Kia says it will expand and retool its Pesqueria plant to assemble the fully electric EV3 starting Aug. 4, turning Nuevo Leon into the first production base outside Korea for this model.
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President Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard, and Kia México's Andy Kim used the daily mañanera to make the Pesquería EV line official. It's the first fully electric vehicle assembled in Mexico, retooling the existing plant rather than building a mirror complex. Batteries next.
Chipotle’s first Mexico restaurant opened in San Pedro Garza García, adding another U.S. brand launch to the Monterrey metro’s playbook — and putting Alsea’s “next 20 years” expansion narrative in the spotlight.
The IMD International Search Group's Aerospace Practice was on the tarmac in Hampshire this week. Two of its senior operators — Silvia Flores in Monterrey and Jose Ruiz in Houston — describe the quiet conversations that don't make the headlines: how program transfers into Mexico are being staffed, what a technical VP looks like when a line moves from a US or European plant into the Bajío, and which Mexican aerospace announcements from the show floor actually change the leadership map.
The Ministry of Economy's semester tally is in: US$46.96B announced nationwide, and Nuevo León took 12% of it. The projects are pointed at advanced manufacturing, electromobility, logistics, and energy — with 6,120 direct jobs attached. What's less obvious in the headline: the state's ability to keep converting announcements into ground-broken sites is what will decide whether this ranking holds through H2.
New EV assembly lines, energy infrastructure upgrades, and a water-efficiency retrofit for the Korean automaker's Pesquería complex. Three hundred direct jobs in the announcement — but the read-through is the Tier-1 Korean supplier network that Kia's expansion pulls in behind it.
A director mis-hire in Mexico costs 1.5x to 3x compensation. Jose J. Ruiz walks through the six 2026 mistakes that trigger turnover and stalled operations.
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