One more year ends for the most dynamic automotive cluster in Latin America, of course the one made up of the states of Bajío, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí. And it was a successful year in attracting investment.

According to data provided by the Business Intelligence area of Directorio Automotriz, until almost the end of 2022, 96 new investment projects related to the automotive sector in the region had been completed, including developments of industrial parks, new plants and expansions, which They add up to more than 3.980 million dollars.

Of the four Bajío states, Guanajuato was the one with the highest number of projects registered, with 53 new investments, followed by Querétaro with 26 projects and San Luis Potosí with 12 investments. For its part, Aguascalientes registered 5 investments, which may be consulted in the report published by the Automotive Directory.

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For Guanajuato, the Secretary of Sustainable Economic Development, Ramón Alfaro Gómez, mentioned at the end of November that for the first semester of 2023 the state has at least 18 new investment projects ready to be presented, which would accumulate 1.5 billion dollars in investments and would generate 10 thousand jobs.

Of these projects, 7 are from the automotive sector, 8 from the agri-food sector and 4 from new technologies. In the portfolio, the state has 110 projects awaiting completion, which would add up to 4.928 million dollars and more than 42,000 jobs. 63 of the projects in the portfolio are from the automotive sector, 12 from the agri-food sector, 10 from new technologies, 5 from the plastic sector, 5 metal-mechanics and 2 from the textile sector.

In the case of Querétaro Marco del Prete Tercero, Secretary of Sustainable Economic Development indicated that there are 27 investment projects ready to be executed in 2023 and there are 55 in the portfolio waiting to be completed; the latter can generate more than 46,000 jobs and 4.780 million dollars in economic benefits. For the first quarter, at least four expansions of companies in the automotive and food sector will arrive in the San Juan del Río area, attracting 230 million dollars.

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In Aguascalientes, the Secretary of Economic Development, Science and Technology (SEDECYT), Manuel Alejandro González Martínez, reported to Líder Empresarial that, in the first half of 2023, the entity has 18 new investment projects in its portfolio, which will generate 2 thousand new direct jobs.

Juan Carlos Valladares, the head of Sedeco in San Luis Potosí, points out that by 2023 they seek to break the historical records for attracting investment. The official announced that they have 10 portfolio investment projects to be consolidated, by American, European and Asian companies from different sectors, with which in 2023 investments of more than 2.150 million dollars could be reached.

The state agencies of the four Bajío entities could expect at least 55 new investment projects by 2023 that are confirmed and are only awaiting a presentation date, while another 136 projects are still in the portfolio waiting to be completed, with which the number of investments that we will see in the region by 2023 will surely be greater than those confirmed so far.

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