Business Briefs in Mexico

The president reiterated ANIPAC investment
ProMéxico and Quebec signed a Memorandum Bruno Ferrari, signed with the government of Nuevo Leon a Support Agreement for Small and Medium Business The president of the National Association of Plastics Industries (ANIPAC), Eduardo Martínez Hernández, reiterated the projection of the sector to invest around 800 million billion dollars in 2011.
To be ratified as leader of the organization, Martínez Hernández explained that this figure, half is to acquire new designs molds in pieces made by different processing of plastic, and the remainder for the purchase of modern machinery or larger.
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ProMéxico and Quebec signed a memorandum of understanding with the aim of strengthening cooperation would enhance strategic alliances and exports between the parties.
As part of the celebration of 30 years of bilateral relations, the director general of ProMéxico, Carlos Guzmán Bofill and the Minister of International Relations, Monique Gagnon Tremblay, sealed the deal that raises, among other things, the scheduling of activities in areas as culture, education, economy, science and technology.
ProMéxico noted that in 2009 trade between Mexico and Quebec stood at 253 million billion dollars, with a positive balance for Mexico from $ 183 million. In addition, the country has a significant number of Canadian companies in sectors such as energy, aviation and finance.
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The head of the Ministry of Economy (SE), Bruno Ferrari, signed with the government of Nuevo Leon a Support Agreement for Small and Medium Enterprises for 75 million pesos, to promote the development of strategic projects that raise productivity and competitiveness in the state.
Ferrari confirmed the will of federal and state governments to “work together for the neoleoneses. We reaffirm our commitment to building better businesses and creating new jobs.”
The federal official said that only in the current administration, through the SME Fund, have provided nearly 74 million pesos for more than 16 000 400 companies and to retain almost 16 thousand jobs in the state.