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Is the USMCA Gone? What the Sunset Clause Means for Manufacturers in Mexico
The U.S. declined to renew the USMCA on July 1, and the headlines got the meaning wrong. What the sunset clause actually started, why goods entered duty-free under USMCA are exempt from the current surcharge, and why qualification is the border variable manufacturers can actually influence.
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Manufacturing in Querétaro: What It’s Built For, and When Mazatlán Fits Better
Querétaro is Mexico's deepest aerospace ecosystem, which is exactly why it's getting harder to enter. A look at the certified-talent ceiling, the real estate and grid squeeze, and where new aerospace capacity can still stand up on a workforce you can hire and keep.
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Medical Device Manufacturing in Mexico: A Site-Selection Framework for Regulated Production
Since February 2026 the FDA holds a Mexican device plant to ISO 13485, which makes workforce qualification part of what an inspection examines and turnover a compliance exposure. A site-selection framework for regulated production: which device profiles belong in the border clusters (Baja, Juarez) and which belong in a retention-first market like Mazatlan.
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Manufacturing in Juarez: How to Read a Slack Market
Juarez posted 31 straight months of maquiladora job decline through January 2026, turnover has collapsed to 2 percent, and industrial vacancy runs among the highest in Mexico. Entry is easier than it has been in years. What created the slack, which work profiles it still fits, and why slack is not the same thing as headroom.
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Aerospace Manufacturing in Mexico: Where Capacity Can Still Stand Up
A decade of aircraft demand is sold out and the constraint on output is certified people. A part-family map of which aerospace work belongs in which kind of Mexican location, why the trade rules reward documentation rather than panic, and where a training flywheel has already been proven.
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Manufacturing in Tijuana: What Changed and What Never Does
Tijuana is easier to enter than at any point since 2021, and none of the structural math moved. A scorecard separating the cycle from the costs written into law: the 40 percent border wage floor, one-year tax renewals, and where the first-mover position actually sits in 2026.
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Case Study: Why CPP Chose to Manufacture in Mazatlán, Mexico
Why CPP Chose Mazatlán: Building a Scalable, High-Precision Aerospace Operation with Tetakawi When aerospace demand accelerates, manufacturers face a simple but daunting question: Can you grow without compromising quality? For Consolidated Precision Products (CPP), a global producer of mission-critical castings, this challenge came down to one central issue: people....
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Retention as a Strategic Lever for Medical Device Manufacturing in Mexico
The Real Executive Conversation in 2025 If you’re leading manufacturing strategy for a medical device company in 2025, the question isn’t whether to consider Mexico, it’s how to do it without jeopardizing compliance, quality, or the investment you’ve made in training specialized operators. In regulated industries, your workforce is not...
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Move-In Ready Industrial Space Now Available for Lease in Mazatlán, Mexico
Looking for Class A industrial space in Mexico that goes beyond four walls and a roof? At Tetakawi’s Mazatlán Manufacturing Community, this is more than an industrial park. It is a launchpad for success. Right now, we have a move-in-ready building available for immediate occupancy. With more than 36,000...
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Where to Manufacture in Mexico: The Site Selection Framework
The standard answer to where to manufacture in Mexico is a list of famous hubs. This framework scores what actually decides it: labor availability and turnover by tier, utility headroom, freight lanes, and the criteria an aerospace manufacturer weighed before choosing Mazatlan.
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