April, May and June are the quarter in which the Tier 1 suppliers and the advanced-manufacturing industry of San Luis Potosí —Draxlmaier, Kromberg & Schubert, Motherson, VU Manufacturing, Sumitomo Electric, Yazaki, Aptiv, Vitesco— open the second-half supplier round and present the new electromobility, connectivity and advanced-manufacturing products. The SLP Manufacturing Forum is the mid-year appointment at the San Luis Potosí Convention Center with B2B agenda and matchmaking. We produce the exhibitor merch with delivery to SLP five business days before setup and CFDI 4.0 with foreign trade complement when the buyer is IMMEX.
The San Luis Potosí advanced-manufacturing cluster operates with a supplier calendar that starts in April and ends in December. The reason is the synchrony with the model cycles of the Bajío automakers: the second-quarter supplier round defines which electromobility and connectivity parts will go into production during the model cycle that starts in January of the following year. The SLP Manufacturing Forum is the appointment where the cluster's Tier 1 suppliers —German (Draxlmaier, Kromberg & Schubert), Japanese (Sumitomo, Yazaki), American (Aptiv, Vitesco), Indian (Motherson), Mexican (VU Manufacturing)— present the new products to the cluster automakers.
The typical Forum exhibitor operates from a three-by-three meter modular stand on the Convention Center floor, has an engineering and commercial team of four to ten people that travels from SLP itself, from CDMX, from Querétaro or from Munich, and brings an inventory of prototypes, certificates and samples that they deliver to buyers in printed and USB format. The stand merch fulfills four functions: engineering-team identification, buyer gift, POP material that holds the brand, and post-visit kit that arrives at the buyer two weeks after the Forum with the signed proposal.
For IMMEX suppliers headquartered in the capital industrial zone, Villa de Reyes or Soledad de Graciano Sánchez, the Forum cycle overlaps with the pedimentos calendar: the merch enters the Forum under temporary export and is nacionalizado at the close of the event when it stays in the Mexican buyer's warehouse. We generate the CFDI 4.0 with the Complemento de Comercio Exterior 2.0 from the first delivery and close the pedimento when the exhibitor requires it.
Reusable three-by-two-meter back wall with aluminum frame and tensioned-fabric graphics with advanced-manufacturing-cluster motif, registration partition with counter and catalog holder, vertical banners to delimit the stand, washable vinyl flooring for three-day traffic. Graphic design included in the bundle quote.
Pima-cotton polo or lightweight linen shirt with embroidered exhibitor logo and engineer name, ideal for the dry SLP climate in May —22°C average, low relative humidity—. Sizes XS to 3XL, daily uniform change included.
Gift box with potosino manufacturing-cluster motif: notebook bound at local workshop with tanned leather, cantera or jade piece worked by regional supplier, thermos bottle with exhibitor engraving, card with the responsible engineer's mobile. For IMMEX buyers we add the recipe booklet printed in Spanish, English and German.
Advanced-manufacturing-catalog brochure bound in four-color print, updated business card, proposal sheets on letterhead, USB with digital catalog and manufacturing-process videos, physical samples of the component when the line allows.
Compact box with electromobility or connectivity component miniature, personalized letter from the engineer, card with the link to the exhibitor's customer portal. Sent two weeks after the Forum to the buyer address that left an appointment.
Delivery five business days before setup to the San Luis Potosí Convention Center, kitting per engineer, packaging resistant to consolidated freight, CFDI 4.0 invoicing with 16% IVA to the SAT and Carta Porte 3.0 when the shipment goes on our account.
The standard per-exhibitor bundle starts at MXN 1,180 before IVA for runs of four to six engineers. For eight-engineer runs it drops to MXN 990. The general MOQ is four engineers; stands with fewer than four are quoted with an additional fixed charge for the complexity of the back wall and the kitting per engineer.
We invoice CFDI 4.0 with 16% IVA breakdown to the SAT in national currency. For IMMEX corporate buyers we manage the payment complement in USD at the Banco de México fix of the day and the corresponding trail. For buyers receiving the charge in USD from Munich, Detroit or Stuttgart we manage the pedimento with the exhibitor's customs broker.
Lead time is twenty to thirty business days from art approval to produce the full exhibitor bundle. For exhibitors with less lead time we operate express production at an additional cost. Delivery is made five business days before setup to give the commercial team margin to do the kitting per engineer and the stand distribution.
Yes. We work with the San Luis Potosí Convention Center and with the Fundadores-corridor hotel ballrooms (Hotel Real de Minas, Hotel María Dolores, Fiesta Inn SLP, City Express SLP) that serve as alternative exhibition floor. Delivery is made five business days before setup with stand-coded confirmation and signature of the event logistics lead.
Yes. We generate the CFDI 4.0 with the Complemento de Comercio Exterior 2.0 from the first delivery. For exhibitors headquartered in the capital industrial zone, Villa de Reyes or Soledad de Graciano Sánchez we manage the pedimento with their agent and close it at the end of the Forum when the merch stays in the buyer's warehouse.
Yes. We produce the back wall with anodized-aluminum frame and tensioned-fabric graphics with manufacturing-cluster motif and cantera or potosino jade elements, washable and reusable for two to three consecutive Forums. The graphic change between events is quoted separately.
No. Corp-Merch.MX is an independent bundle-production studio for exhibitors of the potosino manufacturing cluster. The SLP Manufacturing Forum and the automakers mentioned are property of their respective owners and are mentioned for descriptive purposes only.
Corp-Merch.MX is an independent bundle-production studio for exhibitors of the SLP Manufacturing Forum. We are not the organizer, sponsor or official partner of the Forum or of the automakers mentioned on this page.
Tell us the engineer count, the tentative setup dates, the stand module, the prototypes to be exhibited and whether the buyer is IMMEX. We respond with a line-item quote within 24–48 business hours.