The Nuevo León transformation industry (Caintra) industry reported that 2 out of 10 companies invested in January in the acquisition of machinery, equipment, and allocated money for factories construction in the Monterrey metropolitan area.
“On the side of the investments, they continued their downward trend, with only 21 percent of companies making some purchase of machinery, equipment or construction, the lowest level since February 2021,” according to the economic expectations of the Manufacture January 2025, a survey conducted by Caintra.
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He added that more than 48 consecutive months ended in the more companies that invested in equipment for factories installed in the Monterrey metropolitan area.
The last time the companies that bet on investment in machinery, equipment and construction were in 2020, the year in which the Covid-19 pandemic stopped the economy.
In March 2020, the month in which emergency measures were declared, only 13 percent of companies with operations in Monterrey and other municipalities invested in the purchase of machinery and equipment.
The fall in investment to buy machinery, equipment or construction is in tune with the contraction of new orders and physical volume of production in the industry in January 2025, Caintra added.
During the first month of the year, the manufacturing industry presented an acceleration in its indicators, “however, the advance was not enough to be placed in the expansion phase.”
“With this, three months are added with contraction in the manufacturing activity,” said the Caintra.
He added that in the variables of “new orders” and “physical volume of production”, the indicators advanced up to 46.7 and 46.3 points respectively, remaining in contraction. However, he stressed that the capacity used was practically unchanged around 47.7 points.
Regarding foreign trade variables, the situation was similar, where imports and exports barely advanced one point, placing again below the expansion threshold.
On the side of the “number of workers”, the index went from 46 points to 47.1 points in the first month of 2025. Like the rest, in the contraction zone.
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The only indicators in expansion field were “price of their products” and “price of raw materials”, which showed an acceleration in the growth of these prices with respect to the previous months.
In particular, these indicators were found in 53.6 and 61.6 points, respectively.
