Generan 67% empleos micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas en BC
Diario de San Diego, May 19 2010--El secretario de Desarrollo Económico de Baja California, Alejandro Mungaray Lagarda, aseguró que el 67 por ciento de los empleos que se generan en el estado tienen como fuente las micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas. En conferencia, el funcionario aseguró que la tasa de desempleo para Baja California bajó de 6.7 a 5.9 por ciento, lo que se traduce como la tasa más baja en toda la frontera norte del país. Dijo que se trata de cifras importantes, porque además de recuperar los empleos perdidos en 2009, también se atendió a una gran cantidad de personas migrantes desde el interior del país hacia esta zona.
Concentra Tijuana 60% de residuos peligrosos por maquiladoras
Diario de San Diego, May 19 2010--Esta frontera concentra el 60 de 80 por ciento de los residuos peligrosos que se generan en las ciudades fronterizas del país y que son desechados por las maquiladoras locales. El jefe de la Unidad de Gestión de la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Semarnat) en Baja California, Juan Manuel Guzmán García, indicó que a diferencia de otras delegaciones, aquí la actividad se centra en las maquiladoras. Destacó que la delegación de la Semarnat en esta entidad lleva a cabo cerca de 40 trámites de diversa naturaleza al año, de los que alrededor de 70 por ciento se centra en movimientos de residuos peligrosos por parte de esa industria.
Cierre de planta Toyota cancelaría en California 50 mil plazas
Diario de San Diego, Notimex San Diego, Mar 29 2010. El cierre esta semana de la mayor planta de la automotriz japonesa Toyota en California podría dejar sin empleo hasta a 50 mil personas, advirtió hoy un dirigente sindical. Alex Castillo, dirigente del sindicato de trabajadores automotrices, dijo a Notimex que el cierre de la planta Nummi de la Toyota en Freemont el próximo miércoles dejará directamente sin empleo a unas seis mil 500 personas, pero también a otros miles de trabajadores de fábricas que por 20 años han abastecido a esa fábrica. “Los cálculos van de los 30 mil a los 50 mil empleos en California directamente relacionados con el cierre de la Nummi”, dijo el dirigente del local 2244 del sindicato automotriz.
http://www.diariosandiego.com/bin/articulos.cgi?ID=85039&q=1&s=1
Llegan a Tijuana más empresas de las que salen
En el último año, en Tijuana, Baja California, la recesión económica en casas matrices, más que la inseguridad, motivó la salida de 23 empresas, pero llegaron 42 nuevas y otras 20 invirtieron en su expansión. La violencia e inseguridad preocupaban hace cinco o siete años, "ahora, en los planes de inversión, juega más la ubicación, la logística, los incentivos fiscales, la experiencia en materia de maquiladoras y los 52 parques industriales en Tijuana", dijo el presidente de Desarrollo Económico e Industrial de Tijuana, Gerardo Brizuela Altamirano. El representante expuso el comportamiento en esa ciudad fronteriza al anunciar el Encuentro Tijuana Innovadora 2010, que se realizará del 7 al 21 de octubre, con la asistencia de los premios Nobel de la Paz, Al Gore; de Química, Mario Molina; y de Economía, Robert Aumann. En el encuentro también se programa la presencia del director general de la OCDE, José Angel Gurría, dijo en una conferencia de prensa organizada por la Cámara Nacional de la Industria de Transformación (Canacintra). Brizuela adelantó también que en los próximos 45 días se concretarán inversiones por 17 mil millones de dólares en materia automotriz, lo que generará hasta 900 empleos, aunque se reservó el nombre de la industria automotriz.
http://diariosandiego.com/bin/articulos.cgi?ID=84381&q=1&s=34
Sony sold Tijuana to Foxconn (Sep 2, 2009)
Plunging TV prices challenge makers; competition prompts Sony's Baja decision. Sony's decision this week to sell its flat panel television factory in Tijuana to a Taiwan-based manufacturing conglomerate shows how TV makers are looking for new ways to compete as prices continue to plunge. “I think from Sony's perspective, it has been a challenge in the U.S. market because it's so competitive,” said Paul Semenza, a senior vice president with Display Research, which follows the industry. “In certain regions like Japan, consumers really want a certain high level of quality and are willing to pay for it. In the U.S., it's a much more price-sensitive market.”
