Development Act that helped make this project possible.”