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The Arizona U.S. Export Assistance Center’s BORDER TRADE INITIATIVE invites you to participate in SELLING TO MEXICO'S MAQUILADORAS 101, a one-day program designed to prepare your company to develop sales in Mexico’s large manufacturing sector on September 9, 2008. SELLING TO MEXICO'S MAQUILADORAS 101 includes:
- Onsite briefings from Mexican Immigration and Customs about visas and the process of clearing U.S. goods;
- Tours of Nogales, Sonora’s two largest maquiladora shelter plant operations;
- Industry-focused presentations addressing maquiladora fundamentals such as the competitive environment, purchasing decisions, quality, logistics, and more.
- Roundtrip bus transportation from Phoenix and Tucson to Nogales, Sonora; and,
- Lunch.
The cost to participate in SELLING TO MEXICO'S MAQUILADORAS 101 is $125 per person.
DATE: September 9th
AGENDA:
- 6:30 am Bus departs Phoenix @ Mountain View Lutheran Church (directions below)
- 8:30 am Bus picks up participants in Tucson @ Inn Suites Hotel (1-10 & St. Mary's)
- 9:45 am Mexican Immigration & Customs tour at Mariposa Port of Entry
- 11:00 am Shelter plant tour #1 (Sonitronies/Collectron)
- 12:30 pm Shelter plant tour #2 (Javid de Mexico)
- 1:45 pm Luncheon and briefings at the Fiesta Inn, Nogales, Sonora
- 3:45 pm Shelter plant tour #3 (Amphenol Optimize)
- 4:30 pm Depart
- 6:30 pm Bus arrives in Tucson
- 8:30 pm Bus arrives in Phoenix
For Phoenix bus departure location information, visit http://www.mapquest.com/maps?address=11002+S.+48th+St.&zipcode=85044
For more information about the program, please contact Eric Nielsen at 520-670-5808 or enielsen@mail.doc.gov .