🌎 Mexico continues to experience robust Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) momentum, significant new manufacturing plant activity, and major policy-driven nearshoring initiatives. The U.S., Spain, and Canada are leading sources, with Spain rebounding significantly; 42.9% of FDI came from the U.S.

- $3.15 billion in new FDI registered in Q2 2025, highest in 12 quarters.
- Government unveils a $540 million industrial hub to strengthen nearshoring and investment attraction.

Manufacturing Plant Openings or Expansions:
- Intretech (global smart manufacturing): Launched a new Monterrey facility (Mirador Industrial Park) after a $60 million USD investment, creating 2,000 jobs over five years; Phase 2 completion set for Q2 2025.

- Spain’s Cox committed to over US $10 billion for water and renewable energy projects by 2030, with a strategic plan launch this September and $4.2 billion already invested through its acquisition of Iberdrola’s Mexican assets.

- Stellantis announced further expansion of its Saltillo, Coahuila plant, driving production capacity toward 1 million engines and adding new electric vehicle lines.

- Grupo SOMAR will invest 202 million pesos to expand pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in the State of Mexico, resulting in 260 new jobs.

- Volvo (AB Volvo) increased its investment in a Nuevo Leon truck manufacturing facility to US $1 billion, with operations slated to begin in 2026.

- New machinery, pharmaceutical, and logistics factories were announced in Chihuahua and other northern states, including a $22.5 million Emerson Electric plant and a $20 million Chinese machinery factory.

- Pharmaceutical sector received over 12 billion pesos in new investments (AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Carnot Laboratorios, and Mexican firms), with policy support for health-sector expansion.

Supportive policies for nearshoring and infrastructure, including incentives for semiconductors, electromobility, and medical devices.
Nearshoring drives continued expansion, with international firms citing Mexico’s trade agreements, location, workforce, and incentives as major draws. New policy-driven industrial hubs and infrastructure spending are designed to further accelerate nearshoring.

Mexico’s FDI momentum continues, with multi-billion dollar investments, new manufacturing plant announcements, major expansions in pharmaceuticals and consumer goods, and policy-driven industrial hub initiatives, especially in Jalisco, Nuevo León and the State of Mexico.

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