Coahuila seeks attracting investments from software industry

Hugo Montoya Diaz sworn in as new president of the Mexican Chamber of Electronics, Telecommunications, Information Technologies (CANIETI, by its Spanish initials) Coahuila-Durango, and committed to work together to achieve attracting companies from the sector that could generate their programming from Coahuila.

He emphasized that their action plan has several points, underlining their activities to open up to everyone Chambers, companies, universities and entrepreneurs.

The new administration will operate under a scheme that includes the creation of 20 vice-presidencies to facilitate the linkage process, promotion and commercialization of solutions in information technologies, same that will be focused on specific sectors such as fintech, metropolis, university, internationalization, among others, where representatives will be in charge of linking Chambers and companies with CANIETI.

Meanwhile, Ricardo Schumm, undersecretary of Economic Development in Coahuila, said that the information technologies is important and recognized that CANIETI has been operating for eight years in Coahuila and Durango.

He underlined that currently global companies leading the markets are technological such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Intel, among others.

“World changes from an automotive leadership to innovation technologies.  Coahuila is strong in the automotive industry, but now it is important to attract companies from the software industry that can generate their programming from these lands,” he noted.

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Hugo Montoya considered that during the last three years there has been a progress of 25 % in encouragement processes for the aerospace industry in the area, therefore he made clear that one of the challenges of his administration will be achieving to promote the supply industry for this growth reach 60 percent.

“Although it is true that Coahuila is a referent in national production of the automotive industry, the leap has not been given yet to achieve the arrival of a company dedicated to the aerospace industry, some steps have been given regarding information technologies, as in three years was achieved making a software for designs, mapping, human resources management and analysis of new materials, but now we are pursuing the supply subject,” emphasized the current president of CANIETI.