Salon C-1 sits on the 38th floor of a corporate tower in the Polanco-Lomas corridor of Mexico City: 14 leather high-back seats with individual electronic voting pads, a six-metre mahogany table with flush-mounted microphones, a five-metre LED screen with simultaneous projection, a lectern for the board chair, an annexed room for the independent director who needs a private call, a hidden kitchen with discreet table service, and an anteroom where the merch waits in a sealed chamber until the recess. This is where, four times a year, the boards of directors of BMV-listed groups gather, where the boards of IMMEX subsidiaries with US parents meet, where the boards of SOFOM entities reporting to the CNBV convene, where the boards of family-owned companies in governance transition hold their sessions, and where private investment vehicles based in CDMX run their committee meetings. What separates Salon C-1 from the panoramic boardroom is the ritual of the meeting itself: the director kit has to enter before coffee, exit signed for by each member at close of session, and let the corporate secretary archive the minutes without the merch pulling anyone's attention away from the agenda.
Production of 8 to 14 pieces delivered before the morning coffee break. Synthetic leather folder with the corporate isotype in low-relief deboss, hand-stitched numbered notepad, roller pen with laser engraving, encrypted 32 GB USB drive holding the board pack (agenda, CEO presentation, CFO annex, audit committee report, external advisor opinion where applicable), photo-bearing magnetic ID card. Delivery to the Salon C-1 anteroom with the corporate secretary's signature.
Uniforms for the corporate team, the protocol staff and the front-of-house personnel of Salon C-1. Italian-cut two-piece suit in navy or graphite for six people, white shirt, institutional tie, photo and role badge, smartwatch with the agenda synced. Production with professional tailoring and delivery to back-of-house 90 minutes before doors open.
Production of 2 to 6 pieces delivered to the independent directors, the external legal counsel and the special agenda guest. Wooden box with the corporate isotype, hand-bound book tracing the corporate timeline, curated Valle de Guadalupe bottle or aged spirit, calligraphed card with the guest's monogram. Delivery to the driver or protocol officer at the hotel lobby.
Production of 1 to 3 pieces delivered to the director whose term is ending. Leather box with the engraved corporate crest, silver plaque with the director's name and years of service, CEO-signed book with a thank-you letter, curated piece (aged wine, sculpture, fountain pen). Discreet handling by the operations staff and delivery synced to the recognition ceremony on the agenda.
Salon C-1 shares its freight dock with floors 36, 37 and 39 of the tower: the east-side dock accepts a 12-tonne trailer on a restricted shift, and the 3.5-tonne van has its own loading ramp on the west side. Cargo access requires pre-registration, a complex-issued badge and a signed log entry; there is no informal access and no entry through the main lobby. The Salon C-1 operations team delivers the POP material and the director kits with visible ID and badge, and handles restocking during coffee recesses. The back-of-house of Salon C-1 has two areas: the anteroom (where the director kit is staged and signed for by director) and the sealed chamber (where the rest of the merch is stored in corporate-sealed and combination-locked boxes).
For board meetings with international directors (typically from the US, Canada, Europe and Latin America), we invoice in USD at the Banco de México FIX exchange rate of the day before the event, with USMCA compliance and support for deduction as a Corporate Governance expense in the corporate fiscal close. For meetings with regulators present (CNBV, Banxico, SAT when the meeting touches tax matters, UIF when the meeting touches anti-money-laundering matters), we comply with the complex security protocol and with the Bancaria e Industrial police protocol where applicable. The merch custody chain is documented with signature, time and photograph at each control point: dock intake, operations inspection, anteroom delivery, recess restocking, post-event pickup, return of surplus to the corporate.
