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Otay
Mesa, a community within the City of San Diego, located east of I-805
and South of Chula Vista, was developed as an industrial area in 1985
because of the creation of the Otay
Mesa Port of Entry. After twenty three years, Otay Mesa has become
California's largest commercial land border port and one of the busiest
commercial land border crossings in the United States. Otay Mesa is
home to the first Dedicated Commuter Lane, an airport, large parcels
of value priced industrial land and numerous economic development
incentives programs such as the State
Enterprise Zone and the Foreign Trade Zone, both designed to induce
companies to locate in the region.
More
recently, development has begun in East Otay Mesa, located in the
unincorporated area of the County of San Diego. Plans are already
underway in East Otay Mesa to establish a high technology business
park.
With the opening of Otay Mesa’s first highway connection - South Bay Expressway , two highways, and over 12, 000 homes under development, Otay Mesa houses more than 1,200 companies with more than 19,000 employees.
San
Diego is known for its quality of life, excellent public
education, health services, high tech industry and high quality
communications. Mexico is known for its world-class manufacturing
and inexpensive and skilled labor force. Together Otay Mesa and
the Baja California region combine to become a powerhouse for manufacturers.
This is one of the reasons why major corporations, such as SANYO,
SONY, Honeywell and Panasonic, have made significant investments
in the San Diego/ Baja California Region.
TWIN
PLANTS
In Otay Mesa you will also find major manufacturing facilities operating
under the twin plant system, where firms segment their manufacturing
processes on both sides of the border.
Many of these twin-plants carry out their capital-intensive process
in Otay and their labor-intensive process in Tijuana. Such companies
include Honeywell, Parker Hannifin and Bacou-Dalbz,among others. Other twin
plant companies develop their marketing and research centers in
Otay and their manufacturing processes in Tijuana. Such companies
include Matsushita/Panasonic, Sanyo, among others.
MANUFACTURERS
Another generation of manufacturing plants -non twin plants- have recently established technology facilities in Otay Mesa. Some examples include defense component manufacturer, Axsys Technologies; metal plate manufacturer, Kojima and french food manufacturer, Cantaré Foods, among others.
While
many companies do locate in Otay Mesa because they sell and ship
directly to Mexico, there are more and more companies who Locate
in Otay Mesa simply to take advantage of the skilled labor force
of legal workers commuting from Tijuana every day, by car, bus,
bike or even by foot.
Click here to find out more about Projects
Under Development in Otay Mesa.
Helpful
Links for Doing Business in Otay Mesa and Baja California
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