The Tijuana-San Diego Bio Border
On the Frontier of Medical Device Manufacturing
Competing in a 21st Century, technology-intensive world means finding a cutting-edge location that gives today's medical device and biological sciences companies a healthy advantage in location, total costs, quality, IP protection, and market access. Right on the Pacific Rim, and immediately adjacent to Southern California's world-renowned life sciences centers – Tijuana is that location.
Only minutes from downtown San Diego, Tijuana's near-shore yet next-door location can give your company:
- Lower-cost, just-in-time production capabilities
- A highly skilled and bilingual workforce, working in Pacific Standard Time
- Quick land and air connections for time-critical shipments
- Synergy with nearly 40 major medical device companies in Tijuana
- The highest concentration of medical equipment manufacturing employment in North America
Why It’s Time for Your Medical Device Company to be in Tijuana
Few international locations offer what Tijuana can – whether your company needs quick shipping to key North American and global destinations, wages that are 40-80% lower than the U.S., or the depth of experience that a large base of FDA-, CE- and ISO 13485 certified manufacturers can provide, Tijuana is the place to be for the medical device industry.
- Strong connections with biomedical and life sciences expertise in Southern California
- A lower-cost workforce of nearly 640,000, many with advanced engineering and science degrees
- Strong Intellectual Property protections via NAFTA and TRIPS
- Access to Mexico’s global network of Free Trade Agreements
