Content about Mexico

While governments struggle to prop up their currencies in a recession, producers of precious metals see nothing but upside. Endeavour Silver Corp. has a business model tailored to the times, as Godfrey Walton explains.

French electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company Asteelflash has announced the acquisition of the American EMS company, Catalyst Manufacturing Services Inc., based on the East Coast of the United States and in Mexico.

Asteelflash is already established on the west coast of the United States, and this acquisition extends its presence in North America, adding three production sites in Owego (New York), Raleigh (North Carolina) and Tijuana (Mexico).

Canada’s Valeant Pharmaceuticals International has agreed to acquire Australia-based iNova, a private pharmaceutical group.

iNova owns, develops and markets a portfolio of prescription and OTC pharmaceutical products in the Asia-Pacific region and South Africa, including therapeutic weight management brands such as Duromine and OTC brands in the cold and cough market such as Difflam and Duro Tuss.

Greatship (India) Limited believes that technology, leadership and excellence in execution hold the key to expanding its offshore support business. Jane Alverca reports.

The Aurcana Corporation operates the La Negra mine in Mexico and is developing and constructing the Shafter Mine in Texas, which will quadruple the company’s silver output and raise it from junior to mid-tier status. The road to success will face challenges, though, as Gay Sutton hears from VP Operations Andy Nichols.

General Motors today announced a $100 million investment in tooling and equipment to make automotive components at its GM Components Holdings Rochester Operations plant in New York state.

"This investment in our manufacturing operations will enable us to produce a new generation of fuel-efficient small block car and truck engines," said Cathy Clegg, GM vice president of Labor Relations.

Owens Corning announced an investment today in a new furnace to expand production capacity at its glass reinforcements facility in Tlaxcala, Mexico.

The expansion results from increasing global demand for glass reinforcements, and is the fourth production capacity increase announced by the company’s reinforcements division in recent months. Capacity increases were also recently announced in Yuhang, China; Gous-Khroustalny, Russia; and Besana, Italy.

After the acquisition of Mexico’s San Dimas mining properties from Goldcorp, the company is well on the way to achieving its ambition to become a leading intermediate gold producer.

Primero Mining Corp. is a Canadian-based precious metals producer with every intention of becoming a leading intermediate gold producer, as attested by its acquisition from Goldcorp of the San Dimas gold/silver mine in Mexico last year, for a total consideration of $500 million.

Magna International Inc., the world's most diverse automotive parts supplier, announced today the development of a new state-of-the-art facility in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

The announcement followed a meeting between Don Walker, CEO of Magna, and the President of Mexico Felipe Calderon at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The facility will be a division of Cosma International, an operating unit of Magna International Inc. and a leading global automotive body and chassis system supplier.

The president and COO of Endeavour Silver Corp. explains to David Hendricks how using modern exploration methods on old mine properties can uncover new, undiscovered veins.

First Majestic Silver Corp. is committed to building a senior silver-producing mining company based on an aggressive development and acquisition plan with a focus on Mexico. COO Ramon Davila takes David Hendricks on a virtual tour of the company’s three producing silver mines.

First Majestic Silver Corp. was established in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2002 as a silver mining company focused on Mexico. The company currently has three underground mines in production and is nurturing two other projects for future production.

Andrew Pelis talks to a vice president of SuKarne about the importance of lean production techniques to Mexico’s largest beef-producer, and the export potential generated by the country’s enviable animal health record.