María Angélica Granados, head of the Ministry of Innovation and Economic Development of Chihuahua, held a working meeting with the Global Vice President of Manufacturing of Ford Motor Company, John F. Savona, where one of the central issues was the opportunity to advance in the electromobility as a great bet in the entity.

“There is total interest in positioning the state in the new mobility scenario and creating the conditions to support the industry in this important transition so that companies like Ford continue to trust Chihuahua and be co-participants in the new chapter that the company is writing in the world of electromobility”, indicated the official.

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It is about, he said, not only to give certainty to the presence of Ford in the entity, but to continue intensifying its operations in the transition that they are and will be advanced.

He informed the directors of Ford that it has the High Technology Training Center (Cenaltec), where international companies are currently established in these facilities, and in which it trains its personnel on a permanent basis.

"If Ford tells us that we need twenty specialized engineers, we train them, but we want this to be permanent," added Granados.

The secretary recognized the importance that Chihuahua has in the automotive cluster, of which the Ford company is a part. He informed Ford executives that they are working on the creation of the State Energy Agency, which will benefit the business sector.

For his part, Ford's Vice President of Manufacturing highlighted the relevance of preparing people from an early age in areas of engineering and technical specializations, since technology poses increasingly complex operations.

John F. Savona said that his concern is to detect the talent of people to grow as an industry, since various products are currently being developed, for which it is necessary to have a better trained workforce.

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According to information from the state government, there are nine technological universities in the region, 52 Schools of Scientific and Technological Studies of the State of Chihuahua, 32 schools of upper secondary education of the College of Bachelors, as well as 27 schools of the National College of Professional Education. Technique (Conalep), who have a technical specialization with dual training in the classroom and in the companies themselves.

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