Daily News Article - May 16, 2012
1. a) Where is Chihuahua City?
b) How many aerospace plants have opened in Chihuahua City in the past 5 years?
2. What is the benefit to foreign companies of building plants in Mexico? Be specific.
3. a) What does Jose Luis Enriquez of aerospace company Nordam's Mexico division predict will happen in the future?
b) Why does Mr. Enriquez say it will take much less than the 40 years it took to develop the auto industry to develop the aerospace industry?
4. How has the aerospace industry in Mexico grown in the past 5 years?
5. Why do you think the high murder/violent crime rate in Mexico has not affected the growth of the aerospace industry there?
6. How many more airplanes will be needed around the world in the next 15-20 years, according to Jesus Mesta-Delgado, president of Chihuahua's business group?
7. How do Mr. Mesta-Delgado and Jose Luis Rodriguez explain the boom in the aerospace industry in Chihuahua?
8. Government and the business organization in Chihauhua City are purposefully working to attract a specific industry (aerospace) to build plants there. How can your local city government and business organizations learn from Chihuahua?