Industrial Land for Sale in Silao Guanajuato Mexico- 345 acres

345 acres of prime undeveloped agricultural land for sale in the Silao, Guanajuato Mexico.

Perfect for industrial, manufacturing, residential or agriculture use.

Historical use of the property has been for agricultural (grains and forage) and dairy production.

See map here

 Distances
3 miles to the Bajio International Airport (BJX)

4 miles to the General Motors production plant.
8 miles to the Guanajuato Interior Port and site of the new VW plant.
18 miles to Leon, Guanajuato.
19 miles to Irapuato, Guanajuato.

Property includes:
345 acres
5 government authorized wells, 213,500,000 gallons/year
Natural Gas duct on site
Rail line,1.5 miles shared
1/2 mile frontage on the Silao-Trejo highway
Electricity

Buildings and Installations include:
3 warehouses
1 - 5 bedroom home, 7 bath
1-Guest house, 2 bath, pool
Fully equipped milking parlor, 110 cows/hour
Office
Corrales for 1100 cows

Property is ideal for those companies seeking to establish a presence in and near the automotive and industrial manufacturing corridor in Guanajuato.

Silao is located in the geographical center of Mexico, and is a key hub for automotive manufacturing, 1st and 2nd tier suppliers.

Easy access by air, rail, and highway system to all parts of Mexico and North America.

For more information, contact:  

Lee Iwan   lee.iwan@gmail.com

 

New Website for Lee Iwan

I have moved to a new website LeeIwan.com!

Popular posts from the old site Lee Iwan Accumulated Experience will be updated and migrated, and new material added at breakneck speed.

By visiting and participating here you will get insight and learn about the attitudes, actions and strategies that will increase results and reduce errors with international and Mexican business projects.

Examples:

• How to effectively start a business relationship in Mexico
• How to develop a strategic plan for the Mexican market
• How to develop a realistic business plan – objectives and chronologies
• How to creating trust and confidence from your first meeting
• The “right way” to approach Mexican business people
• How to find the right people in Mexico
• How to integrate the secrets of doing business in Mexico into your activities and communications
• How to avoid the most common mistakes that can sabotage you
• How to construct a solid base of reliable knowledge and contacts
• How to focus and get results in each stage of business development: investigation, cultivation, harvest
• How to create a positive image based on actions and deeds
• How to maximize your customer visits, trade fairs and commercial missions
• How to avoid cultural mistakes in Mexico
• How to use the power of patience to guarantee success
• How to use communications to avoid misunderstandings and increase commitment to the business
• How to avoid the stereotypes that will kill the deal
• How to find the decision-makers in Mexico
• How to find the resources and reliable information to make informed decisions
• How to understand the Mexican business environment, how business people think, what they consider important, how they make decisions and why
• How to surround yourself with support service experts to avoid costly start-up errors

Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment, idea or your observations on how I might improve the site and information.

Lee

Happy New Year 2009

My very best wishes for a new year

filled with health, prosperity and happiness

Great success with your challenges and new projects

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Automotive manufacturing moving to Mexico

More good news for Leon, Guanajuato Mexico.

Geely Automotive is going to set up operations, including 2000 direct jobs and initial investment of USD $ 130 M over three years. Link

The first and second tier suppliers are expected to bring the total investment of the plant and industrial park into the USD $ 250 M range.

Not only is there opportunity in Mexico for Geely, but this location provides easy access to the USA and Latin American markets.

Related Links

Edmunds Inside Line

Geely Automotive Holdings Limited

Mexico goes back to "normal" today

Today most private and public schools begin the new 2008 - 2009 year in Mexico.

This means chaos returns to city streets during the rush hours of 7-9 AM and 2-4 PM as families begin the daily commute.

Learning the route, timing of the stop lights, finding the drop off zones, sleepy kids, new Mom's and Dad's unaccustomed to the new routine...it's all crazy, frustrating, full of excitement...and lasts about a week.

Bit of advice. If working in Mexico during this week, modify your commute and travel hours to miss all this. Spend a bit more time at breakfast, or work out of the hotel business center.

