Manufacturing Magazine March 2015 | Page 62

INTEGRATED MICROELECTRONICS INC . DE MEXICO
IMI affiliates worldwide

The ever-growing automotive industry in Mexico keeps thriving with new opportunities to capitalize on the country ’ s location just south of a top auto global market . The Western ( Jalisco and Aguascalientes ) and Bajio ( Queretaro , Guanajuato , Hidalgo ) auto clusters work for top brands as both OEM and after-market manufacturers . Integrated Microelectronics Inc . Mexico ( IMI ) supplies top tier companies with specialized components such as PCBA , flex circuit mounting and semiconductors for sensing devices .

Integrated Microelectronics Inc . was created in the Philippines in 1980 as a joint venture between the Ayala Corporation and Resins Inc . The Mexican affiliate , opened in 1996 , works under IMI ’ s global standards as well as with Germany ’ s Automotive Industry Association ’ s approval .
“ Developing a business structure was necessary for the company and now we find ourselves in a position to finally become successful ,” declared Juan Jose Herran , General Manager for Integrated Microelectronics Inc . Mexico .
Herran graduated from the Technical Industrial Learning Center ( CETI ) in Guadalajara , Jalisco , as an industrial engineer specialized in automation . He obtained a Master of Science degree from Texas A & M . Before being named general manager for IMI Mexico in late 2013 , Herran worked for General Motors , GM affiliate Delphi- Delco Electronics , and other companies in the
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