| Consumers in the United States spend almost seven | | | | inspection, maintenance, and shipping, to production |
| trillion dollars each year on consumer goods. In order | | | | scheduling, translation, training, and documentation |
| to tap into this lucrative market, many major | | | | management. Basically, clients tell us what they want |
| companies manufacture their products in exotic | | | | to make, we make it, and pass along our expenses |
| locales such as China, India, or other Asian nations | | | | as cost. Depending on the volume and type of item |
| due to their cheap labor and lax trade restrictions. | | | | desired, clients could save tens of thousands if not |
| Unfortunately, few of the industries that export their | | | | hundreds of thousands of dollars. |
| capitol across the Pacific realize that they could save | | | | The shelter system is the fastest way to get a |
| more money with one short trip across the southern | | | | product out the door and to the shelves of retailers. |
| border to the maquiladoras of CaliBaja based in | | | | Under this production design, the client provides the |
| Mexicali, Baja California and Calexico, California. | | | | equipment, tooling, technical experience, quality |
| Because of international trade agreements such as | | | | control, and management, and we handle the permits, |
| NAFTA, manufacturers can import raw material and | | | | taxes, government interaction, accounting, and legal |
| heavy equipment into Mexico duty and tariff-free in | | | | representation. CaliBaja also ensures that our clients |
| an arrangement referred to as the maquiladora | | | | have the finest workforce drawn from the highly |
| program. The word maquiladora is derived from the | | | | motivated and educated population of Mexicali. |
| Spanish term that translates to "to submit something | | | | Furthermore, many clients often find that neither of |
| to the action of the machine." The governments of | | | | these solutions fits perfectly with their business |
| the United States and Mexico developed a mutually | | | | needs, so CaliBaja can tailor a program that can suit |
| beneficial economic partnership that allows American | | | | any manufacturing situation. |
| businesses to utilize Mexican labor laws while | | | | Partnering with CaliBaja has several distinct |
| maintaining production standards and levels found in | | | | advantages over not only international production but |
| the best American factories. This agreement has | | | | also other maquiladoras in Mexico. First, because we |
| been the secret weapon used by such prominent | | | | are located next to the U.S.-Mexico border, our |
| companies as 3M Corp, General Electric, Boeing, | | | | clients have more direct control and oversight into |
| Sanyo, Wolf Electronics, and Page Electric to | | | | their production process, with no time difference |
| decrease production costs and increase profits. | | | | commonly experienced during trans-Pacific |
| CaliBaja is the leading business in the maquiladora | | | | manufacturing. Furthermore, our facilities are serviced |
| program. Clients from across the United States | | | | by major rail lines, roads, deep water shipping ports, |
| employ CaliBaja in one of two ways: the contract | | | | and airports that can distribute products throughout |
| system and the shelter system. The contract system | | | | America and the world. Mexicali is also a prime |
| requires the least amount of risk on the client's part, | | | | location for manufacturing, as other border locations |
| for it allows them to concentrate on running their | | | | such as Tijuana lack both the infrastructure and |
| business and leave the manufacturing to us. We | | | | workforce to properly staff a sophisticated |
| handle everything else, from quality control, | | | | manufacturing program. |