What business problems did you have when working with Mexico and Mexican businesses?

I am compiling a list of actual problems that businesses and business people have confronted while working with Mexico and Mexican businesses .

These might be problems related to: clear communications, continuity, language difficulty, cultural differences, work ethic and priorities, corruption, speed and efficiency, infrastructure, education, crime and insecurity, laws, finance and capital, risk acceptance, understanding of the business issue, health issues, travel and transportation, on-time performance, “know-how”, etc.

Your comments and problems highlighted may be used for a series of articles in my blogs.

Please let me know if I can use your name and any excepts of your response in my blog, or if you prefer your comments to be confidential (confidential replies should be sent to lee.iwan at gmail.com.

Thank you in advance for your participation!

Links of interest

Business South of the Border

How to do business in Mexico

International footwear buyers, meet Mexican footwear manufacturers

Footwear buyers and sourcing professionals seeking international manufacturers and suppliers should take a look at this great offer from COFOCE (the World Trade Commission of Guanajuato, Mexico) for the upcoming SAPICA 2008 international footwear and leather goods trade fair, Sept. 25-28 held in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.

The are offering free appointment and agenda creation servicces to qualified international buyers seeking to find new sourcing partners in Mexico for footwear and leather goods.

This would include mens's dress shoes, men's casual shoes, men's sport shoes, women's dress shoes, women's casual shoes, women's sport shoes, orthopedic shoes, children's shoes, baby shoes, specialty shoes, western boots, cowboy boots, belts, bags, western accessories and other leather goods.

Seeking to find contract manufacturers in Mexico? COFOCE can simplify your visit by pre-screening manufacturers and factories and having your appointments and agenda ready for productive meetings when you arrive for the SAPICA Fair.

What do you have to do to take advantage of this opportunity? Just drop an email to promotion.sapica@cofoce.gob.mx and they will assign a footwear industry specialist to match your needs with qualified Mexican suppliers.

Interested in meeting and exploring the business opportunities with Mexican shoe factories? This is the easiest, most effective and most focused way to meet your future suppliers and partners....it's win-win for everyone involved.

Contact Lee at promotion.sapica@cofoce.gob.mx

Links of Interest

SAPICA 2008

COFOCE

Mexican Footwear and Shoe Manufacturing

Leon, Guanajuato

The footwear and leather goods fair - Mexico - SAPICA 2008

SAPICA 2008 Spring/Summer

September 25 – 28, 2008

Poliforum Convention Center

Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico

promotion.sapica@cofoce.gob.mx

COFOCE, the World Trade Commission of Guanajuato, would like to invite you to attend the SAPICA Spring/Summer shoe fair in Leon, Guanajuato Mexico on September 25-28, 2008.

COFOCE is offering free individualized introduction and agenda services to qualified foreign buyers and visitors attending SAPICA 2008 in order to increase their chances of doing business during the fair.

COFOCE’S international trade experts will assist you in: making an agenda and appointments during the fair, translation (if required), pre-screening contacts and will provide detailed information about doing business with the Mexican footwear industry.

COFOCE will save your business time and money by allowing you to focus and negotiate with pre-screened Mexican footware manufacturers during SAPICA 2008 that can meet your needs and requirements.

If you are selling, investigating and sourcing men’s, women’s, children’s, or western footwear, or seeking manufacturers or contract manufacturing for your brand or designs, SAPICA 2008 is one event that should not be missed.

Take advantage of this special offer from COFOCE and SAPICA to find suppliers and partners in Mexico in order to maximize profits in 2009.

Contact Lee Iwan at promotion.sapica@cofoce.gob.mx for more detailed information.

What is SAPICA? SAPICA is the most important shoe fair in Latin America, drawing international buyers from the USA, Canada, Europe, Japan, and throughout Central and South America. The September edition will be featuring the Spring-Summer fashion for 2009.

How big is SAPICA? Last year’s fair drew over 850 exhibitors, +12,000 buyers and +35,000 visitors under one roof at the 484,000 sq. ft. modern Poliforum exhibition center in Leon.

