Аннотация: The FAMEX exhibition in Mexico. A note.
The FAMEX exhibition in Mexico. A note.
Wikipedia reports about three artificial satellites of the Earth and about one cosmonaut of Mexico.
At the same time, the FAMEX exhibition occupies a rather prominent place in a number of international exhibitions.
"The exhibition is designed to increase the prestige and leadership of the aerospace industry of Mexico, contributing to the development of the national aerospace and aviation sector with access to the international level, as well as to promote the products of military and civil aviation, technologies of the aerospace and defense industries.
The FAMEX exhibition is dedicated to both civil and military aviation, the aerospace industry, defense and security. It is held with the support of the main ministries of Mexico with the participation of the President of the country. (...)
205 companies from the aviation sector and 35 from the space sector took part in the 2015 exhibition.
505 companies from 35 countries were represented at FAMEX 2017, more than 200,000 visitors, more than 4,600 business meetings were held, as well as a seminar on foreign investments.
635 companies from 39 countries and 52,000 visitors independently or as part of 210 delegations took part in the FAMEX-2019 aerospace exhibition in 5 thematic pavilions. 61 samples of aircraft were demonstrated, 5,800 bilateral meetings were held.
Russia presented more than 160 samples of weapons and military equipment at the FAMEX-2017 aerospace salon in Mexico. Russian Helicopters JSC took part in the joint exhibition, the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun system, the BTR-80A/82A armored personnel carrier, Tiger-M and Ural cars, and small arms were also presented.
In recent years, there has been an accelerated growth of the aerospace industry in Mexico (over 14% per year), thanks to an attractive investment policy, a number of well-known companies of the aviation industry have placed their production facilities in Mexico.
The interest of Russian manufacturers in the aerospace market of Mexico is due to the implementation of a number of major projects, such as the operation of Russian aircraft by Mexican air carriers, cooperation in the production and repair of SSJ-100 in Mexico. " [unofficial translation](https://expoclub.ru/db/exhibition/view/famex/)
So, investments from the United States are of great importance for the aerospace industry of Mexico.
"Mexico"s aerospace and defense industry has taken off in the past decade, progressing from "100 manufacturing firms and organizations in 2004 to 350 by mid-2019. Of the total number of firms, more than 72% are manufacturing firms and about 11% of firms offer MRO services," according to this 2019 Mordor Intelligence report. In the past 5 years engineering and design efforts have nearly doubled, with the help of investments from both governments and the foreign players who have built research facilities in Mexico. (...)
Mexico"s global ambition has attracted a corresponding level of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), led by the United States, the world"s #1 aerospace and defense supplier. Between 1999 and 2014 the U.S. was the biggest state investor in the Mexican aerospace industry with 52 American companies working on more than $800 million-plus worth of projects south of the border, referenced in this 2015 PWC report. " (https://kallman.com/shows/famex-2021)
"MEXICO CITY, April 25 [2019]. /TASS/. "...A number of companies have come from us, there is a delegation of the Ministry of Defense, there is a representative delegation of Rostec and Rosoboronexport... the presence is quite noticeable."
At the same time, according to the ambassador, "unfortunately, as always, what is being exhibited is presentations, at best models." "I would like to see a a real devices, a kind of a live show," said Coronelli. "We can see our helicopters here, a real devices, but they [such models] were bought by the Mexican side many years ago and are in operation from the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of the Navy and the Federal Police." Currently, the fleet of Russian-made rotorcraft in Mexico includes several dozen Mi-8/17, as well as two Mi-26 helicopters.
The ambassador stressed that in order to "move on", it is necessary to "show samples of modern equipment". " [unofficial translation] (https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/6373774).
"MOSCOW, September 22 [2021]. /TASS/. Glavkosmos (part of Roscosmos) and the Mexican Space JLTZ Holdings signed a cooperation agreement on the sidelines of the international aerospace exhibition FAMEX-2021. This is stated in the company's message, distributed on Wednesday. (...)
According to Glavkosmos, we are talking about the provision of launch services, remote sensing data from Russian spacecraft, the creation of spacecraft, participation in educational programs in the field of space and other areas of interest to the Mexican side." [unofficial translation] (https://tass.ru/kosmos/12481639)
Everything that is mentioned in the explanations of Glavkosmos is sufficiently available in the Western cosmic and educational markets. What are the competitive advantages of Russia that will encourage Mexico to purchase from Russia?
We did not find any information about the samples of modern Russial equipment, presented at the FAMEX-2021 exhibition. Perhaps the robot Fedor, models of the space station (visited according the principle of periodical stays) and a heavy rocket for manned flights to the Moon were exhibited.
The FAMEX-2021 exhibition has already ended (it was held from September 22 to 25, 2021).
It remains to ask whether the script of the film "Vyzov" ("Вызов") ("Challenge") and photos of the participants of the film project with the characteristics of their financial achievements were exposed.
September 26, 2021 06: 39
Translation from Russian into English: September 26, 2021 17:28.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Выставка FAMEX в Мексике. Заметка".