Key Factors in the short, medium and long term that will change dramatically the way of doing logistic.

Querétaro is a leading state with excellent economic conditions and favorable business climate to invest in Mexico. Top ranked in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Safety and Job Generation has position the state as the most dynamic economy in the country. Get an overview of the advantages and potential opportunities Querétaro State offers for Foreign Direct Investment.

Japanese quality control pillars consolidated in Mexican organizations. Guidance for successful development of the KAKUSHIN and KAIZEN activities inside organizations.

To show the capabilities and skills from AVL for the Automotive Industry in the areas of: Power Train Design and Development. Combustion Engines, Electric Engines, Transmissions, Batteries and SW control, Testing Equipment for Engines and Vehicles, Including Emissions Testing, Advance Simulation Technologies, Facility Engineering, Providing references worldwide and in the Mexican Market.

The automotive industry is in the midst of a significant change. Increased demands on environmental sustainability, more customer demand for individualization and connectivity as well as shorter model cycles are major challenges, opportunity and a risk. This requires disruptive technologies in production lines to replace rigid systems through flexible ones. Automation is a major enabler for building smarter manufacturing with the Internet-of-Things (IoT). The transition to human-robot collaboration, more open network architectures and data sharing of IoT poses challenges in accident prevention, IT-security and design of machinery and beyond. Nevertheless the combination of IoT, Big Data, and M2M optimization will bring profound opportunities. B&R already offers today future-proof solutions for the automation of tomorrow.

Fill has been involved in the automation of complex industrial processes for almost five decades. Having started with equipment for ski industry, projects continuously developed over the years to cover the automotive industry demands. The other industries served by Fill industrial solutions are aerospace, housing and wind power industry. Over the course of the years, a main component of the growth strategy and success was the use of synergies of innovations developed for different materials in different areas. Ideas and concepts from different divisions are used here as the basis for innovative production concepts. Some state of the art solutions of productions cells for automotive components are presented in detail.

Due to the increased demand for welding galvanized steel in the automotive industry, this presentation will show a solution on how to weld pre hot dipped galvanized steel successfully to a zinc coating, which is common in the automotive industry.

The Austrian company Trotec, a world leading manufacturer of laser marking, cutting and engraving machines, has extensive experience in the automotive industry and its suppliers. Trotec lasers are part of the processes of production of automobiles and their parts, in major companies worldwide. Marking parts, traceability and cutting tissue, are just some of the applications of these systems.

SAP’s Supply Chain Execution Platform (SCE) integrates components like Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), Transportation Management (TM) and Event Management (EM). Get an overview of the solution & benefits for your business processes, the different functional building blocks and how they are integrated with each other within SCE. See first-class references for implementations of SCE components at OEMs and suppliers.

In a brief presentation we would seek to outline the main issues facing foreign investors when establishing a business in Mexico. The focus of our presentation would be on the legal and tax effects of establishing a branch versus a corporation; the main concerns regarding payments made abroad (to suppliers and shareholders) and the main administrative considerations of the import of raw material or merchandise to be utilized (sold or manufactured) in Mexico. We would direct our presentation to the main issues we have faced with clients (on no name basis) in the industry as to make it a more practical talk rather than theoretical and would leave most of the time open for questions from the participants.