Jalisco will host the first tactical vehicle assembly plant in Mexico, a project that belongs to the WTech company and that will require an initial investment of 180 million dollars (mdd).

The announcement of this work, which is expected to be completed in 18 months, was made by the state governor, Enrique Alfaro Ramírez, and Ramón Richard Mora, president of the company, who indicated that more than 4,000 jobs will be created once the project go into operation.

"More than 900 effective and direct jobs will be created, and a little more than 3,600 indirect jobs, including permanent staff, general services, administration and training, which will lead to the strengthening and development of social welfare in the area."

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WTech will assemble the tactical vehicles of the Dutch brand Defenture. In addition, there will be an upcoming collaboration with the military division of the KIA brand, with the aim of our country becoming a power in the medium term in the development of tactical and security products, thanks to the transfer of technology between companies.

WTech is an official distributor of KIA Motors and will sign an important agreement to assemble the tactical vehicles developed by the automaker in Mexico

The new plant, which is estimated to have an area of 12 hectares, will have the capacity to produce more than 1,000 vehicles in its first stage and will have state-of-the-art technology to meet high international quality standards.

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Other projects have been announced in the entity such as the 400 million dollars that the American manufacturing services company Jalil will invest, with which the generation of 6 thousand new jobs is expected; the second belongs to the research and development area of the Intel company, specifically in semiconductors, for which it will invest 8 million dollars and will generate 200 highly paid and specialized jobs.

Although both announcements are good news for the entity, since they demonstrate the attractiveness that Jalisco has for national and international companies, it also implies a great challenge, since they make the urgent need for specialized labor more evident, which is why will make a work route for the recruitment issue with the support of local universities.

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