Salon C-1 has operating rules that the merch must respect: no mobile phone use in the room during board votes, no merch items that generate noise or distraction, no large backpacks or bags in the room (directors leave their gear in the anteroom), no POP material bearing third-party logos when the board discusses a transaction subject to confidentiality, no food or beverages other than the 38th-floor kitchen service. For meetings requiring limited-edition merchandising (numbered anniversary t-shirt, author-signed book, paperweight bearing the issuance year), we coordinate with the complex operations area to make sure the piece complies with the security protocol, the press protocol when the meeting is public, and the transmission protocol when the meeting is rebroadcast to the market via the BMV.
For SAT invoicing we issue CFDI 4.0 with 16% IVA breakdown and support for deduction as a Corporate Governance, Investor Relations or Corporate Communications expense, depending on the merch use. For corporates with IMMEX or US operations we issue complementary invoicing in USD or EUR and support USMCA compliance when the director kit crosses the border as part of the disclosure materials for the foreign-resident independent director. For groups with dual listing (BMV and NYSE/Nasdaq) we issue bilingual (es/en) invoicing and USMCA compliance when the board materials cross the border as part of the parent's corporate governance archive. The merch ships with carta porte 3.0 when interstate or international transit applies, with the foreign trade complement when applicable, and with the payment complement when the corporate pays in instalments.
Director kit — from MXN 1,850 before IVA per piece at a run of 12. Staff merch — from MXN 4,200 before IVA per person at a run of 6. VIP guest box — from MXN 9,500 before IVA per piece at a run of 4. Outgoing director recognition — from MXN 14,500 before IVA per piece at a run of 2. Costs do not include the Salon C-1 rental, which is quoted directly with the complex events team by day, shift, technical setup and added services (kitchen, coffee break, AV equipment, minute recording where applicable).
For quarterly board meetings on high-demand dates (earnings presentations, annual budget approval, extraordinary sessions for M&A transactions), we lock the calendar 75 days in advance with a firm written commitment. For subsidiary boards or support committee meetings, we lock the calendar 45 days in advance. Express production under 20 days carries a +30% surcharge for curation and dispatch. The reservation is made with a fifteen-point brief: meeting date, meeting type (ordinary or extraordinary), number of directors, number of pieces per package, corporate brand manual, corporate colour palette where applicable, complex press protocol, BMV transmission compliance, cargo logistics, post-event donation, SAT invoicing and USMCA compliance when the merch crosses the border.
Yes — we deliver the kit with a per-director (not per-attendee) receipt, signed by the director or by the corporate secretary on their behalf, with delivery time and the signature of the uniformed delivery staff. The custody chain is photographed when the complex protocol allows and is sealed in a closed envelope for the duration of the session, to be returned at close.
Yes — we run quarterly programming on the same brand manual, scaling the run according to the board agenda and special guests (independent directors, external advisors, CNBV observers where applicable, external auditors). Coordination with the board secretary on the editorial curation of the kit.
Yes — we issue CFDI 4.0 to the SAT with 16% IVA breakdown and support for deduction as a Corporate Governance, Investor Relations or Corporate Communications expense, depending on the merch use. For corporates with IMMEX operations we issue complementary invoicing in USD with the foreign trade complement and USMCA compliance.
No. Corp-Merch.MX is an independent curation, production and logistics workshop for board of directors merch and executive sessions in Salon C-1 and other venues in Mexico City. Salon C-1 is mentioned for descriptive purposes only.
Tell us the meeting date, meeting type (ordinary or extraordinary), number of directors, number of pieces per package, corporate brand manual, corporate colour palette where applicable, complex press protocol, BMV transmission compliance, cargo logistics and SAT invoicing. We reply with a package-level quotation, curation proposal and digital mock-up within 24 to 48 business hours.
Corp-Merch.MX is an independent curation, production and logistics workshop for board of directors merch and executive sessions in Salon C-1 and other venues in Mexico City. We are not a partner, sponsor or official supplier of Salon C-1 nor of the complexes or corporates mentioned on this page. The figures, venues and suppliers mentioned are sector references and are cited for descriptive purposes only.