I write this blog post from Querétaro, Mexico, a city of
two million people that I have to admit I did not even know was
here until two years ago when a local lawyer reached out to
introduce himself and talk about the automotive industry. Not only
are there two million people, but there is a rather substantial
cluster of Automotive companies and on June 23 and 24 they put on
quite the conference, Foro
Automotriz QRO. Queretaro claims to be "La Capital del
Sector Automotriz en Mexico" and having been here, it is
difficult to argue.
Who was here?
It would be simpler to say who was not here. There were
OEM's and suppliers from Tier 1 to Tier 3. The Governor of
Querétaro opened the event. Among other things, he noted
that Querétaro’s growth is 4x higher on an annual
basis than Mexico as a whole. Having been around town a little bit,
this is not surprising – brand spanking new buildings are
going up everywhere (including the nicest looking Starbucks I ever
saw – but I
