The National Chamber of the Transformation Industry considers that Puebla has the challenge of generating more industrial parks in the medium term, because 15 of the 22 in operation do not meet the conditions to attract investments related to nearshoring.

Luis Espinosa Rueda, president of the organization, said that two parks, of 100 hectares each, are urgently required for the next four years within the metropolitan area of Puebla, since there are interested developers, but they are stopping the plans until they have a guarantee that there are a land bank to work with.

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The land to develop manufacturing complexes is “pulverized”, as there are no available plots of more than 20 hectares together, which is insufficient when thinking about attracting large industries not only from the automotive or textile sectors but also from aerospace, chemicals, among others, as part of the relocation of foreign companies.

“The 22 parks operating are at 80 and 90% of their capacity, not counting the two industrial zones where there are companies, but which are not fenced and paved,” he said.

Espinosa Rueda said that the 15 old complexes lack connections to the public drainage network because they were not provided with that infrastructure when they were developed more than 20 years ago, due to the lack of an industrial policy.

Likewise, he insisted that Puebla loses competitiveness by not having industrial parks where it can bring investments; San Luis Potosí, for example, planned to build more industrial parks to offer spaces before finishing them to companies like BMW, which made their decision some time later to open an assembly plant.

The consulting firm Solili, according to statements that Pablo López Gallardo gave at the time to El Economista, also observed that there is little availability of industrial warehouses in Puebla.

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Two industrial submarkets identified are Huejotzingo, which concentrates textile companies and autoparts, and Puebla-Tlaxcala, made up of the municipalities of San José Chiapa, where the Audi plant is located, and Huamantla, the latter two being the ones that offer the greatest opportunities for invest in infrastructure.

López Gallardo explained at the time that the real estate market in industrial warehouses is experiencing a moment of expansion, where Monterrey is growing more than Mexico City, while Puebla must see this opportunity to improve and increase its infrastructure in manufacturing complexes.

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