Within the framework of the phenomenon of relocation of companies from the south-southeast of the country, it has the potential to become a technological center, and attract investments in high-tech sectors, such as microchip production“It is very important, especially for that region, that today we are betting on other types of business opportunities that are worth detonating,” he told The EconomistMaría de Lourdes Medina Ortega, national vice president of delegations of the National Chamber of the Processing Industry (Canacintra), after a meeting with the media.
“There was a time when there was no opportunity to manufacture cars because they did not have the chips, so today all that more technological part is wanting to go to the southeast,” the industry in these states must go beyond fodder, assemblies and other type of manufacturing, “Mexico needs to sell knowledge and the southeast can be a great opportunity, now we must take a series of actions.”
Education is a fundamental issue for the chamber, “you cannot have a business opportunity of that type, if you do not have something to support it, it is crucial that there is an adequate approach to the entire subject of knowledge”, currently the industry has 1.3 million With a shortage of engineers, “we need to invest more in the hard sciences, in other types of knowledge so that we can detonate,” he said.
Canacintra is interested in continuing to work to detonate the Development Poles proposed by the federal government, “because Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has continued to grow with nearshoring, but we also have the growth of the companies themselves with a important investment in recent years, as other types of markets have opened,” such as Europe, Asia and South America, Medina added.
Therefore, the supply of industrial parks has not been sufficient in the north and center of the country, “we have great opportunities to continue detonating, economic development cannot stop” regarding the regionalization of the productive sectors, “sectorizing the country is not bad, but we have to see how” he concluded.
Challenges to the industrial sector
Previously, Esperanza Ortega, president of Canacintra, highlighted the challenges facing the industrial sector, such as the decline in the manufacturing sector of the border strip, “the lack of trust in our country, due to the constitutional reforms, has brought us this problem “, despite the efforts of the members, the industrial sector has seen a decrease in its activity, however, “there has been no generation of massive layoffs in the industries”, which reflects the resilience of the companies despite the difficulties.
Regarding the suppliers of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), warned about the serious situation they face, particularly in the Sonda de Campeche, where the debts accumulated by Pemex are bringing some companies to the brink of bankruptcy, “it is not possible that today payment can be denied or the amount reduced; On the contrary, what they stopped paying should generate interest,” he stated, underlining the urgency for the authorities to act to solve this problem.
Finally, the president addressed the violence crisis in Sinaloa, the violence is “catastrophic”, businesses have limited hours and many companies have closed due to losses,” she indicated, recognizing that although security strategies have been implemented, the results are still They are not enough to conclude the problem and be able to measure the impact in the region.
