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Year 3 | Number 31 | December 1, 2008 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    The speed of change demands from us a new type of attitude in our minds and in our organizations in order to remain competitive. 

  • INNOVATION LESSONS
    The differentiating factor in business is the ability to transform the value process into innovation.  From raw material to the finished product, passing through transversal processes and leadership, they all require an innovative capacity as they search for new models that support today’s businesses.

  • Decision-Making Gym
    More than 400 entrepreneurs have gone through the Top Management in Innovation and Technology (ADIT) program.  They have learned how to promote change in their organizations under the guidance of gurus from Harvard, Stanford, MIT, and other global institutions.

  • COMMERCIALIZE… GRAY MATTER
    CIMAV and the IC2 of the University of Texas in Austin implemented the Master’s Degree program in Commercialization of Science and Technology.  The objective is to identify and evaluate new technologies and develop business strategies to be applied to the operating model of academic or business institutions.

  • CULTIVATING INNOVATION
    Developing an innovation system in a company may sound like a far away goal, but for an SMB it can be viewed as an area of opportunity to be taken into account if it wants to remain in business.

Year 3 | Number 30 | November 10, 2008 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    Brazil is much more than soccer and samba; it is the sixth economy in the world and one of the most important in Latin America.  The State of São Paulo stands out within the Brazilian scenario and, just like Nuevo Leon in Mexico, it has become a real “locomotive” for the economic and social development of Brazil.

  • NUEVO LEON AND SÃO PAULO GREATER AGREEMENTS
    Confirming it through a memorandum of understanding, the states of Nuevo Leon and São Paulo will carry out common interest projects, favoring investments, scientific and technological research, innovation, and humanistic activities for the purpose of improving competitiveness.

  • ESTABLISHING INNOVATION LINKS WITH SÃO PAULO
    The Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement was signed for the purpose of creating alliances and exchange good practices between the Innovation and Technology Transfer Institute and the Foundation for the Support of Scientific Research and Development of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP).

  • CREATING A CULTURAL AND ACADEMIC BRIDGE
    The love Alfonso Reyes had for his native city, as expressed in “Monterrey, Correo Literario” [Monterrey, Literary Mail] was published again in a facsimile edition as the result of the collaborative effort of the Government of Nuevo Leon, Nuevo Leon State University, and universities from Brazil and São Paulo. 

Year 3 | Number 28 | September 1, 2008 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    Large capitals follow talent.  In the Monterrey, International City of Knowledge Project, promoting strategic clusters is one of the activities with more possibilities for the future.  Entrepreneurs, academic institutions, and the government are already integrated in a project that has defined the necessary actions to operate under better conditions and accelerate economic growth.

  • Hunting for talent, competence, aptitude…
    Nuevo Leon advances towards greater value added processes by incorporating the human element with highly qualified mind and better salaries.

  • Back to School
    In the beginning of August, 60 operators from 7 Companies of the Automotive Cluster of Nuevo Leon set off towards the classrooms of the UANL’s Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department in order to enroll in a program that will allow them to become Electromechanical Maintenance Technicians (TECMEC).

  • PREPARING THEIR WINGS FOR TAKE-OFF
    The creation of 20,000 jobs nationwide in 186 companies devoted to manufacturing and assembly of parts, and engineering and design operations, demonstrates its high value added.

  • INNOVANOTES
    Recognition for Nuevo Leon Portal.

Year 3 | Number 26 | July 07, 2008 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    There is an increasing awareness that there is no contradiction between collaboration and competition.  Today’s nuevoleonian business people are aware of it and are betting on partnerships and “coopetition.”

  • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
    Nuevo Leon’s world of businesses is experiencing a revolution brought about by a social infrastructure that promotes innovation: universities, R&D centers, and technology parks at the service of entrepreneurs.

  • A JOURNEY OF SUCCESS
    A little over 15 years ago, Cerrey, a boiler manufacturing company with 45 years of history, saw the need to develop its own technology for a process that was carried out at the same time they opened their international market.

  • GENERATING INNOVATIONS FOR VEHICLES
    In Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, 50 engineers are producing new ideas that, each year, translate into the products developed by Ficosa, a multinational group devoted to research, development, production, and commercialization of systems and components for the automotive industry.

  • FUTURE EVENTS

Year 3 | Number 25 | June 02, 2008 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    The CIIDIT is a true reflection of the PIIT’s vocation, since it will generate, apply, and spread knowledge in the fields that are essential for the promotion of the changes our country requires.

Year 2| Number 23 | April 21, 2008 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    Alejandro Frank Hoeflich, Director of the Institute of Nuclear Sciences of the UNAM, said that “the achievements of a country can neither be measured using criteria exclusively based on statistics, scores, macroeconomic parameters or image campaigns, nor by the resources obtained from exporting cheap labor or overexploitation of our natural resources."

  • Experiencing science WITH THE 5 SENSES
    The presence of two elements is enough to trigger a chain reaction.  This is what happens when a group of children participates in performing scientific experiments in a lab.

  • ‘MAKING A LIVING DOING SCIENCE’
    “It is very comforting for me to know that Cinvestav is in Monterrey because children and young people have the opportunity to learn and apply sciences without having to go to another city,” said Garcia-Compean.