Who should attend SAPICA? Footwear buyers and executives, purchasing agents, distributors, brand managers, agents, representatives, designers and anyone involved in the international footwear industry.

Why attend SAPICA? Mexico offers excellent competitive advantages including: Excellent logistics to the North American markets, quality components, current technology, know how, strong legal system and trademark protection, Free Trade agreements with 42 countries including USA, Canada, the European Union, Japan, and Israel among others.

How to get to SAPICA? Leon is located in the geographic center of Mexico and is served by American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Mexicana, Aeromexico, Click, and Aviacsa. There are numerous direct daily flights to Leon (BJX) from Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Tijuana and Mexico City.

Where to stay during SAPICA? Leon offers numerous hotels with close proximity to the Poliforum Convention center including: Fiesta Americana, Holiday Inns, Real de Minas, La Estancia, Fiesta Inn, Mexico Inns, NE Hotel, Howard Johnson, Radisson, Enterprise Inn and many more.

When is SAPICA? SAPICA 2008 will be held September 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2008. Show is open to visitors and buyers on Thursday to Saturday from 9:00 AM until 8:00 PM, and Sunday from 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM.

How can I register for SAPICA? Contact Lee Iwan at promotion.sapica@cofoce.gob.mx for more detailed information on how COFOCE can organize your visit.

Links of Interest

COFOCE – http://www.cofoce.gob.mx

SAPICA – http://www.sapica.com

Hotels in Leon, Guanajuato - http://www.squidoo.com/leonhotels

How to do business in Mexico – http://businesssob.blogspot.com

Promexico, Buy in Mexico – http://www.buyinmexico.com.mx

Promexico, Invest in Mexico – http://www.investinmexico.com.mx

The 3 tequila lunch is dying in Mexico

Remember the 3 martini lunch from the 1960's?

According to this article from Reuters, Power Omeletes kill Mexico's boozy business lunch. Mexico's mid-day business dinner with cocktails is evolving into a more efficient, non-alcoholic breakfast.

I've seen a move to more breakfast meetings in Mexico.

They are more efficient and focused, much shorter,less expensive, no alcohol is involved and it's a great way to start the business day.

Related Links

Power Omeletes kill Mexico's boozy business lunch

Lunches and Dinners

WRC Rally Mexico 2008

The World Rally Championship returns to Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico for yet another rally in spectacular conditions in Central Mexico.

Confirmed dates for the Mexico rally are February 28 - March 2, 2008.


Related Links

WRC Mexico Rally 2008

World Rally Championship Home

Get to know Leon, Guanajuato

Official Corona Rally Site

ANPIC 2008

ANPIC, is an important international leather industry suppliers trade fair held annually in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.

The dates for ANPIC 2008 will be Thursday February 14, 2008 - Sunday February 18, 2008, at the Poliforum Leon.

If you're involved in the international leather components and accessories industries, ANPIC is a fair that should not be missed.

Expositors include:
Components, Accessories and Fittings
Lasts, Heels and Soles
Hides and Skins
Machinery and Equipment for Footwear
Machinery and Equipment for Tanneries
Chemical Products
Synthetic Materials and Textiles
Services

Related Links

ANPIC Fair of the Americas

ANPIC 2008 - Leon, Guanajuato

Leon, Guanajuato Mexico

Hotels in Leon Guanajuato

How to do business in Mexico

Poliforum Leon

Telephone dialing instructions - Mexico

Dialing the phone in Mexico is a bit complicated due to different access codes and dialing instructions for the different carriers.

In order to make your life easier, for business or vacation travelers, here is quick comprehensive telephone dialing guide for landlines and cellular phones in Mexico.

Covers 90% of the telecommunications companies currently in Mexico. Dialing instructions for local, national long distance and international long distance.

