More Chinese companies will arrive in Nuevo León
By Enrique Martínez
January 9, 2020
In Hangzhou City, capital of Zhejiang Province, three Chinese companies announced new investment projects in Nuevo León that will exceed 160 million dollars and create more than 1,850 new jobs.
"These announcements represent the consolidation of the promotional efforts that we have been making in the Secretariat with these companies for several months, with some even for more than a year," said Roberto Russildi, secretary of Economy and Labor of Nuevo León.
"These are projects that will bring to the state an important economic spill, the creation of about 2,000 new direct jobs and, above all, many business opportunities for New Leon."
"These are projects that will bring to the state an important economic spill, the creation of about 2,000 new direct jobs and, above all, many business opportunities for New Leon."
The companies that confirmed upcoming investments in Nuevo León are Kuka Home, the largest furniture manufacturer in China, in the first stage they will be manufacturing sofas for the North American market and will later consider exporting to South America; Holley Technology, a leading company in the manufacture of automation and electrical energy measurement systems. The project they will establish in Nuevo León will be spearheading in 4.0 technologies; and Sunon, a manufacturer of office furniture, with more than 800 patents and a marketing network in more than 108 countries.
The companies will be installed inside the industrial park HOFUSAN, in the municipality of Salinas Victoria.
"I have agreed with Zhu Congjiu, vice-governor of Zhejiang, that we will soon be signing a cooperation agreement that will open many business opportunities and provide confidence to investors. We share with Zhejiang the vision of being the regional reference in the development of 4.0 technologies. "Russildi mentioned.
Zhejiang Province is one of the most economically powerful in China, with 57 million inhabitants and a GDP of 850,000 million dollars, a figure very close to that of all of Mexico. Zhejiang is home to important companies that have contributed to China's technological development, such as Alibaba.
Currently, Chinese companies represent 22% of the portfolio of projects under negotiation in the statistics of the Ministry of Economy and Labor. More than 30 Chinese companies operate in Nuevo León, among which Lenovo, Hofusan, Bromake, Mexin, Didi, Broad-Ocean, among others.