President Vicente Fox Visits Moll Mexico
Mexico’s President Vicente Fox honored Moll Mexico, a plastic injection molder and contract manufacturer, visiting its newly constructed plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila on Tuesday, November 15, 2005. Hosted by Dallas based Moll CEO/President, Paul Adkins, Fox participated in ceremonies that included a ribbon cutting, initiation of production and start-up of the press. After Fox removed the first part, he autographed the production machine, which was also signed by Adkins and Coahuila’s Governor, Enrique Martinez y Martinez.
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Fox was introduced by Governor Martinez y Martinez and accompanied by Ernesto Saro, Mayor of Ramos Arizpe, Ignacio Diego, Secretary of Planning and Development for Saltillo, Coahuila, and other officials. Fox shared welcoming comments with the crowd of about 150 customers, suppliers, employees, friends and press representatives. Gratitude for the company’s efforts and investments in Mexico was expressed, as was recognition for Moll’s dedication to building state-of-the-art facilities that function at the highest levels of efficiency and quality. Fox also acknowledged the importance of joint US-Latin American collaboration focused to succeed against tough Asian and global manufacturing competition.
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Mexico's Ambassador Visits Utah
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With health-care costs
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"We do not
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