Aguascalientes

The best option to invest
and do business in México
OVERVIEW
1.- The Best Business Climate
2.- The Best Young and Law Respectful HR
3.-The Best Location, Infrastructure and
Services.
4.- The Best life quality and family environment
The Best Business Climate
Don’t take our word for it, just look at
what the world experts had say about it...
“Aguascalientes is one of the
best places in the world to invest”
1st place in
business climate
Doing Business
2005,2006& 2007
1st place in
Competitivene
ss 2006
The best place to
outsource operations
in Latin America
2006
1st place in
Transparency
2005
Aguascalientes:
The Mexican
Tiger Roars
The Mexican
Tiger – Best in
competitiveness
2005
“Highly
Commended”
2005 – 2006
1st place in
Business
Environment
2006
1st place,
TECNOS price
to IT
development
2005
1st place in
growth
expectations
2006
1st place in
competitiven
ess & FDI
attraction
2006
The World Bank
Business Climate
“Aguascalientes has the most
business friendly
environment in Mexico”
Doing Business Report
2005-2006-2007
Elements analyzed:
•Business opening easiness (cost & time)
•Contract Enforcement
•Property registry
•Credit availability
If Aguascalientes was an
independent country, it would
rank 33rd in the world. Mexico
ranks 67 out of 155 countries
INDICATORS
Aguascalientes
Guanajuato
12
Opening a
business
(in days)
12
Michoacán
19
Querétaro
19
San Luis Potosí
19
Colima
66
69
Quintana Roo
Campeche
Baja California
Michoacán
Guanajuato
Nuevo León
Veracruz
Yucatán
Coahuila
D.F.
Jalisco
6.7
Querétaro
9.1
Nuevo León
9.7
18
Registering a
property (in days)
30.7
31
38.3
44
Edo. Mex
65.8
Nayarit
Aguascalientes
0.88
Colima
0.88
Sinaloa
0.88
Nuevo León
1
Zacatecas
1
Oaxaca
1
Sonora
Guanajuato
51
74
Credit
availability in
% per capita
1.1
1.2
Coahuila
1.3
Baja California Sur
1.3
San Luis Potosí
112
Cost of a business
opening ( % income
per Capita )
10.3
Chiapas
54
Guerrero
Zacatecas
Aguascalientes
Oaxaca
50
21
21
22
25
25
26
28
28
29
6.0
Jalisco
48
Morelos
Sonora
Campeche
Sonora
Nayarit
Aguascalientes
Business Climate
Chiapas
2.2
2.4
10.9
12.0
Jalisco
Querétaro
15.2
15.6
15.7
16.1
16.5
16.8
17.8
18.0
Yucatán
Ciudad de México
Italia
Coahuila
España
Guanajuato
National Average
National Average
25.3
35.6
32.3
73.9
In Aguascalientes it is cheaper to start a business than in Italy, Spain,
Chile, Japan, China o Brazil (% income per capita)
Estado de México
Veracruz
Chihuahua
Colombia
22.1
15.2
Nuevo León
Puebla
15.0
San Luis Potosí
13.6
10.7
Japón
China
10.3
Chile
6.7
Aguascalientes
10.1
6.1
Tailandia
Brasil
5.3
Rumania
0.9
Canadá
4.7
0.7
Reino Unido
Alemania
0.5
Estados Unidos
The Best Business Climate
Financial Times
Best FDI (Foreign Direct
Investment) Promotion
Strategy
“Highly Commended”
Only 5 places in LATAM
have achieved highly
commended grade, 2 in
Mexico
Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad
(Mexican Institute for Competitiveness)
Business Climate
1º National Place in
Competitiveness,
2006 *
Research done over 120 variables,
measuring Mexico’s 32 states.