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/sep/02/plunging-tv-prices-challenge-makers/
Sony Outsources Border Plant
Battered by multi-billion dollar losses, Sony Corp. has decided to outsource production at a large Tijuana factory. The Japan-based consumer electronics giant announced this week it will sell a 90 percent interest in a factory that manufactures LCD television screens to Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.of Taiwan. Production at the plant will be managed by Hon Hai’s Foxconn division. The deal was given a political stamp of approval by Baja California Governor Jose Osuna Millan and other high state officials. In a Tijuana meeting earlier this week, Governor Osuna thanked Sony President Takahiro Kawamura for investing in the northern Mexican state. The National Action Party governor told Kawamura that Baja California is quite open to future dealings with Sony. After returning the appreciations, Kawamura said that Baja California has a proven track record in doing business. No details of the Sony-Foxconn agreement were immediately disclosed, but initial reports suggested that the 3,300 workers at the Tijuana factory would still have jobs. Foxconn, however, is among many electronics manufacturers that routinely outsource jobs to temporary employment agencies which don’t pay the full range of benefits. The Taiwan-based industry leader makes computers and consumer electronics for companies including Sony, Apple, Cisco, HP, Nintendo, Motorola, and Nokia.
http://www.nmsu.edu/~frontera/ (See "Tijuana News")
Comment by Citygroup about Sony
"Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) will buy the stake in a liquid-crystal-display TV unit based in Tijuana, Mexico, and the unit’s manufacturing assets...The sale signals that Sony — which is cutting 16,000 jobs and has shut eight factories to revive its profitability as it heads into its first consecutive annual losses since its listing in 1958 — may eventually stop making TVs, said Kota Ezawa, an analyst at Citigroup Inc in Tokyo."
See also http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2009/09/02/2003452602
Sony Sells 90% Of Tijuana LCD TV Plant, Forms Strategic Alliance with Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry (Sep 2009)
Sony Insider--Sony has announced that it has agreed to form a strategic alliance with Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. (also known as Foxconn) for the production of LCD TVs in the Americas. Based on this agreement, Sony will sell to Hon Hai Group 90% of its shares in Sony Baja California and certain manufacturing assets related to Sony Baja California’s Tijuana site in Mexico, which mainly manufactures LCD TVs for the Americas region. Following the sale, Hon Hai Group will hold 90% ownership of Sony Baja California and the Sony Group will retain a 10% share. The Tijuana site will remain a key manufacturing facility of Sony LCD TVs for the Americas region. Hon Hai Group will assume employment of employees at the Tijuana site. Within its LCD TV business, Sony is concentrating internal resources towards areas that contribute to product differentiation, such as R&D, engineering and design, while also establishing a structure that enables the company to bring attractive products to market at the earliest possible opportunity. At the same time, by proactively leveraging external manufacturing resources Sony will also seek to reduce fixed costs, drive other cost reductions, improve profitability and achieve business expansion.
http://www.sonyinsider.com/2009/09/01/sony-sells-90-of-tijuana-lcd-tv-plant-forms-strategic-alliance-with-taiwans-hon-hai-precision-industry/
Diario de San Diego, Notimex San Diego, Mar 29 2010. El cierre esta semana de la mayor planta de la automotriz japonesa Toyota en California podría dejar sin empleo hasta a 50 mil personas, advirtió hoy un dirigente sindical. Alex Castillo, dirigente del sindicato de trabajadores automotrices, dijo a Notimex que el cierre de la planta Nummi de la Toyota en Freemont el próximo miércoles dejará directamente sin empleo a unas seis mil 500 personas, pero también a otros miles de trabajadores de fábricas que por 20 años han abastecido a esa fábrica. “Los cálculos van de los 30 mil a los 50 mil empleos en California directamente relacionados con el cierre de la Nummi”, dijo el dirigente del local 2244 del sindicato automotriz.
http://www.diariosandiego.com/bin/articulos.cgi?ID=85039&q=1&s=1
Llegan a Tijuana más empresas de las que salen
En el último año, en Tijuana, Baja California, la recesión económica en casas matrices, más que la inseguridad, motivó la salida de 23 empresas, pero llegaron 42 nuevas y otras 20 invirtieron en su expansión. La violencia e inseguridad preocupaban hace cinco o siete años, "ahora, en los planes de inversión, juega más la ubicación, la logística, los incentivos fiscales, la experiencia en materia de maquiladoras y los 52 parques industriales en Tijuana", dijo el presidente de Desarrollo Económico e Industrial de Tijuana, Gerardo Brizuela Altamirano. El representante expuso el comportamiento en esa ciudad fronteriza al anunciar el Encuentro Tijuana Innovadora 2010, que se realizará del 7 al 21 de octubre, con la asistencia de los premios Nobel de la Paz, Al Gore; de Química, Mario Molina; y de Economía, Robert Aumann. En el encuentro también se programa la presencia del director general de la OCDE, José Angel Gurría, dijo en una conferencia de prensa organizada por la Cámara Nacional de la Industria de Transformación (Canacintra). Brizuela adelantó también que en los próximos 45 días se concretarán inversiones por 17 mil millones de dólares en materia automotriz, lo que generará hasta 900 empleos, aunque se reservó el nombre de la industria automotriz.
