Skyworks delivers world-class assembly, test and finishing services for a broad portfolio of semiconductor solutions from their state-of-the-art facility located in Mexicali, Mexico.
Leader in the production and delivery of analog, mixed-signal and RF semiconductors for wireless communications to over 1,000 different customers in the Americas, Asia and Europe.
JC Nam, current Vice President and General Manager of Skyworks Mexicali, will be joining Skyworks Corporation in Seoul, Korea.
JC will be replaced by Jaihyun Hwang, who has informed us of his existing plans for Mexicali and Skyworks.
Welcome Jaihyun Hwang!
For the past 12 years JC has worked in Mexicali together with his team in order to make Skyworks a world leader manufacturing showcase of quality production.
PIMSA’s Francisco Fiorentini, Cesar Ponce and Xavier Rivas presented JC Nam with a warm farewell and token of appreciation.
“What you did for Mexicali’s international image of quality manufacturing is appreciated! A sincere thank you!” Francisco Fiorentini said.
Skyworks is yet another solid and real testimonial of Why Mexicali?

We congratulate our friend Thomas Wong, recently named International Investment Advisor by Guangzhou’s Municipal Commission of Commerce (www.investguangzhou.gov.cn), in China.
Today the international community is closer than ever.
China is now in the process of evaluating Mexicali as a manufacturing location, an opportunity for USA, Mexico and China companies.
Momentum!

Mexicali, Baja California
March, 2016

Nine top manufacturers from Asia visited Mexicali to review conditions for potentially setting up operations.
BOSCH Power Tools invited nine Asian companies to visit Mexicali for their “Invest in Mexico Event”, the objective is to develop local manufacturing supplies and optimize logistics costs.
Together with PIMSA, BOSCH is actively outreaching potential international and local manufacturers from, in this case, Asia, to establish operations in the region.
These companies are current suppliers to different Robert Bosch locations worldwide. Setting up near Mexicali will keep competitiveness in our industry in general.
During the agenda, the visitors presented to local companies their products portfolio, capabilities and potential investment plans in Mexico. They also had a seminar with PIMSA’s Think Tank about establishing in Mexico, a dinner with the Chinese Community of Mexicali and several plant tours through manufacturing operations.
Special thanks to ProMexico, Prodensa, Sedeco, Chinese Association of Mexicali and local companies as Honeywell Turbo, Furukawa, Coto Technologies and Ascotech for their support during the event.

ProMexico’s Regional Director, Gilberto Macias is presented with an appreciation picture of an historical map of Baja California by Celestino Fraga of Bosch, Roberto Durazo of Sedeco and Xavier Rivas of Pimsa.
Presentation was for ProMexico’s support of Bosch Supplier Event in Mexicali.

9 top manufacturers from China visited Mexicali to review conditions for potentially setting up manufacturing operations.
Bosch Mexicali is actively outreaching to invite potential suppliers to consider our region as location in order to improve logistic advantages.

Louis Knifong is a veteran Mexicali manufacturer highly experienced in glass fabrication, General Manager of ISOCLIMA de Mexico, a competitive company producing quality armor glass for both automotive and commercial building use with parent company in Italy, located in PIMSA I, Mexicali, Baja California.
Based on the need for security glass with high quality standards in America, ISOCLIMA de Mexico started operations in Mexicali in 1998.
As a reference, ISOCLIMA’s auto windows are used in all of Pope Francis’ vehicles and in the cars driven by James Bond in his latest 007 movie, Spectre.

Louis was born in a 200-inhabitant small town in Missouri, graduated from Missouri State University, a basketball player ever since, a good scorer with great moves. Lives with family north of Mexicali in the Imperial Valley.
Today ISOCLIMA is aiming to develop new clients. If interested please contact erick@pimsa.com.mx

 
PDF: PIMSA Who’s who: Louis Knifong

CETYS University, Mexicali Campus
Ph.D. Wolfgang Ketterle, professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Nobel Prize winner in Physics; from Heidelberg, Germany; presented a Master Conference related to atoms and its relation to Aerospace Industry, thanks to Honeywell Initiative For Science & Engineering.

In picture, Fernando Leon, Ph.D. President of CETYS University; Wolfgang Ketterle, Ph.D. and Xavier Rivas of PIMSA.
CETYS continues to outreach to those that can make a difference to youngsters and the Mexicali Community by sharing their life achievements.
Thank you Honeywell and CETYS University on behalf of PIMSA Companies.

 
Roberto Arroyo, General Manager of Bio-Pappel, SA de CV, the largest cardboard packaging producer corporation in Mexico.
Located in PIMSA III, Bio-Pappel operates on a 363,000 square feet state of the art facility with 200 employees.
An alternative of wax and conventional boxes for packaging, Bio-Pappel clients are leading companies in each of their sectors that demand high standards of quality and services:

Roberto is originally from Mexico City, graduate of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Tec de Monterrey). His vast experience and right attitude not only serves Bio-Pappel but adds to PIMSA and regional manufactures, guidance to solving packing demand.
Bio-Pappel produces tons of corrugated carton without cutting down one single tree, indeed a corporation friendly to our environment.
“We need to maintain focus on our manufacturing to obtain quality for our clients!”
Roberto Arroyo

Bio-Pappel has available capacity for companies in need of a source of cardboard packaging, if interested contact erick@pimsa.com.mx
PDF: PIMSA Who’s who: Roberto Arroyo

Calexico, California, February 2016
San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus, an important U.S. Complement for Manufactures on both sides of Mexicali – Imperial Valley Region.
In picture Xavier Rivas presents to Valorie Ashley of SDSU a map of Baja California Peninsula as the Spanish explorers thought it was an island.

The potential to set up a bus assemble plant in Baja California has been considered by PIMSA outreaching for bus manufacturers in different countries.
In picture, Jose Zoroastro of Tres Estrellas de Oro, a pioneer company in bus transportation in Mexico and USA and Xavier Rivas of PIMSA.
The potential is important, for instance if Mexicali can produce semi-trucks at Kenworth Paccar plant, we can produce buses.
Of course there are several issues to consider, we have done due diligence related to this possibility.
Should there be interest, contact PIMSA at erick@pimsa.com.mx

Education is the key to our quality manufacturing future, so far Mexicali is blessed to have prime university institutions, both, private and state centers of high education.
In this occasion, we refer to CETYS University, a non-profit private university founded by the visionary and Honorable Ignacio Guajardo, heading other distinguished city fathers of Mexicali.
Today, many of our international manufacturers include graduates from CETYS University.
CETYS and PIMSA have agreed to intensify our alliance through an industrial intelligence THINK TANK, now headed by Cesar Ponce, a CNC Manufacturer of PIMSA’s Tenants Association.
This Think Tank provides, guidance and hard facts of tangible and intangible facts for manufacturers located in Mexicali and those considering Mexicali as a location.
CETYS is presently supporting Tech Trade program for aerospace, medical, automotive among other activities and is ready to enter into specific tailor made training programs under special agreements.
Dr. Fernando Leon is the President of CETYS University, in picture, Francisco Fiorentini, Head of PIMSA and Xavier Rivas, PIMSA’s Business Development Division, are presenting Dr. León with PIMSA’s Baja California “Fact of History” special token.