Ciudad Juarez is located in northern Mexico along the US border. It has a population of over 1.5 million people and is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Juarez has a large, low-cost labor pool with over 40 years of experience in manufacturing. It also has significant infrastructure including highways, rail, airports, and border crossings. Juarez primarily serves as a center for maquiladora operations, which allow for manufacturing facilities with non-Mexican ownership and provide cost-efficient operations near the US market.

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Labor Pool and Population
Juarez is a city located in the north of Mexico. It is the most populated
city of the Mexican state of Chihuahua with approximately 1,600 000
inhabitants and it is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Juarez
is bordered to the south, east and west by the state of Chihuahua and to
the north by the city of El Paso, Texas. Juarez and El Paso are one the
largest binational metropolitan areas in the world.
Juárez's estimated population is 1.5 million people.[2] The city lies on
the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte), south of El Paso, Texas. El Paso
and Ciudad Juárez comprise one of the largest bi‐national metropolitan
areas in the world with a combined population of 2.4 million people.
Cd. Juarez is one of the premier manufacturing locations in Mexico
alongside Monterrey and Tijuana. City and state government as well as
private developers have made significant investment in the city’s
infrastructure to ensure that future growth can be sustained. Cd. Juarez
has unmatched transportation infrastructure as well as ample land sites
for the construction of new industrial and housing developments.
Combined with excellent support services and access to U.S.
transportation routes, it should be included in any site selection
investigation.
Education
Schools:
* +27,000 students
* 13 Technical Schools
* 10 Universities
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Engineering Students: Labor Facts
 Its labor force has 40 years of experience in high
volume and high quality manufacturing.
 Stable labor environment with more than 15
years without a strike.
 Economically Active Population Chihuahua [e]
1,400,000.
 Economically Active Population Ciudad Juárez [e]
629,000.
 Average IMSS Registered Employees: 307,782
(2009).
 Average Industrial employment in Ciudad Juárez:
174,510 (2009).
 Minimum Wage: $57.46 pesos per day; $0.60
dollars per hour. (2010)
 Fully Loaded Wage (All benefits included):
Approx. $2.50 dollars per hour.
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Infrastructure and accessibility
Juarez infrastructure Juarez offers a solid infrastructure with remarkable quality at a competitive cost
and trough reliability.
Juarez has ample utility and transportation infrastructure. Electricity and natural gas are readily
available. Companies that have large process water requirements need to pay special attention to
securing rights upfront. Roadways around the city are excellent. Most of the major arteries have 6 to 8
lanes.
Highways
I‐25, I‐10 and Panamericana
highway, connecting all points in both
countries.
Rail
3 Service providers: Union Pacific,
Burlington–Santa Fe and Ferromex .
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Telecommunications and Flights
Access to 2 international airports in
Juarez and El Paso.
* The Juarez Airport provides extensive
air services to Mexico’s national markets
including Chihuahua City, Monterrey,
Tijuana, Torreon and Mexico City.
* The El Paso Airport provides direct
flights to Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago,
Dallas, Houston and other major U.S.
communities.
Border Infrastructure
Ports of entry:
* Santa Teresa (New Mexico)
* Bridge of the Americas
* Zaragoza Bridge
* Paso del Norte/ Santa Fe Bridge
* DCL (Dedicated Commuter Lane)
2009 Total Crossings:
* 12,439,919 private vehicles
* 7,880,853 pedestrians
* 705,184 cargo‐trucks
Industrial Parks and Areas
40 Industrial Parks, Zones and Corridors.
Hospitals
57 Medical Units in Ciudad Juarez
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Business environment
The city, with its long tradition in manufacturing and strategically located, capitalizes on its competitive
advantages to transform itself into a high value added industrial center that propitiates new economic
opportunities in the area of services. Juarez economic dynamics result in increased per capita income of its
citizens thereby allowing for greater internal consumption in sectors such as commerce, culture and
entertainment and services in general.
Juarez: The city for Maquiladoras
A Maquiladora is a Mexican assembly or manufacturing operation that can be subject up to 100% non‐Mexican
ownership. A Maquiladora utilizes competitively priced Mexican labor in assembly processing and/or other
manufacturing operations, that also allows these operations to bring in most capital equipment and machinery
from abroad. Maquiladora operations are generally labor intensive cost centers, with most production geared
for export from Mexico. Maquiladoras may be entirely foreign managed, unlike multi‐nationals operating in
Mexico.
Juárez is El Paso’s sister city and pioneered the twin plant “maquila” industry in 1965 which launched over 40
industrial parks. The “maquila” industry allows special fiscal advantages for manufacturing facilities with non‐
Mexican ownership. This environment provides a cost‐efficient, bilingual business climate with a strong
infrastructure in place supported by an eager and skilled labor force.
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The commute from El Paso to Juarez is highly efficient due to a Dedicated Commuter Lane (DCL) that allows
vehicles with a DCL permit to cross back into El Paso in minutes.
El Paso, Texas and Cd. Juarez provide a unique geographic location that offers direct access to two nations and
three states.....
 One of the world’s largest border communities
 2.6 million population
 Bilingual business environment
 The presence of 70+ Fortune 500 companies
 Highly motivated and skilled workforce
 State‐of‐the‐art telecommunications/fiber optic network
 International railway system – Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Ferrymen
 5 international crossings
 14 universities/colleges
 40 industrial parks
 5 airports
 Over 300 days of sunshine a year
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Quality of life
City Model
Juárez is the head of a binational metropolitan region, a socially‐integrated place with a high quality of life, a
center of educational excellence and cultural creation with a thriving economy highly capable of generating
quality employment and wealth among its citizens.
Entertainment Housing
 7 Shopping Centers  Cost of living (annual) $109,200 pesos,
approximately $8,089 USD
 7 Parks & Recreational Areas
 Entertainment $1,000 pesos (monthly),
 101 Hotels & Motels approximately $74 USD
 42 Restaurants  Education cost $2,291 pesos (monthly),
approximately $170 USD
 4 Museums
 Availability of schools : 1 school per each 1112
habitants
Juárez, a socially‐integrated place with a high quality of life
A city with a high quality of life and high degree of social integration and civic interaction among its citizens.
Juárez offers top quality health, education, housing and urban infrastructure services to all its residents in a
friendly and safe environment where lawfulness and respect prevail. Juárez embraces the thousands of people
that continue arriving each year who are drawn to the city by its border condition. The city offers neighborhoods
with a high quality of life where housing complies with appropriate guidelines of space, infrastructure and
quality in the urban, social and environmental landscape.
Juárez, center of educational excellence and cultural creation
Juárez, melting pot of Mexican cultures and bridge between México and the United States, is a laboratory for
artistic and cultural initiatives of all kinds geared to a public both local and from abroad. In the new Juárez,
culture is one of the key elements of social cohesion among the citizenry. In the educational arena, there is a
commitment from all relevant actors to endow Juárez with an educational system of top‐ranking indicators in
schooling and quality education, with a pioneer system of higher‐learning institutions that capitalizes on
binationalism as an element of distinction and differentiation relative to other higher‐learning systems in the
country.
Sources:
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http://www.planjuarez.org