The state of Guanajuato promotes the cluster of the aerospace industry, by consolidating itself as the epicenter of Industry 4.0 with a favorable ecosystem through the mind.
Governor Diego Sinhue Rodríguez Vallejo gave the conference “From Manufacturing to Mind, a Vision of the State of Guanajuato”, within the framework of the Mexico Aerospace Fair (FAMEX) 2023.
“The mindset in Guanajuato is a competitive advantage for the aerospace industry, human capital, capacity development. It is a 30-year proposal, a plan with a planning law, only Guanajuato has that competitive advantage,” he said.
As an example, he cited the company Horizontec, which manufactured the Halcón 2 airplane in Celaya, the first 100% Mexican airplane (from Guanajuato) and which will have an exhibition flight as part of the activities of the Mexico Aerospace Fair.
It is an aircraft of the LSA category (Light Sport Aircraft, for its initials in English), a sports aircraft whose mission is basic training, recreational flight and aerial security surveillance.
It was designed, developed and manufactured in Mexico, and to achieve this objective, it has been essential to create an engineering platform (mentefactura) that has design capabilities, aerodynamic analysis, structural analysis, robust manufacturing, advanced manufacturing, electrical installation, avionics and engines.
Horizontec is part of the Bajío Aerospace Cluster, formally integrated in 2017 and currently made up of 16 companies, 10 educational institutions, two airports, two certifying entities, two startups and an incubator specialized in the aerospace sector.
In this way, the Bajío Aerospace Cluster has positioned itself within the main clusters of the sector and competes with states such as Querétaro, Chihuahua, Monterrey, Sonora, mainly manufacturers.
In addition, Guanajuato has a consolidated supply chain in the automotive sector that can easily be diversified to the aerospace sector, and currently there are two success stories such as Grupo Plasma Automation (León) and Boreal (Apaseo).
“Mindfacture is a form of innovation that uses knowledge to add value to products or services. It is a public policy with measurable objectives and a transversal strategy, with innovation as its central axis,” said Rodríguez Vallejo.
In September 2020, the Institute of Innovation, Science and Entrepreneurship for Competitiveness (IDEA GTO) was created.