National Report published on September 26th, 2006
•Since the Federal District (Mexico City) has been the political, economical & financial center of the
country for the last 5 centuries, Aguascalientes is the first among the states (Dr. Roberto Newell &
Valentín Diez Morodo, IMCO CEO & Chairman)
Global Recognition
Business Climate
Harvard University, has used Aguascalientes as study case
(development model) at the J. F. Kennedy Government School
OECD has recognized Aguascalientes as having the best
business climate standards in the world.
National Geographic:
Performed research on why Aguascalientes leads in:
•Competitiveness,
•Business Climate &
•FDI Attraction
First Place in De-regulation National Leader
Program ONE.
Leader in Manufacturing Industry Growth in 2007
Business Climate
• 1st national place in Manufacturing Industry growth in 2007
more than 16%
16.3
• Also1st National Place in the manufacturing Industry Growth
During the years: 2005 grew 9% and 2006 grew 13%
12.5
•Above the following states, Morelos, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz,
Yucatan, Nuevo Leon, Distrito Federal, Jalisco Y Baja California
4.9
4.3
3.6
3.5
0.4
-0.5
-0.8
-0.8
-1
-1.3
-2.3
-2.3
-2.5
-9.2
Q u e r é ta r o
T la x c a la
D. F.
J a lis c o
B a j a C a l i fo r n i a
M é x ico
C o a h u ila
S in a lo a
P u e b la
S o n o ra
Nuevo León
D u ra n g o
Y u c a tá n
V e ra c ru z
S a n L u i s P o to s í
M o re lo s
A g u a s c a l i e n te s
1.8
Business Climate
The most influential business leaders say that …
Aguascalientes is the state that will
grow the most in the following 3 years.
Estates of Mexico With more economic
growth expectancy in the next 3 years.
Fuente: KPMG-AMECE, 2006
The Best Labor Pool: Young,
Qualified, and Law
Respectful
Business prone workforce environment
ZERO Strikes in the last 41 years industrial sector –
(A WORLD RECORD)
• National recognition for it’s Efficient legal system.
• 4% in employee turnover, the lowest rate in central Mexico.
HR
During 2005 and 2007 SOFTTEK has grown from 200 to 1000 employees, the
largest software development company in Mexico, with clients such as General
Electric, IMSS, Public and private Banks.
INEGI: One of the most recognized institutions by the UN on statistics and
information technology, it is Aguascalientes.
•It is the only Federal Government successful experience in decentralization.
(99% of Federal Offices are still in Mexico city Federal District)
•More than 7,000 employees (Since its arrival to the state all the internal labor
conflicts have decrease.)
•80% of its employees are from Aguascalientes
NISSAN: the second most important plant in the world has achieve different
domestic
and international recognitions on:
•Productivity,
•Environmental Excellence,
•Industrial Cleanliness,
•Energy Saving, and
•Quality Certification.
Young HR availability
HR
ƒ 21 years average age
ƒ 72% (700,000) of the population it is under 34 years of age
ƒ 50% is economically active – Half a million
ƒ 32,000 college students
ƒ 25 universities & colleges: for only 1 million
inhabitants
1st place
Per Capita
in México
Highly Qualified HR
ƒ 5,620 College graduates in Technical Careers such
as:
9
9
9
9
9
9
Electric engineering: 759
Electronics engineering: 1040
Information Technology: 821
Industrial engineering: 1800
Mechanical engineering: 1150
Mechatronic engineering: 50
9 Professional Technicians: 172
ƒ 50 training centers (administrative, industrial, technology, IT)
World Class Education
8 out of the 100 best colleges in Mexico are in Aguascalientes
Examples:
ƒ Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, among 10 best in the country.
ANUIES, 2005
ƒ ITESM Campus Aguascalientes, the best private college in the region
(Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Colima and Michoacán) Reader’s Digest 2005
ƒ Bonaterra, the most nominated in Manitoba International Marketing
Competition 2006, multiple prizes in MIT robotics competitions (5 years in
a row in the first 3 places)
ƒ UTNA, Quality National Price to the UT’s 2006
Cost of Labor
40% - 50% more Competitive Salaries – With a higher training level than
QUERETARO, San Luis Potosi, Guadalajara, Monterrey and D. F.
