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CHIHUAHUA 21st CENTURY
PROJECT
CHIHUAHUA: Main Features
 262,000
kms2, 13% of Mexico
 3 million inhabitants
 26 industrial parks
 6 economic regions
 8 economic poles
 State with largest industrial employment
 Concentration in automotive and
electronics
SUCCESSFUL ECONOMY
MORE THAN 100 OF FORTUNE’S 500 COMPANIES
ESTABLISHED IN THE STATE
FORD MOTOR CO.
NORTH AMERICAN
PHILIPS
UNITED
TECHNOLOGIES
ZENITH
ELECTRONICS
TDK
JOHNSON &
JOHNSON
LOCKHEED
CHRYSLER
TOSHIBA
THOMSON
KENWOOD
GENERAL ELECTRIC
GENERAL MOTORS
DATA GENERAL
AMERICAN YAZAKI
HONEYWELL
ESSILOR
SIEMENS
BAXTER
BENDIX
TRW
MOTOROLA
ELEKTRISOLA
IBEROMOLDES
PHILIPS...
ANTECEDENTS
A study of the State’s economy 35 years
ago sponsored by the private sector.
 The traditional sectors of the State
started going down (agriculture 35% of GDP as
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compared to today’s 7%).
The slowing of the maquiladora industry
in the 80’s.
 The recession of the US in the 80’s.
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MAIN CLUSTERS BY REGION
•TOURISM
•AGROINDUSTRY
INDUSTRY
Juárez
•SERVICES
•AGROINDUSTRY
•FURNITURE
Nvo.. Casas Gr andes
Nvo
Chihuahua
Delicias
Cuauhtémoc
Parral
•TOURISM
•AGROINDUSTRY
•METALMECHANIC
•TOURISM
•MINING
•FORESTRY
IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS
The State of Chihuahua became:
The preferred location for foreign
investment
 The main creator of employment in
the country (largest industrial
employment)
 2nd. Place in global competitiveness
 2nd. Place in technological
investment
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THE HUMAN PROCESS AND OTHER
IMPORTANT FACTORS
The need to form alliances
 The lack of sectorial or regional
networks
 Foreign control of decisions
 A culture of individualism
 The need to trust
 The State government as an engine
 The need to create a dialogue
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