What is a maquiladora?
A maquiladora, or maquila, is a stand-alone manufacturing operation in Mexico that is up to 100% foreign-owned and enjoys preferential duty and tariff opportunities. The Maquiladora Program grants foreign manufacturers a special customs status to temporarily import, with preferential duty programs, the machinery, tools, equipment, replacement parts and raw materials necessary to assemble and manufacture products for re-export outside of Mexico. Since its inception, the maquiladora program has grown from just a few maquiladora plants to more than 3,500 companies.
Read more about today’s maquiladoras and how Collectron has helped evolve the maquiladora from its blue-collar beginnings to the high-tech present.
What is a Shelter Plan?
Shelter Plans provide US manufacturers customized administrative services for their maquiladoras. This allows the client the ability to maintain complete control over the Mexico production management while also enjoying the security of knowing that administrative requirements are being met by the nearshore operation.
Collectron is the ORIGINAL Shelter Plan and Maquiladora Service provider. Supported by the local, state and federal governments of Mexico, Collectron manages all the details necessary to establish your business in Mexico. As a pioneer in the maquiladora industry, Collectron has helped more than 200 companies start up and operate their maquiladora plants in Mexico since 1969. Because we’re the oldest, most experienced Shelter Plan operator in Mexico, we have the vision to anticipate your specific needs and execute them quickly and efficiently.
Read more about Collectron's shelter concept.
How did maquiladoras originate?
The Maquiladora Program was established during the mid-1960's by the Mexican Government in order to create jobs for Mexican nationals, develop the infrastructure of its northern border and bring technology into the country. This program grants foreign manufacturers a special customs status to temporarily import with preferential duty programs the machinery, tools, equipment, replacement parts and raw materials necessary to assemble and manufacture products for re-export outside of Mexico.
Read more about the history of maquiladoras.
Where are Collectron’s sites located?
Collectron is headquartered in Nogales, Sonora, just 60 miles south of Tucson, Arizona, with subsidiaries in five other Mexican cities in the state of Sonora: Santa Ana, Hermosillo, Obregón, Agua Prieta and Cananea.
Mexico’s proximity to the US offers the cost- and time-saving advantages of nearshoring as opposed to offshore outsourcing to China or India. Manufacturing in Mexico - along the northern border of Sonora - offers the advantages of immediate access to the United States through the Port of Nogales and the availability of major US transportation companies.
While our headquarters are in Nogales, our business is international. No matter where your business is headquartered, we can help you. We have clients all over the world, including the US, Canada, the UK, France and the Netherlands.
Read more about Collectron’s locations, the advantages, and square footage available.
Under Collectron’s Shelter Program, what are my responsibilities?
What you will provide:
What Collectron will provide:
Collectron will mirror your business model by providing services in the areas listed below at a reduced cost included in your shelter services fee. For all of Collectron’s Shelter Plan services listed below, you pay only for the labor hours worked multiplied by the Shelter Plan hourly rate.
Are there consultation fees if I consider the Collectron Shelter Program?
There are no start-up or consultation fees. For your free consultation, please contact us.
The entire Collectron team invites you to further explore the benefits of doing business in the State of Sonora and becoming involved in the maquiladora industry under our Shelter Plan Program. We will give you a tour of our Nogales, Sonora headquarters and tour other various facilities in Mexico without any obligation. While visiting, you can speak directly to Plant Managers about the benefits of manufacturing in Mexico and find out just how effectively and efficiently your operation can run under Collectron’s Shelter Plan Program.
