In order to attract foreign investment related to Industry 4.0, the government of Zapopan, Jalisco, signed a collaboration agreement with the entity's General Strategic Coordination for Economic Growth and Development, where it plans to streamline procedures for companies interested in settling in in the zone.

Jalisco follows the route of being a benchmark at the national level as an ideal space for foreign investment in industry 4.0, this through the Tech Hub Act program. At the same time, it seeks to attract investment through the exchange of information, tax incentives, territorial reserves , talent development, training and the strengthening of the English language.

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Zapopan has had a direct investment of one thousand 103.15 million dollars, and has generated more than 455 thousand jobs. In addition to this project, a few days ago, in the context of the 27th edition of Expo Manufactura, Emanuel Soto, director of Materials Management at ZF Group, highlighted that Jalisco has the necessary potential to host the best semiconductor plants. from the country,

The manager explained that they reached this conclusion after conducting a scouting of technologies throughout the country, this as part of the search for suppliers in software and semiconductor development that they carried out at the national level, where they detected that firms such as Oracle and IBM are more accelerated in these technologies.

The state has the presence of important companies related to this component, such as Intel, which is considered the largest manufacturer of integrated circuits in the world and which, in mid-2022, announced an investment of 8 million dollars in its design center in the state, capital that would be destined to strengthen the semiconductor research and development.

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Other actions such as the Jalisco Chip Program, where engineers are trained in the design and integration of chips and electrical circuits, support the development of competitiveness.

Of the total exports in the entity, the electrical-electronic manufacturing sector groups 57%, followed by the beverage and tobacco industry with 10.9% and in third place is the auto parts manufacturing industry with 7.7%.

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