ƒWages Competitiveness:
City
Professional
Technician
Labor Worker
DF Guadalajara y
Monterrey
50 a 100 USD daily
35 a 50 USD daily
15 a 20 USD daily
SLP y QRO.
40 a 65 USD daily
24 a 30 USD daily
13 a 18 USD daily
Aguascalientes
30 a 50 USD daily
15 a 20 USD daily
10 USD daily
Source: INEGI, with IMSS y CONASAMI, 2007.Facts
The best location, Logistics
infrastructure, and Services
Located In the Center of the Golden
Infrastructure and Logistic
Triangle
ƒ Mexico City-Guadalajara-Monterrey.- (where 70%+ of
the country’s GDP takes place & 60% of the population
lives).
ƒ With 2,300 km in highways.
ƒ Highways to the cities of Leon,
Guadalajara, Mexico, San Luis
Potosi and Zacatecas.
Aguascalientes
National Geo-strategic Location
Mid-size cities
Distances
León
San Luis Potosí
Guadalajara
Querétaro
Mexico City
Manzanillo
Monterrey
Puerto Vallarta
Tampico
Nuevo Laredo
Ciudad Juárez
Natural Logistics and Distribution Center
km
116
168
239
289
504
521
587
578
561
829
950
h
1.0
2.0
2.0
2.5
4.5
5.0
6.0
6.0
7.0
8.5
14
Geographical Strategic Location
Heart of the National Railroad System
Is the only Junction in the
country where Ferromex
and Kansas City Southern
meet.
Logistics Corridors:
Manzanillo – Ags – Altamira
DF – Ags – Cd. Juarez
Lázaro Cardenas – Ags –
Nuevo Laredo
2 of the 11 largest cargo train ports in
the country are built in Aguascalientes,
with a capacity of over 135 cars each KC Southern
FERROMEX
Kansas City Southern RR Tracks
Railroad line
Manzanillo-Laredo
Short way Guadalajara - Aguascalientes
Length : 317 km. in 4 Sections.
It is part of the corridors:
Manzanillo -Tampico
Manzanillo - Nuevo Laredo,
And of course to US and Canada.
It will be used to connect the
Pacific and the Atlantic ocean
Well Connected International Airport
ƒ 5 Daily non-stop international flights:
ƒ Los Angeles
ƒ Dallas
ƒ Houston
ƒ Chicago
ƒ Daily scheduled flights to main cities in
Mexico with 5 airlines
ƒ 500 K users a year (double than
neighboring San Luis Potosí and
Zacatecas)
ƒ Cargo Center in the near future with a
Mexican Free Trade Zone
ƒ 3 alternative airports within 120 km (León,
San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas).
Vallarta
Toluca
Unique Electrical Power Ring in Mexico
Three different
sources of energy
supply:
•West
•North
•South
ƒ It assures the service at all times with no interruption.
ƒ Black Out Free
Fiber optic infrastructure
Aguascalientes has the same fiber-optic and voice/data communication infrastructure as
Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey
•7 redundant fiber optic rings, surround the state´s capital. The State is
covered 100%
•From 64 kbps to 2,048 kbps or more broadband links
•Digital services to suit all need: DS0, T1, E1, ADSL, ISDN, STM1, E3
•More than 80 TELMEX digital centrals in the city.
•The most important telephone and cellular companies are here. (AXTEL,
NEXTEL, ATT, MOVISTAR, IUSACEL, TELCEL, UNEFON, etc)
Strategically planned City
ƒ Pioneers in Urban Development
regulation (since 1936)
ƒ City planned around 3 beltway
loops (unique in Mexico).
