Querétaro, Qr. the (Underwriters Laboratories), a security and certification consulting company, will install its first product testing and certification laboratory in the entity to support the domestic and export markets.
The laboratory will be located in the municipality of Colón, in the Kaizen industrial park, anticipating that it will start operations in the summer of 2022. It is projected to generate 80 highly specialized jobs, including local hiring and relocation of the company’s staff, he commented. the regional director of the Laboratory the for Latin America, Rodolfo Flores.
The location is strategic, because it will allow a faster validation of tests, give faster responses and provide conditions to penetrate the market more quickly; in addition to being located within one of the leading manufacturing regions of the country. It also seeks to support national manufacturers to identify key markets and address regulatory and commercial changes.
The laboratory will have the ability to test products in accordance with the safety and performance standards for Mexico, as well as the target market standards of the products, such as the United States, Canada and in Latin America the countries of Brazil, Peru, Colombia and The Savior.
“The presence of the in Mexico it also means that local manufacturers will have a global partner that will help them navigate through the complexities of the regulatory landscape, to place and move their products much more quickly and safely to their customers ”, he stated.
The company has detected a constant need for testing services, with a growing trend. Due to confidentiality terms, the investment amount is not disclosed; however, it is in the tens of millions of dollars, he added.
To determine the location of the laboratory, it was valued that the state is a key point in the center of the country, a location that facilitates export, in addition to being part of one of the main production centers of the country and being the entrance to the region of the Shallows. “We feel that it is the best place, we came to stay, we are making a very long-term investment in Queretaro”He added.
Through the laboratory, the safety and performance of products for the Mexican market and export to countries in North America and Latin America will be evaluated.
UL is the certifier of more than 22,000 million products. It provides testing, inspection and certification (ICT) services, training and advisory services, risk management solutions, and business facilities.
The installation of the laboratory will facilitate faster product certifications that are made in the entity, which becomes an element of local competitiveness. The state administration seeks to provide the conditions for companies to continue arriving in the state, said the governor, Mauricio Kuri González.
“We in Queretaro We see the companies that arrive not only as an investment, but we also provide sales and after-sales services so that they feel confident that we will be with you so that they can do very well ”, he declared.
Mauricio Kuri raised six objectives of his administration: to provide certainty of security and legal security, economic recovery, guarantee of energy and water services, adjustments to regulatory improvement and mobility.
In power generation, he added that one of his commitments is to manage the installation of substations to make the state viable for the next 20 years.
American presence
the it joins the nearly 543 companies of American origin that are installed in the state, highlighted the Secretary of Sustainable Development (Sedesu), Marco Antonio del Prete.
The United States remains the main commercial partner of the state, adding 6,284.1 million dollars of direct foreign investment from 1999 to the third quarter of the year.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx