INCERTEC’s Empalme, Sonora facility has just passed the NADCAP audit for non destructive testing, and will undergo a similar examination for the purpose of attaining AS9100-C certification later this month. The company currently manufacturers in Mexico NADCAP-certified anodizing type I, II and III, chemfilm, cleaning, passivate, and composites plating. In the near future, companies will have the option of accessing INCERTEC’s reel to reel plating, selective plating and barrel/rack plating for gold.

Lastly, the metal finishing firm is looking to expand its capabilities for the turbine industry to include controlled shot peening, barrel finishing, super polishing and corrosion resistant coatings.

INCERTEC specializes in highly-engineered, custom plating solutions for industries and products where precision, knowledge and experience matter. The company’s skills range from precision metal plating and metalizing, to anodizing, electro-polishing and more. The company tackles the highest tolerances on the most delicate parts with the most difficult masking.

Manufacturing in Guadalajara 2012 will take place from September 18th – 20th at the Fiesta Americana Grand Hotel in the business friendly city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. Attendees at the event will be introduced to the strategic and economic advantages that accrue to companies that choose to manufacturing in what is one of Latin America’s most vibrant, cosmopolitan and well situated cities. Companies that locate in Guadalajara are well-positioned to export their wares to the U.S. and Canada, as well as to access important markets further south. The focus of the program is the electronics industry.

The 18th Annual Manufacturing in Mexico Summit will be held at the San Carlos Plaza Hotel in San Carlos Sonora, Mexico from October 25th – 26th. The Summit is the longest running maquiladora industry conference, and provides a forum at which executives interested in establishing and maintaining low-cost production facilities in Mexico can gain valuable information and insight in an abbreviated time frame. San Carlos is a retirement/resort community located on the Sea of Cortez, and is a short distance from The Offshore Group’s Bella Vista and Roca Fuerte industrial parks.

Over the course of the approximately thirty minute session, Smith provides a West to East, North to South geographic overview of the composition of Mexico’s rapidly developing aerospace industry that examines electronics and non-complex subassemblies in Mexicali and Baja California; aero engine parts in Guaymas, Sonora; aero structures in Chihuahua, a diversity of aerospace related activities in Monterrey; repair, maintenance and overhaul activities in Querétaro, and the emergence of Guadalajara as an area of high-tech specialization.”

When visiting the site of each of Mexico’s principle aerospace manufacturing clusters, Smith took note of a young, Mexican workforce eager to acquire the skills necessary to work for companies that are taking their places in Mexico’s aerospace supply chain.

He noted that, “Mexico graduates several thousand engineers a year. They are enthusiastic young people, and are looking for the opportunity to qualify for jobs in the Mexican aerospace industry. They are signing up for industry training activities, and are continuing their studies with regard to operating machinery, assuring part quality, as well as in other areas necessary to perform in a modern manufacturing environment.”

Smith is a member of a group called IMAC (the Independent Mexico Advisory Council). Its members help small and mid-sized aerospace companies seeking to establish facilities in Mexico to support OEM activities as part of their growing supply chain efforts. IMAC assists manufacturers in finding synergies, and also with provides guidance with federal, state and local government issues related to Mexico’s growing aerospace industry.

The Offshore Group is the largest provider of outsourced business support, “shelter” services in Mexico. Currently 61 businesses operate at The Offshore Group’s three Mexico manufacturing industrial parks in the State of Sonora, the city of Saltillo, Coahuila, and at the Group’s Vangtel subsidiary in Hermosillo. Vangtel offers Mexico shelter services to companies that occupy the call center, IT development and BPO markets, while the International Logistic Solutions Company (ILS) is a leading provider of supply chain services. The Offshore Group has recently initiated operations in Mexico’s second largest city, Guadalajara. Sign up to receive information via Offshore Group RSS Feeds.

According to Juan Carlos Seldner, president of ILS, “This federal certification will enable us to offer a more price competitive air freight service to those companies that enlist us as their service provider. The primary goal of our company is to enhance the competitiveness of those with whom we do business.”

International Logistic Solutions is a member of The Offshore Group family of companies. As a 3-PL service provider, ILS lends world-class transportation and value-added logistics support to top manufacturers in Mexico, and around the world. The company offers a complete cross border supply chain management (SCM) solution.

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C&M de Mexico manufactures for a global customer base and features 18,000 feet of manufacturing space and more than 125 employees. Product offerings include coil cords and assemblies, both molded and mechanical. The facility features a LEAN manufacturing focus and cellular manufacturing concepts.

The primary objective of ISO 13485:2003 is to synchronize medical device regulatory requirements with those of quality management systems. ISO 13485 includes some requirements for medical devices and excludes some of the requirements of ISO 9001 that are not relevant as regulatory requirements.

Jesus Gamez, C&M de Mexico’s Manufacturing Manager, commented, “ISO 13485 is based on ISO 9001 but places emphasis in an organization’s ability to meet both regulatory and customer requirements, as well as effective risk management and the ability to maintain the effectiveness of their processes. ISO 13485 certification serves as a framework for compliance to the demands of regulatory agencies and the customer base.”

Kate Houghton, C&M’s Vice President of Marketing, added, “The certification to this very specific, medically focused ISO standard will provide additional momentum to our effort to expand our presence in the medical assembly marketplace.”

In addition to receiving ISO 13485:2003 certification, C&M de Mexico has also been certified to ISO 9001:2008 by QMI-SAI Global, the registrar who performed the audits.

C&M Corporation, headquartered in Wauregan, CT, is an integrated manufacturer of bulk cable, coil cords, and cable assemblies (both molded and mechanical). C&M offers manufacturing options in the US, Mexico, and China and produces a wide range of cable interconnect solutions for the Industrial, Multi-media, Renewable Energy, Military, Medical, Data Collection, and Datacom/Telecom marketplaces. C&M is a leader in providing engineered interconnect solutions through reliable customer service, world class quality systems, and a wide breadth of manufacturing capabilities that include bulk cable production, internal mold tool fabrication, and innovative assembly constructions.

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Media Contact:

Mike Levesque
Director of New Business Development
C&M Corporation
51 South Walnut Street
Wauregan, Connecticut
Tel: 860-779-4278

www.cmcorporation.com

Beverly J. Gaskin, Rolls-Royce, Executive Vice President, Supply Chain Management – North America said: “Nearly a third of advanced manufacturing companies in the Mexican aerospace industry are based in the state of Sonora. Locating staff in the centre of this cluster will help us improve supplier relationships and performance. Delivering excellence in our supply chain is critical in helping us meet our commitments to customers.”

Guillermo Padres, Sonora State Governor said: “The State of Sonora is proud that Rolls-Royce has chosen to locate one of its global network of purchasing offices in the state. It confirms that Mexico is an increasingly important player in the aerospace manufacturing industry and that the State of Sonora is the Mexican hub for aero-engine components manufacturing. The presence of a Rolls-Royce supply management office in Sonora is a significant tribute and will make a contribution to our aero-engine cluster.”

The new office, in the Roca Fuerte Industrial Park, is near several key suppliers to Rolls-Royce. The office will be staffed with six Rolls-Royce employees.  Companies manufacturing in the Roca Fuerte Park do so under the auspices of The Offshore Group Mexico Shelter Plan.

Rolls-Royce is a world-leading provider of power systems and services for use on land, at sea and in the air, and has established a strong position in global markets – civil aerospace, defense aerospace, marine and energy.

Guaymas is located in the North West Mexico State of Sonora. It borders Arizona, and ishome to a highly evolved infrastructure and skilled workforce. It is accessible to the U.S. and has well developed transportation routes for easy transportation and distribution of manufactured and other goods.

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Rolls-Royce Contact:
Joel Reuter
Director of Communications, Rolls-Royce North America
317-230-6662
joel.reuter@rolls-royce.com

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According to Parker Aerospace Group Vice President of Supply Chain Management Frank Thompson, “our relationship with The Offshore Group in Mexico over the last decade has been a mutually beneficial one. The workforce and facility resources in Guaymas play an important role in the accomplishment of our business objectives.”

Parker Aerospace is a global leader in flight control, hydraulic, fuel, fluid conveyance, thermal management, and engine systems and components used on virtually every commercial and military aircraft and aeroengine in production in the world today. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Parker Aerospace employs 6,000 team members in 43 locations worldwide.

It is an operating group of Parker Hannifin Corporation, a $13 billion global manufacturer of motion and control technologies, based in Cleveland, Ohio, with 60,000 employees in 47 countries.

The Offshore Group is the largest provider of outsourced business support, “shelter” services in Mexico. Currently 61 businesses operate at The Offshore Group’s three Mexico manufacturing industrial parks in the State of Sonora, the city of Saltillo, Coahuila, and at the Group’s Vangtel subsidiary in Hermosillo. Vangtel offers Mexico shelter services to companies that occupy the call center, IT development and BPO markets, while the International Logistic Solutions Company (ILS) is a leading provider of supply chain services. The Offshore Group has recently initiated operations in Mexico’s second largest city, Guadalajara.

Companies and individual’s conducting business internationally that are seeking concise information and access to seasoned Mexico experts that can advise them on topics such as: how to optimally take advantage of the NAFTA, how to navigate the process of recovering Mexican VAT, or value-added, tax payments, establishing an in-country business entity by utilizing the knowledge and experience of organizations that provide manufacturing support, or, shelter,” services in Mexico will be well served to take the time view these short and highly informational video clips.

According to a recent study by The Boston Consulting Group, “rising labor costs in the Far East (specifically China), will provoke the return of some 3 million jobs to North America by 2020.” In addition to the re-shoring of positions to the U.S. that this trend will result in, Mexico will also inevitably appear on the radar screens of many firms.

The Offshore Group’s FAQ videos, as well as the rest of the material on its information-laden website are the place where companies that are interested in making manufacturing in Mexico investments, as well as other business moves in the country, will be well served to begin their research.

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Leonard Ottosen, project manager at The Offshore Group’s La Angostura Industrial Park in Saltillo, Coahuila, describes how companies that are new to the country are guided from the beginning of the start-up process through to the point at which actual part production takes place under the Mexico Manufacturing Shelter Plan.

The Offshore Group’s sister company, Manufacturas Zapalinamé, S.A. de C.V., provides outsourced manufacturing support, or, “shelter,” services within the secured and gated La Angostura Industrial Park.

According to Ottosen, “the time that it takes to get a Mexican manufacturing facility up and running varies. How long exactly depends on the type of product that is being produced in Mexico. For example, if the operation is general assembly, a company may be looking at an average of two months to get things moving. If the company is a manufacturer that produces machined parts, does metal stamping, and utilizes machinery like break presses, this kind of operation requires more installation processes.  A typical start-up period in Mexico in this case may range from between 4 to 6 months.”

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Three areas that are outsourced the most include IT and software development, call center support and BPO or back office functions. Traditional Outsourcing companies perform contract based work and perform designated tasks on a cost per transaction basis, or for an hourly fee, both offshore and domestically.

How is Outsourcing changing? Technology allows businesses to do more than ever from their workers’ desktops with integrated communications, and by managing users. Companies now have more options than ever that affect price and quality. One of the most innovative approaches to outsourcing is the “shelter” concept created by Vangtel for the service sector.

Vangtel offers companies the ability to maintain full control of their IT and software development, call center support and BPO or back office functions. Successful firms achieve lower cost by establishing operations under Vangtel’s “shelter plan” business model in the city of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico – located one hour via air from either Los Angeles or Phoenix.

Why is Outsourcing changing? Companies want to protect their valuable intellectual property, and to operate at lower cost while achieving the level of quality that their customers demand. Traditional Outsourcers simply cannot match all of these demands.

“With the US market and the huge increase in the Hispanic population, a strong trend has emerged that evidences that Mexico is the best site election choice from which to operate an in-house captive call center,” explains Larry Carlson, Vangtel’s Marketing Manager. He added, “Vangtel offers forward thinking companies the ability to house all of their Outsourcing functions in one operation in a corporate culture that they themselves create.”

Vangtel is a member of The Offshore Group.

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Larry Carlson, Jr.
Marketing Manager
Vangtel Nearshoring Solutions, Inc.
520-901-2254
larry.carlson@offshoregroup.com
www.vangtel.com