maquiladoras
Mexican assembly factories
Maquiladoras are manufacturing plants in Mexico that import materials duty-free, assemble or process them, and export the finished products—typically to the United States.
The system emerged in the 1960s along the U.S.-Mexico border, taking advantage of lower labor costs.
Thousands of maquiladoras operate in cities like Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez.
The singular is maquiladora.
Continental free-commerce bloc
- USMCATrilateral commerce treaty
- duty-freeExempt from import tariffs
- importObtain from overseas
- exportForeign-bound sale
customs · value-added · re-export · quota
All available workers
- workersPeople doing jobs
- wagesPayment for work
- shiftsMoves or work periods
- turnoverSales volume or attrition
exploitation · unionization · overtime · absenteeism · sweatshop · labor-intensive · blue-collar · dormitories
Third-party task delegation
- offshoringMoving work overseas
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
- supply-chainProduction-to-consumer pathway
- transnationalCrossing country lines
Study of circuits
- automotiveRelating to motor vehicles
- textilesWoven or knit materials
- garmentsArticles of clothing
- aerospaceAtmosphere plus outer void
appliances · plastics · components · semiconductors · television · footwear · toys · furniture
Mexican border city
- JuarezChihuahua border city
- NogalesBinational border town pair
- MatamorosNortheastern Mexican border city
- MexicaliBaja California state capital
borderland · crossing · customs · checkpoint · colonia · US-Mexico · transboundary
Technical computing system
- componentsConstituent parts
- solderingLow-temp metal fusion
- conveyorMechanism that transports items
- roboticsAutomaton design field
automation · precision · fastening · welding · subassembly · fixture · jig · pneumatic
NAFTA
Continental free-commerce bloc
export · customs · value-added · re-export · quota
workforce
All available workers
turnover · exploitation · unionization · overtime · absenteeism · sweatshop · labor-intensive · blue-collar · dormitories · personnel
outsourcing
Third-party task delegation
- offshoringMoving work overseas
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
- supply-chainProduction-to-consumer pathway
transnational · nearshoring · reshoring · deindustrialization
electronics
Study of circuits
- automotiveRelating to motor vehicles
- textilesWoven or knit materials
- garmentsArticles of clothing
aerospace · appliances · plastics · components · semiconductors · television · footwear · toys · furniture · mass-production
Tijuana
Mexican border city
- JuarezChihuahua border city
- NogalesBinational border town pair
- MatamorosNortheastern Mexican border city
Mexicali · borderland · crossing · customs · checkpoint · colonia · US-Mexico · transboundary
workstation
Technical computing system
- componentsConstituent parts
- solderingLow-temp metal fusion
- conveyorMechanism that transports items
robotics · automation · precision · fastening · welding · subassembly · fixture · jig · pneumatic · tooling
maquiladorasworker cooperatives
Collectively owned democratic businesses
national industries · cottage industries · artisan workshops
maquiladorasworker cooperatives
Collectively owned democratic businesses
maquiladorasonshoring
Relocating operations domestically
reshoring · domestic production · local sourcing · economic nationalism · import substitution