Monterrey at a Glance

• Monterrey, a city of approximately 3.8 million people, was named by Fortune magazine as the best city in Latin America in which to do business.
• Some 13,000 companies in Monterrey produce 9.4 percent of Mexico's manufactured products.
• If you exclude the telecom and oil monopolies (Telmex and Pemex), Monterrey controls more than half of Mexico’s total industrial assets.
• The GDP of the State of Nuevo Leon is USD 48 billion. The total GDP of the seven states covered by the Monterrey office is approximately USD135 billion, which is higher than the GDP of Venezuela, Colombia, and Chile.
• Imports into these seven states are very high due to the area's strong manufacturing base, and geographical proximity to the U.S. Imports are estimated at USD 20 billion in goods alone, approximately 74% of which are of U.S. origin. This figure exceeds total imports into Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela. Local reps cover this territory, exposing your product to this important manufacturing base.
• With more than 30,000 firms, Nuevo Leon is the production leader in many important sectors of the Mexican economy controlling:
  75% of the national production of glass containers
  60% of national cement production
  60% of national, artificial, and synthetic fiber production
  50% of national beer production
  50% of national ceramics production
  40% of the national production of basic steel
  40% of household appliances

Recognize any of these names?
American Express, Amway, Baker & McKenzie, Bank of America, Carrier, Caterpillar, Chrysler, Donnelly, GE, GM, Honeywell, IBM, John Deere, JC Penney, Kohler, Korn/Ferry International, KPMG, Kimberly Clark, Lucent, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Pinkerton, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Trane, Toyota, Visteon, Wayerhaeuser, York

They are already doing business in Nuevo Leon. Can your company afford to miss out on this important market?

Expo Manufactura: February 17 -17, 2009; Monterrey, Mexico

Expo Manufactura 2009 will be held in February 17-19, at the Cintermex international trade center in Monterrey, Mexico. Considered as the most complete and important international industrial exhibition of the manufacturing sector in Mexico, Expo Manufactura 2009 will present the best strategies and solutions directed to the sector, as well as some interesting novelties for industries such as the automotive, plastics, welding, aeronautic, metal-mechanic, medical devices, house appliances and capital goods. More than 250 companies will be representing more than 500 national and international brands.  This event will have, for the first time, a large plastics machinery and products pavilion as well as the traditional Manufacturing, Pre-casting, Cutting, Plotting, Laser, CNC, Automation, Welding, Cad Cam, Quality Control, Metal-mechanic, Maquiladora, Automotive, Electronic, Aerospace, Iron and Steel  industries.  The U.S. Commercial Service Monterrey will host a USA Pavilion at this important event.  For further information please click here and/or contact: Josefina Martinez 

For more information on how to increase YOUR sales in Monterrey please contact:
Commercial Service Monterrey
E-mail: yazmin.rojas@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov
Phone: 011-52-818-343-4450
Fax: 011-52-818-342-5172