ƒ Wide and modern streets – safety
and constant flow for vehicles
Infrastructure and Logistic
World Class Industrial Infrastructure
ƒ 11 Industrial Parks with First Class Services
ƒ 47 km long industrial corridor
ƒ 1500 hectares in industrial developments
ƒ 88 hectare business district
ƒ Logistics Platform
ƒ Mega Industrial Park
ƒ Free trade and economic cooperation zone
Long tradition of international
investors
9240 multinationals in the last 30 years (Fortune 1000).
9Aguascalientes capture USD 1.5 billion from the total FDI country (19.0)
9With only 1% of land & 1% of the population, is one of the 5 states that
capture 80% of the National FDI
9Investment from the US, Japan, Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, Brazil and
others
9Japan: 70%+ FDI in Mexico is in Aguascalientes
9Main Sectors: automotive & auto parts, textile & fibers, electric & electronic, metalmechanics and agro industries
Aguascalientes’ Automotive
Industry
9 Largest Nissan-Renault assembling plant in Latin
America 2nd. Largest in the world
9 2o National Place in automobile production.
9 480,000 vehicles assembled in 2007.
9 14% of state´s GDP, the biggest sector in the state.
9 37 international companies (Japan, France, US,
Germany and Spain).
9 Foreign Direct Investment, (Estimated figures at a
present value with some of investments made 20
years ago: (20,000,000 US dollars.
9 14,000 employees.
Industrial Output
Very Dynamic International Trade
Industrial EXPORT Sectors
3,053,862.17
373,754,439.28
0.09%
19,452,797.55
4.55%
11,019,925.64
388,577.32
0.72%
2.58%
Textile
4.55%
436,844.93
0.10
Automotive
87.51%
FOOD
ELECTRONICS
AUTOMOTIVE
FURNITURE
TEXTILE
OTHER INDUSTRIES
Exports destiny:
USA: 83%
Chile: 1.8%
Canada: 9.5% Bahamas:1.4%
Japan:1%
Other: 2.2%
Modern and Functional Customs Office
•Processes more than $ 5,500,000,000 USD in
Exports and more than $ 5,000,000,000 USD in
importing.
•The most transparent in the Region zero
corruption
•It Checks on San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas
Automotive Industry Logistics
ƒ Nissan transports 500,000 vehicles & Tracomex 200,000 (Mercedes
Benz, Daimler-Chrysler & Mitsubishi Motors), and already has got an
special Mexican “Free Trade Zone” authorization.
ƒ 2 of the 11 largest train cargo ports in the country are built in
Aguascalientes, with a capacity of over 135 cars each.
Electronics and Information
Technologies Industry
ƒ1 out of 3 mobile phones in the world is equipped with a microchip
produced in Texas Instruments Aguascalientes
ƒSensata Technologies´ largest plant in the world is located in
Aguascalientes, 3500 employees.
ƒ
25 companies from the industry of TI & Software cluster
ƒ
The 3 Largest Software developers in the country are
located in Aguascalientes
Industrial Output
Infrastructure and Logistic
Industrial Policy based on Clusters
Textile & Garment
“Aguascalientes,
the first successful
Cluster experience
in Mexico”
Furniture
Automotive
Electronics
Information
Technologies
Dr. Clemente Ruiz Durán,
UNAM
Commerce & Services
Exports
Food & its
technologies
Robotics
Transport & Logistics
State of the Art Science and Technology
NATIONAL Scientific and Technological Research and
Development Centers which support the Clusters
CIATEQ, Advanced Technologies
•CTV, Textile Development Center
Center
•CETIMA, Furniture Technology Center
CTT, Textile Technology Centers
•PYMEXPORTA, Export support Center CIO, Optics Research Center
•
•CETELE, Electronics Technology Center CIMAT, Math Research Center
CEDIAM, Automotive Industry
•CEDITI, IT Development Center
Development Center
Commerce regional
development Pole
Reactivation of commercial activity
in Aguascalientes
• Modern Shopping malls, with the best auto service and department
stores in the state capitol and in all the municipalities.
• Mega Shopping Mall Altaria.
• Sun Mall “Siglo XXI”.
