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Costa Rica or Mexico for Medical Device Manufacturing? A 2026 Product-Fit Comparison
Costa Rica earned its medtech position, and it is not a location to argue away. But as of July 24, 2026, Costa Rica-origin goods generally carry a 12.5% additional U.S. duty while products of Mexico entered free of duty under USMCA are exempt. A product-fit comparison: tariffs, symmetric currency math, wages labeled by evidence type, four operating structures, and where each program profile fits.
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Industrial Parks in Mexico: How to Evaluate Class A Space Before You Lease
Class A specs are the easy part. A primer on Mexico's 2026 industrial market: where space is ready, what a lease binds you to on power, escalations, and expansion, and how to choose a park you will not outgrow.
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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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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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Why Tetakawi Chose Mazatlán—And Why You Should Too
Most companies don’t wake up thinking about Mazatlán. But that’s exactly what makes it powerful. As Mexico’s traditional industrial cities become overbuilt, overhired, and overextended, Tetakawi spent five years asking a strategic question: Where does the next generation of manufacturing in Mexico belong? This post explains how we approached that...
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