http://diariosandiego.com/bin/articulos.cgi?ID=84381&q=1&s=34
Sony sold Tijuana to Foxconn (Sep 2, 2009)
Plunging TV prices challenge makers; competition prompts Sony's Baja decision. Sony's decision this week to sell its flat panel television factory in Tijuana to a Taiwan-based manufacturing conglomerate shows how TV makers are looking for new ways to compete as prices continue to plunge. “I think from Sony's perspective, it has been a challenge in the U.S. market because it's so competitive,” said Paul Semenza, a senior vice president with Display Research, which follows the industry. “In certain regions like Japan, consumers really want a certain high level of quality and are willing to pay for it. In the U.S., it's a much more price-sensitive market.”
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/sep/02/plunging-tv-prices-challenge-makers/
Sony Outsources Border Plant
Battered by multi-billion dollar losses, Sony Corp. has decided to outsource production at a large Tijuana factory. The Japan-based consumer electronics giant announced this week it will sell a 90 percent interest in a factory that manufactures LCD television screens to Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.of Taiwan. Production at the plant will be managed by Hon Hai’s Foxconn division. The deal was given a political stamp of approval by Baja California Governor Jose Osuna Millan and other high state officials. In a Tijuana meeting earlier this week, Governor Osuna thanked Sony President Takahiro Kawamura for investing in the northern Mexican state. The National Action Party governor told Kawamura that Baja California is quite open to future dealings with Sony. After returning the appreciations, Kawamura said that Baja California has a proven track record in doing business. No details of the Sony-Foxconn agreement were immediately disclosed, but initial reports suggested that the 3,300 workers at the Tijuana factory would still have jobs. Foxconn, however, is among many electronics manufacturers that routinely outsource jobs to temporary employment agencies which don’t pay the full range of benefits. The Taiwan-based industry leader makes computers and consumer electronics for companies including Sony, Apple, Cisco, HP, Nintendo, Motorola, and Nokia.
http://www.nmsu.edu/~frontera/ (See "Tijuana News")
Comment by Citygroup about Sony
"Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) will buy the stake in a liquid-crystal-display TV unit based in Tijuana, Mexico, and the unit’s manufacturing assets...The sale signals that Sony — which is cutting 16,000 jobs and has shut eight factories to revive its profitability as it heads into its first consecutive annual losses since its listing in 1958 — may eventually stop making TVs, said Kota Ezawa, an analyst at Citigroup Inc in Tokyo."
See also http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2009/09/02/2003452602
Sony Sells 90% Of Tijuana LCD TV Plant, Forms Strategic Alliance with Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry (Sep 2009)
Sony Insider--Sony has announced that it has agreed to form a strategic alliance with Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. (also known as Foxconn) for the production of LCD TVs in the Americas. Based on this agreement, Sony will sell to Hon Hai Group 90% of its shares in Sony Baja California and certain manufacturing assets related to Sony Baja California’s Tijuana site in Mexico, which mainly manufactures LCD TVs for the Americas region. Following the sale, Hon Hai Group will hold 90% ownership of Sony Baja California and the Sony Group will retain a 10% share. The Tijuana site will remain a key manufacturing facility of Sony LCD TVs for the Americas region. Hon Hai Group will assume employment of employees at the Tijuana site. Within its LCD TV business, Sony is concentrating internal resources towards areas that contribute to product differentiation, such as R&D, engineering and design, while also establishing a structure that enables the company to bring attractive products to market at the earliest possible opportunity. At the same time, by proactively leveraging external manufacturing resources Sony will also seek to reduce fixed costs, drive other cost reductions, improve profitability and achieve business expansion.
http://www.sonyinsider.com/2009/09/01/sony-sells-90-of-tijuana-lcd-tv-plant-forms-strategic-alliance-with-taiwans-hon-hai-precision-industry/
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