Monterey, NL. The state Secretary of Economy, Iván Rivas Rodríguez commented that in the first six months of the state government, 24 Foreign Direct Investment projects have been carried out in Nuevo León (FDI), for around 2,200 million dollars, which will generate around 18,000 jobs.
“Most will be starting operations in 2023. We also have many expansions, however, since they do not have to register with the Ministry of Economy, it is not a fact that we have, when we see the Gross Domestic Product of the year, we will see this growth”, he emphasized .
During the ceremony of laying the first stone of the Research and Development Center of the automotive company ZF Groupof German origin, the investment amounts to 300 million dollars and in a period of five years they will generate more than 1,150 jobs, said Iván Rivas.
“What is worth noting is that this May 11, they are announcing their Research and Development Center that will have 350 engineers, and not only in manufacturing, they are jobs with high added value, with highly specialized working capital” , accurate.
It is worth mentioning that during 2021, the Foreign Direct Investment from Nuevo Leon amounted to 4,026.2 million dollars. By country of origin, the United States led the list with 3,074.1 million dollars, followed by Spain with 291.2 million, Japan with 247.8 million and Germany with 199.2 million dollars, according to data from the federal Ministry of Economy
There are more and more projects that require prepared human capital, work continues on training the industry, as well as on Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Electromobility projects. “ZF Group is going to produce the cameras for autonomous and electric cars, they are the type of investments that we went out to look for,” he emphasized.
They are also supporting themselves with the Universities. For example, the German company went to the Tecnológico de Monterrey, where there was a call in which 300 students participated, of which, 280 applied to work at ZF Group, in the operational area, the corporate that will provide service to the country and the Center of Investigation and development (R&D).
The investment that is arriving comes from countries such as China, South Korea, Japan, Germany, Argentina, the United States, they are countries that already have a presence in Nuevo León, he noted.
“34% of our investments are for construction projects. Chinawe have 66% of projects from other countries”, explained the official.
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