Centro Bajío Industrial Forum Q2 2026: the corridor day bringing together the SLP-QRO automotive, aerospace and appliance clusters, April through June

April, May and June are the quarter when the Centro Bajío industrial corridor — San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes — calibrates its procurement calendar with the corporate customers it services during the second half. The Centro Bajío Industrial Forum is the day industrial-park developers, engineering service providers, regional manufacturing shops and the IMMEX operations out of the corridor sit down with plant technical coordination, procurement and the corporate clients still receiving parts from the Bajío corridor. We produce the Forum merch with consolidated delivery to the host venue in San Luis Potosí and CFDI 4.0 with the Foreign Trade Complement when the supplier is IMMEX.

Why Q2 in the Centro Bajío corridor is industrial-calibration season

The Centro Bajío corridor runs on a procurement calendar that calibrates between April and June. The reason is the dependency on Detroit, Munich, Modena, Silao, Apaseo and Querétaro: the second-quarter supplier round sets which parts go into production during the model cycle that starts in September and which engineering services get contracted for the next fiscal year. The Centro Bajío Industrial Forum is the reference day for that calibration.

The typical exhibitor at the Forum runs a three-by-three modular booth on the host-hotel floor, brings a four-to-eight-person technical team that flies in from CDMX, from San Luis itself, from Querétaro or from the SLP–QRO corridor, and brings a parts and services catalogue handed to the plant procurement lead. The booth merch serves four functions: identifying the technical team for buyers walking twenty booths in a day, the gift handed to the procurement lead at the close of the meeting, POP material that carries the brand when the exhibitor is not in front of the customer, and a sampling kit with scaled-down pieces of the product or service delivered to the buyer two weeks after the Forum.

For IMMEX suppliers based in the Centro Bajío corridor, the Forum cycle overlaps with the pedimento calendar: merch enters the Forum under temporary export and is nationalised at close when it stays in the Mexican buyer's warehouse. We issue CFDI 4.0 with the Foreign Trade Complement 2.0 from the first delivery and close the pedimento when the exhibitor asks. For suppliers with a US parent receiving the charge in USD under USMCA, we manage the payment complement in USD at the Bank of Mexico exchange rate of the day.

Supplier bundle for the Centro Bajío Industrial Forum Q2

Back wall and booth POP

Reusable three-by-two-metre back wall with aluminium frame and tension-fabric graphic, MBP with counter and catalogue rack, vertical banners for booth delimitation, washable vinyl flooring for three-day foot traffic. Graphic design included in the bundle quote.

Technical-team uniform

Pima cotton technical polo or long-sleeve shirt with stain-resistant treatment, supplier logo and salesperson name embroidered, suited to San Luis Potosí's semi-dry May climate — 23°C average. XS to 3XL, daily change included.

Procurement gift

Gift box with a Centro Bajío motif: notebook bound at a local workshop with vegetable-tanned leather, steel or aluminium piece made by a regional supplier, thermal bottle engraved with the supplier, card with the technical lead's mobile. For IMMEX procurement leads we add a recipe book printed in Spanish and English.

Catalogue and proposal material

Four-colour bound catalogue, updated business cards, headed proposal sheets, USB with the digital catalogue and process videos, physical samples of the product or service when the segment allows it.

Sampling kit

Compact box with a part or service miniature, personalised letter from the technical lead, card with the link to the supplier's client portal. Ships two weeks after the Forum to the procurement lead's address collected at the meeting.

SLP logistics

Delivery five working days before assembly to the host venue, kitting per salesperson, packaging rated for consolidated freight, CFDI 4.0 invoicing with 16% IVA to SAT and Carta Porte 3.0 when the shipment is on our account.

Timeline for the Centro Bajío Industrial Forum Q2

  1. February 2026. Kick-off call with the supplier's technical, commercial and operations leads. Define booth count, salesperson count, tentative assembly dates and the parts catalogue to be shown.
  2. March 2026. Art approval and booth palette with a Centro Bajío motif. Prototype design of the gift box, uniform and back wall.
  3. April 2026. Full bundle production, per-salesperson kitting, transport-rated individual packaging, shipment to the host venue five working days before assembly.
  4. May–June 2026. Forum execution, technical agenda and matchmaking wheel, post-Forum shipment of the sampling kit to procurement leads who left a meeting.

Cost and operation for the Centro Bajío Industrial Forum

The standard per-supplier bundle starts at MXN 1,140 before IVA for four-to-six salesperson runs. For eight-person teams it drops to MXN 960. The overall MOQ is four salespeople; booths with fewer than four are quoted with an extra fixed fee for the back wall complexity and per-salesperson kitting.

We issue CFDI 4.0 with 16% IVA itemised to SAT in national currency. For IMMEX corporate procurement leads we run the payment complement in USD at the Bank of Mexico exchange rate of the day with the matching audit trail. For procurement leads receiving the charge in USD from Detroit, Munich or Modena we run the pedimento with the supplier's customs broker.

Lead time is 20 to 30 working days from art approval for the full supplier bundle. For suppliers with shorter notice we run express production at an extra fee. Delivery is five working days before assembly to leave the technical team margin for per-salesperson kitting and booth distribution.

Frequently asked questions about the Centro Bajío Industrial Forum Q2

Do you deliver directly to the host venue in San Luis Potosí?

Yes. We work with the San Luis Capital Convention Centre and with hotels on the Tangamanga corridor. Delivery is five working days before assembly with per-booth coded confirmation and signature of the event logistics lead.

Do you handle the Foreign Trade Complement for IMMEX suppliers?

Yes. We issue CFDI 4.0 with the Foreign Trade Complement 2.0 from the first delivery. For suppliers based in the Centro Bajío corridor we run the pedimento with their broker and close it at the end of the Forum when the merch stays in the buyer's warehouse.

Can you produce the reusable back wall?

Yes. We build the back wall with anodised aluminium frame and high-resolution tension-fabric graphic, washable and reusable for two to three consecutive Forums. The graphic swap between events is quoted separately.

Is Corp-Merch.com.mx an official organiser of the Centro Bajío Industrial Forum or any supplier referenced?

No. Corp-Merch.com.mx is an independent workshop producing bundles for industrial-corridor suppliers. The Centro Bajío Industrial Forum, the host venue and the suppliers referenced are the property of their owners and are mentioned for descriptive purposes only.

Corp-Merch.com.mx is an independent workshop producing bundles for suppliers of the Centro Bajío Industrial Forum in San Luis Potosí. We are not an official organiser, sponsor or partner of the Forum or of the suppliers referenced on this page.

Request your Centro Bajío Industrial Forum Q2 2026 booth quote

Send us the salesperson count, tentative assembly dates, booth module, parts catalogue and whether the buyer is IMMEX. We respond with a line-item quote within 24-48 working hours.