Dialing Instructions for Telephones in Mexico
Dialing from	Received by	How to dial	Number of Digits
Landline in Mexico	Cellular in Mexico (local) same area code	044 + Area code + telephone number	13
Landline in Mexico	Cellular in Mexico, long distance	045 + area code + telephone number	13
Landline in Mexico (Not Telmex)	Cellular in Mexico, long distance	01 + area code + telephone number	12
Landline in Mexico	Nextel (local) same area code	Telephone number	8
Landline in Mexico	Nextel in Mexico, long distance	01 + area code + telephone number	12
Landline in Mexico	Long Distance, telephone in USA	001 + area code + telephone number	13
Landline in Mexico	International long distance	00 + country code + area code + telephone number
Cellular Phone in Mexico	Landline in Mexico (local call)	Telephone number	8
Cellular Phone in Mexico	Landline in Mexico, long distance	01 + area code + telephone number	12
Cellular Phone in Mexico	Cellular (local) same area code	Area code + number	10
Cellular Phone in Mexico	Cellluar in Mexico, long distance	045 + area code + telephone number	13
Cellular Phone in Mexico	Nextel (local call), same area code	Telephone number	8
Cellular Phone in Mexico	Nextel in Mexico, long distance	01 + area code + telephone number	12
Cellular Phone in Mexico	Telephone in USA	001 + area code + telephone number	13
Cellular Phone in Mexico	International long distance	00 + country code + area code + telephone number	-
USA	Landline in Mexico	011 + 52 (country code for Mexico) + area code + number	15
International (not USA)	Landline in Mexico	00 + 52 + area code + number	14
USA	Cellular in Mexico	011 + 52 + 1 + area code + number	16
International (not USA)	Cellular in Mexico	00 + 52 (country code for Mexico) + 1 + area code + number	15
Lee Iwan Accumulated Experience	Business South of the Border	October 25, 2007

SAPICA 2007 - September 27-30 2007

SAPICA 2007 - Leon, Guanajuato

If you are involved in the footwear industry, the shoe business or the leather goods industry, SAPICA 2007 will be of interest.

Held twice a year in Leon, Guanajuato Mexico, this years footwear and leathergoods trade fair, Spring-Summer edition, is being held from September 27-30, 2007.

Related Links

SAPICA - Squidoo

SAPICA - official website

Industrial development in Mexico, opportunities in Guanajuato and Sonora

Guanajuato and Sonora are two states in Mexico singled out by Expansion Management as areas of opportunity for industrial development.

A quote from the article:

"Two states, Guanajuato and Sonora, capture, if not the breadth of diversity between the states, the contrasts between them. Guanajuato is using its educational resources and location to position itself as a logistics center in Mexico, while Sonora uses its automotive base to expand into aerospace." David Hendricks

Related Links

States in Mexico offer expanding companies a wealth of advantages

Expansion Management

Need to know about Leon, Guanajuato

Industrial and Business Parks in Mexico

Economic development in Mexico - social network site

I was invited to a new social networking site on the Ning network, Build Bridges Not Walls!.

The idea behind the site:

"People that want economic development in Mexico will trade together. This site is to put people together for electric handshakes, trade, new business ideas or just old friends finding each other again."

Members can add photos, videos, blog entries, comments and meet others with similar interests about business and economic issues related to Mexico.

Looks like it will be an interesting site.

Related Links

Build Bridges Not Walls!

Ning, create your own social network

Investment Protection Agreement signed - Mexico, India

Mexico has signed a 10 year bilateral investment promotion and protection program (BIPA) with India on May 21, 2007.

This is significant for several reasons.

• Allows investment protection to foreign investors in both countries
• Free repatriation of funds to investors
• Allows Indian companies access to the USA and European market through manufacturing in Mexico
• Offers protection of Intellectual Property (IP)
• Opens the door for Preferential or Free Trade Agreement negotiations in the future

India’s government and private industry sees Mexico as a “trampoline” to the US market, and also entrance into Mexico and Central America.

I have no doubt we will begin to see some Indian investment in Mexico and India-Mexico joint ventures in the very near future.

I strongly recommend that Mexico review, simplify and speedup the time and reduce the costs related to obtaining a travel visa for Indian business people.

Related Links

India, Mexico sign investment protection agreement

India looks for key to NAFTA in Mexico

India eyes free trade with Mexico for better access to NAFTA

How to write numbers in Spanish

A great link brought to my attention by Brett Grossman about writing numbers in Spanish.

