International Management Trip 2004: In-depth with Mexico's Global Companies

Monterrey hosts the headquarters of many top Latin American multinational corporations, such as CEMEX, Vitro, Alfa, Gruma, and FEMSA.  These companies along with the strong educational Monterrey Tec system have transformed Monterrey to be on the cutting edge of education and international business. 

Our visit to Monterrey included company visits to some of these companies.   Our contacts at EGADE were able to organize company trips and presentations to HEB Mexico, CEMEX, and Nemak. 

We were treated to a discussion with Jorge Guajardo, a trader at CEMEX, in which he offered us insight into CEMEX's challenge to become the number one provider of cement globally.

Participants of the trip also went to an actual manufacturing facility at the company headquarters of Nemak, the leading supplier of aluminum engine blocks to major automobile manufacturers in the world.  Situated in the valleys in near Saltillo, Mexico, we saw scrap aluminum transformed and molded into engine blocks. 

Our visit also included a trip to HEB Mexico.   Trip participants learned about HEB's strategy to gradually penetrate the Mexican supermarket space. 

The presentations and company trips were the most exciting part of our Monterrey experience.  Visiting these companies left most of our participants wanting to come back. 

 

 Quick Facts

• Did you know Nemak is a joint venture between Alfa and Ford?  Click here to learn about Nemak.

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