• Intelligent Stores Project.
Regional Commerce
Development Center
• More than 43,000 economy
units
• Textile Industry regional
development Pole.
• Huge Shopping Malls in the
north and south of the city.
• Main agro industrial distribution
center.
• Its Market influence has a 300 km
radio.
• 23 million high purchasing potential
clients.
The best living standards and the
best family environment
Public Safety
The lowest crime rate in the country, reaching Japan’s safety index
National and
International awards
in crime prevention
strategies: System
“C4”
Lowest rate in violent deaths in Mexico: ICESI
Source: CIDAC with INEGI data, 1991 – 2002 # of Violent Crimes / 100,000 habitants
Life Quality
ƒ 180 MDs per 100 K inhabitants: national average is
150
ƒ Life expectancy similar to Denmark, Ireland or
Portugal (76 years) - PNUD/ONU
ƒ 100% of the population has Medical Service
Coverage
ƒ 18 private hospitals
ƒ 127 Specialized medical facilities in the public sector
ƒ One of the lowest crime index in the country
1st national place
Basic Services Coverage (State)
ƒ Power supply: 98%
ƒ Piped water: 97%
ƒ Sewage: 95%
ƒ Water Treatment Efficiency: 97%
% equivalent to GERMANY
Wide Education Coverage
•Almost 1,800 public and private institutions (basic, middle and college)
•Only place in the country where the academic evaluation is the
same in public and private schools.
•First State to have total coverage in English and Computing labs.
•100% mandatory to teach English as a second language.
•In Aguascalientes it is found the best secondary school in the
country and 5 are among the 10 best.
Housing quality and availability
ƒ 75% of the population own their houses (Over and above national average
and countries like Japan, US & Germany - % Similar to Sweden and Norway)
ƒ Awarded the National Housing Prize for 3 consecutive years
ƒ Excellent offer of housing variety and quality
Moderna infraestructura turística
ƒ 5 Grand Luxury hotels and 13 business class.
ƒ 150 International and specialty cousin
ƒ 13 Shopping Malls
San Marcos International Festivity:
ƒ Industrial, Commerce, Services, and agro industrial Exposition
ƒ30 días during April
ƒ 7 million visitors
ƒ International Cultural Festival (FICA)
ƒ Casino, Rooster and Bullfights.
Aguascalientes is the state that invests most
in Culture: INBA (National Fine Arts Institute)
The Aguascalientes Theater is ranked
one of the largest
and most comfortable in Mexico
ƒ 8 Museums: history, arts, science &
technology:
Aguascalientes Museum, Regional History,
of the “Cristiada”, Guadalupe Posada,
Contemporary Art, Science & Technology,
Rail, Bullfighting
ƒ 4 Theaters: Symphonic orchestra, opera,
ballet, theatrical performances
ƒ Cultural Centers: dance, music, plastic arts,
literature & acting
ƒ 55 movie theaters and an Imax screen
Modern sports facilities
50+ First Class Facilities for 60+ sport
disciplines: cycling, gyms, pools, track & field
ƒ Aguascalientes regularly hosts
International sport events
ƒ 6 private sports clubs
ƒ 4 private and 1 public golf clubs
ƒ National and International Golf & Tennis
Tournaments
ƒ 1st league sports clubs: Soccer and
Basketball.
ƒ Sports Speedway track
Strategic projects
The Los 5 most important States projects will put Aguascalientes as one of the
most important Hubs in IT tech. And Logistic.
•Technologic Industrial.
•Mega Industrial Park.
• Logistic Port and Multimodal Platform
•Distrito Financial District
•Convention Center.
Rio San Pedro Financial and Corporate District
Technology Industrial Park.
Convention Center
Mega Industrial Park
Logistic Port Platform
Contact information:
Armando Jiménez-San Vicente, PhD.
Secretary of Economic Development
Aguascalientes State Government, MEXICO
+52 (449) 910-2611
www.aguascalientes.gob.mx/sedec