Moving South

Lintel Comes to State
Staff Report  

One of the biggest names in the maquila industry has come to Guanajuato, more evidence of the state’s emergence in the race to attract foreign investment.

            For more than two decades, Constructora Lintel has designed and built functional, award-winning commercial and light industrial facilities in Mexico, most of them for subsidiaries of prestigious U.S. corporations operating in Mexico.

            Founded in 1983 by Federico Barrio, Ricardo Betancourt and Jose-Antonio Gonzalez, the firm has primarily concentrated activity farther north, although it also has a presence in Guadalajara. After a thorough study of Central Mexico, Lintel decided to build an industrial park in Silao, Guanajuato. The first phase of the park known as Las Colinas Industrial and Business Park, was scheduled to open Sept. 1.

            “We have always kept open the lines of communication with our clients,” says Miguel Barreda, Lintel marketing manager and ...

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