At first glance the site is in Spanish and may frighten you....keep going it's quite easy to understand.

The page provides the correct spelling in Spanish and is a must have if you're going to be working with written numbers, writing checks or just want to improve your knowledge of Spanish.

He says "It is a link that might be helpful for new-to-Mexico business people...the finer points of writing numbers in Spanish...it drove me crazy when I first got to Tampico...I can't tell you how many checks were rejected because of the smallest error and the cost of a bounced check at Serfin is upwards of $800 pesos + IVA".

If you're new in Mexico and don't understand Spanish make sure to go here Nombres de los numeros en Español (Names of the Numbers in Spanish) and make a copy for your office, wallet or checkbook....you'll be glad you did.

Related Links

Nombres de los numeros en Español (Names of the numbers in Spanish)

Spanish Language: Counting the Cardinal Numbers

donQuijote: Numbers 1 to 100

donQuixote: Larger Spanish Numbers

Mexico Investment Portal

Aaron Burda and I have begun work on a very interesting (and hopefully useful) project. Providing information and online links, in English, for foreign investors and businesses wishing to examine, analyze and evaluate Mexico for business operations.

The Mexico Investment Information Project (link)

We are a Creative Commons licensed project (i.e. not for profit) whose mission is to provide the best online resource to foreign businesses looking to invest in Mexico. Currently online is a very rough "mock up" of a website that we are planning to build over the next several months.

If you would like to participate in the project and feel you have some valuable expertise to contribute please apply for a userid.

Project History

The Investment Portal is a combination of two projects. Lee Iwan's Accumulated Experience Blog and Aaron Burda's UC Davis Graduate School of Management Mexico Research Project. Both Lee and Aaron were convinced that the quality of the information available on the Internet about doing Business in Mexico could be substantially improved.

Project Future

We hope to organize the existing Internet English language resources about doing business in Mexico and add to it through having select volunteers write succinct articles on relevant business topics.

If you are a Banker, Lawyer, Accountant, Environmental Expert, HR Manager, Logistics Manager or other qualified and experienced individual with business expertise about Mexico and would like to provide information, advice, or website links to this project, don't hesitate to contact us.

Related Information

Mexico Investment Portal

Understand Mexico Blog

Business South of the Border

Lee Iwan Accumulated Experience

Determine cultural conflicts between Mexico and your home country

This is a great site to help determine possible cultural conflicts between your culture and Mexico.

It compares 4 dimensions of cultural differences; Power Distance, Individuality, UncertaintyAvoidance and Masculinity.

From the site: "Welcome to the Intercultural Business Communication tool. This simple online tool offers a great resource for people wanting to get some intercultural business communication tips when working with people from different cultures. All you do is choose your own country and another country and we produce a graph that shows the the major differences between the two cultures. You then get some insightful intercultural business communication tips for working in or with that culture."

Intercultural Business Communication Tool

It provides a comparison between the countries, and then provides tips in order to reduce or manage this cultural gap.

Very interesting.

Related Links

Intercultural Business Communication Tool - Kwintessential Language and Cultural Specialists

Geerte Hofstede, Cultural Dimensions

Cultural Misunderstanding- it can happen to you

Create great international business relationships

Need to know about Leon Guanajuato?

Yet another Squidoo lens.

This time focused on Leon Guanajuato Mexico. Happens to be the town I’ve been living in for the past 15 years.

Information about Leon Guanajuato

Leon is internationally “famous” for the shoe making and leather industry (80+% of all Mexican shoes, boots and leather goods come from Leon).

Leon is also growing due to the automotive industry and an “industrial corridor” being created between Leon and Celaya.

On top of all this, the service sector continue to expand and grow due to the population growth, the Poliforum Convention and Exhibition Center and the Poliforum Cultural Center.

Related Links

Information about Leon Guanajuato

Hotels in Leon Guanajuato

SAPICA International Footwear and Leather Goods Show

ANPIC Fair of the Americas