Uruapan

Noi Mahoney Sunday, November 3, 2019

Borderlands: Appetite for avocados stirs gang violence in Mexico; Corona beer to be brewed in China

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Appetite for avocados is fueling violence in Mexico; Hyundai picks Claudia Marquez as CEO in Mexico; Arconic closes Texas aluminum plant; and Corona beer to be brewed in China. Appetite for avocados stirs gang violence in […]

Noi Mahoney Friday, July 12, 2019

$12M facility part of US-Mexico efforts to stop growing avocado cargo theft

United States and Mexican avocado growers and importers recently broke ground on a partnership facility called “Casa APEAM” in Uruapan, Mexico. The new $12 million facility will be a venture between the Association of Export Producers and Packers of Avocado from Mexico (APEAM), the Mexican Department of Agriculture and Agrarian Development (SADER), and also house […]