U.S. or Mexico? What to Consider When Selecting a North American Manufacturing Location

SOURCE: Benchmark Blog Companies across the globe, and especially in the U.S., are beginning to reconsider the geographic footprint of their manufacturing operations. Geopolitical factors, transportation costs, and narrowing of the labor cost divide make localization more advantageous than in the past. The trend is even more visible in new product introduction (NPI), where proximity to […]

Ford México celebrates first car to be made only by women

SOURCE: Mexico News Daily   Mexico’s automobile industry has a new achievement to celebrate after Ford México revealed its first car made exclusively by women. The Mustang Match-E, a battery electric compact crossover SUV, has been built exclusively by women since 2020 at a Ford plant in México state. During a visit to the plant in Cuautitlán, accompanied by Ford […]

Four Large Agreements Prop Up 2022 Semiconductor M&A Total

Without more megadeals, this year’s value of planned acquisitions will probably fall short of the annual average, says new update report from IC Insights. After slowing significantly in the last half of 2021, the pace of megadeals for semiconductor mergers and acquisitions regained momentum in the first six months of 2022, according to M&A data […]