Global manufacturing in Mexico had its start in the mid-1960s under the auspices of what was then called the Border Industrialization Program (B.I.P). The B.I.P. was established subsequent to the cessation of the Bracero Program, which was a temporary worker program instituted in 1942 for the purpose of satisfying the demand for agricultural labor resulting from the United States’ entrance into WWII.

Today there are more than 3000 maquiladora establishments in Mexico, located both on the border and in the country’s interior that employ in excess of 1 million workers. While maquiladora manufacturing had its roots in high-volume, low-tech manufacturing, production in today’s factories is world-class and technologically state-of-the-art.

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