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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: April 21, 2005
CONTACT: Les Baldock, MVEDA Operations Manager
Phone: (505) 525-2852 - (800) 523-6833
"Supplier Meets the Buyer" Offers NM Manufacturers Opportunity to
Meet Multi-National Purchasing Managers in One Day Event
Las Cruces - In an effort to seek new contracts in Mexico and New Mexico for New Mexico manufacturers, the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA), the New Mexico State University International Business Facilitation Center and the New Mexico Economic Development Department Office of Mexican Affairs and Trade Division are sponsoring the 4th "Supplier Meets the Buyer" conference the 18th of May, 2005 at the Las Cruces Hilton. This event continues to grow each year, both in the number of suppliers in attendance as well as the number of buyers.
The event allows NM manufacturers and manufacturers from other parts of the U.S. that are considering expansions into the BorderPlex to meet one-on-one with purchasing managers from large multi-national corporations with a presence in Mexico or New Mexico. Invited buyers include:
ADC Telecommunications
Automotive Lighting
Carlisle
CMack
Delphi
Dometic - Awning, Heating & Cooling
Eclipse Aviation
Electrolux
Emcore
Ethicon Endo-Surgery
Federal Mogul
FMC
General Dynamics
Goodyear
Heatcraft
Honeywell
Intel
Jabil
Jamesbury
Lexmark
Los Alamos National Labs
Manesa
Metro Scale
MTSI
Raytheon
Sandia National Labs
Siemens
Sony
Spectrum Controls de Mexico
Texas Instruments
TMC
TRW de Chihuahua
TTE (Elqotec)
Tyco Electronics
Visteon Automotive
VTC West
Xomox
The targeted supplier industries include:
- Foam Fabrication
- Magnetic Wire
- Metal Forming, including heat-treating, plating, slitting, stamping,
punching, deep-drawing, precision machining, forging, and aluminum die-casting
- Packaging
- Personal computer board fabrication
- Plastic Injection molding
- Powder coating
- Sub-components for electronics, automotive & home appliances
- Wire harnesses
One attendee stated: "This is an event where deals get started. It's a day for contract opportunities through networking and getting your foot in the door with companies you may never be able to meet otherwise. It would take several individual trips to Mexico or around New Mexico to meet all the buyers that will be in this room all at once. There are no trade booths, just cards and brochures changing hands."
Rod Mitchell, President of Las Cruces Machine and Manufacturing, said "I've attended the last three conferences as a precision machine shop based in Las Cruces, and it was well worth my time and effort to go. For a fee of $50 and a few hours of networking, I generated at least $40,000 in new business from one event."
Supplier registration cost is $50 per company representative, which covers breakfast and lunch, and allows the attendee to be scheduled into the networking event. New Mexico manufacturers must register by May 12th in order to attend the event. The registration form in Adobe Acrobat may be down-loaded by following this link: Supplier Meets Buyer Registration.
For more information contact Les Baldock at (505) 525-2852 or by e-mail.
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