Querétaro, Qro. For the mold and tools industry2025 has been complex due to the reduction of the requirements of the automotive sector; However, it has diversified to develop projects from other sectors, they raised experts in the field.
This industry maintains the expectation of continuing to increase national production, as Mexico – they re -reached – imports almost 90% of the molds it uses. Of the national volume, Querétaro generates 25% of the Mexican production of molds and tools, they raised during the announcement of Meximol 2025.
When talking about the effects of the automotive sector in the mold industry, the general director of the Querétaro plastics clusterMiguel Ángel Aguirre, stressed that automotive brands have faced the United States tariff juncture, in addition to the competition of assembled cars and manufactured in China.
The development of projects for other industries (Appliances, Packaging, doctoretc.), he said, has given stability in states like Querétaro, due to its productive diversity.
However, the industry also visualizes opportunities to grow from the Mexican territory, especially in the face of the tendency of Nearshoring and the need that China has to transfer production to Mexico, which generates opportunities for companies that operate in the entity.
“If we had a difficult year, it will remain difficult, difficult because they are constant negotiations, then, they realize that in the United States there is a company that mattered from China and today it will cost the double and triple, so you have to turn to Mexico, but great problem: I did not develop Mexico. We in Querétaro we have machines, (…) we are talking about a great variety of opportunities not only in injection, also in other segments, also in other segments, also in other segments. He pointed out.
At the state level, he added, there are companies that are growing their capabilities, but they have also lost some production lines.
The general director in Hasco Mexico and Latin America, Daniela Calderón, shared that through her clients she has seen the effects of the fall in the automotive sector.
“If I tell you how the production capacity in Querétaro is, in the automotive sector, there was a great fall, then we have many machines in Querétar productive, ”he said.
However, the expert in the field commented that there is interest from foreign companies, both European and Asian, to arrive in Mexico to produce molds; He added that he has a positive perspective for the performance that the sector will have next year, compared to 2025 estimated that the industry will remain stable.
“(Some customers) are buying injection machines because molds of products that were being made in Asia come and that due to the United States tariffs now sought to do in Mexico. (…) There is a rearrangement here in Mexico, of molds, that will allow us to allow us to start appreciating that this production capacity – which right expressed.
Necessary to strengthen women’s participation
The contents director of Meximold 2025Natalia Ortega, highlighted the challenges that the industry has to strengthen the participation of women.
He added that, although women have representation in the operational base, their inclusion in management positions is low.
Industrial Meeting
In this context – before the growth needs of the mold industry– They announced the Sixth edition of MeximoldMeeting that seeks to link the Mexican industry of injection molding with the latest solutions in molds, tools and high precision manufacturing.
He Querétaro Congresses Center (QCC) will be the headquarters of the event, October 22 and 23; The assistance of 3,000 visitors is estimated; More than 300 B2B appointments are planned, as well as 6,000 square meters of explosion.