Year 2 | Number 22 | March 10, 2008 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    “Nanotechnology is an area of scientific development promising to give more with less.  It offers the possibility of creating smaller, cheaper, lighter, and faster devices capable of performing more intelligent operations, using less energy and material.”

Year 2 | Number 21 | February 4, 2008 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    Trips illustrate for the purpose of knowing how the Information Technology (IT) industry works, gave us the criteria to define an action plan that will allow us to make a stronger effort in our project of transforming Nuevo Leon into a global and strategic software supplier.

  • TALENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE IN NUEVO LEON
    The market cannot wait any longer… Local software development companies require specialized personnel.  The United States urgently needs highly qualified human capital.  Foreign companies being established in Mexico expect to find qualified talent.

  • India and Nuevo Leon Increasingly closer
    India began to experience the Information Technology (IT) boom 10 years ago. The sector has grown thanks to a national strategy where the government, businesses, and universities participate.

  • FUTURE EVENTS

Year 2 | Number 19 | November 5, 2007 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    One of the strategies being promoted in Nuevo Leon is the development of innovations based on alternative technologies with the objective of improving the quality of life in marginalized communities.

  • USING THE SUN AND THE WIND TO PRODUCE POTABLE WATER
    This legend was etched in the pages of history on August 31, 2007, the day when the tank that holds 281,580 liters of rain water suitable for human consumption was inaugurated.

  • DRY TOILET DEVELOPED
     “It is not logical to use drinking water to get rid of human waste, but that is what we have been doing for over 100 years,” stated Belzahet Treviño-Arjona, Director of the Nuevo Leon Institute of Water (IANL).

  • FUTURE EVENTS

Year 2 | Number 18 | October 8, 2007 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    It has been said that all deadlines eventually arrive. We are only seven days away from a unique experience. We are going to see the results of three years of planning, negotiations, and an intense convocation work.

  • MONTERREY: WORLD CAPITAL OF KNOWLEDGE
    For seven days, 200 specialists from 30 countries will discuss “Knowledge Based Development.” This is the first time so much talent is brought together to define a global agenda on priority issues.

  • THE LETTERS OF KNOWLEDGE
    Eleven publications will be presented as part of the 17 th International Book Fair Monterrey 2007, which will take place from October 13 th to the 21 st. The authors will be present and will participate in dialogues with the attendees.

  • A WEEK OF MACROEVENTS

Year 2 | Number 17 | September 3, 2007 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    A simple search in Internet shows that Mexican universities offer a total of 104 Master's Degree and Doctoral programs in several stockbreeding specialties.

  • NL is a reference point in livestock technology
    Cattle farmers create synergy by working together with researchers, universities, financing sources, private businesses, and governments to improve production by applying innovative methods.

  • THE PRIORITY IS INNOVATION
    Three years after its launching, the Monterrey, International City of Knowledge Program (Mtycic) has positioned science and technology as drivers of integral economic growth in the State.

Year 2 | Number 16 | August 6, 2007 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    For decades, the development of innovations was a privilege almost exclusively reserved for big businesses, and for universities and research centers with strong financial support.

  • THEY CATCH THE JOY OF MATH3MAT1C5
    More than 1,700 Secondary students who live in Santa Catarina's marginalized areas are learning to use technology to understand the logics of Mathematics.

  • IDB promotes Monterrey as a City of Knowledge
    The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will support the second stage of the Monterrey, International City of Knowledge Program (Mtycic) with a contribution of $272,400 USD. These funds will be used to develop a Master Plan for the 2008-2015 period.

Year 2 | Number 15 | JuLY , 2007 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    There are those who think that ensuring a water supply for 100 percent of the population is a never-ending race because of the country's demographic growth.

Year 2 | Number 14 | June , 2007 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    They say that the first step is always the most difficult one – and we have already taken it.

Year 2 | Number 13 | May 7, 2007 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    Every day, from the moment we turn off the alarm clock, we depend on new devices that have been developed with hardware and software applications.

Year 1 | Number 12 | April 9, 2007 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    Every time someone asks me if it is worthwhile investing time, effort, and money in patenting an innovation, I suggest that he/she read the story of the invention of the telephone.

  • Adding Value to Your Company by Protecting Your Innovations

    With slightly more than two years in the market and a workforce of 75 people, this company has registered four developments in the United States and six more are in the process of obtaining the preliminary protection granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) before assigning a patent.

Year 1 | Number 11 | March 5, 2007 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    If there is something that sets the pharmaceutical industry apart, it is research and the development of innovations. This sector cannot afford to remain static.

  • Small, But with Great Ideas

    Gerardo Maltos-Villarreal, the Company's Director, never even thought that their systems for managing, measuring, and controlling electricity consumption would go ahead of the advanced technologies of other Mexican pymes.

  • Agreement to promote innovation

    Coparmex Nuevo Leon and the Monterrey, International City of Knowledge Program will join efforts for businesses to have access to activities and workshops that promote an innovative vision.

Year 1 | Number 10 | February 5, 2007 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    Nuevo Leon is triggering a culture change to prevent discoveries and inventions from remaining as academic theses or stored away in the researchers' files.

  • They Have Support and Consultancy at Hand
    Augusto Rojas-Martinez and Hugo Alberto Barrera-Saldaña are convinced that the technology marketing program promoted by INVITE and the IC2 Institute is an excellent option for receiving assistance from experts who operate in a region already accustomed to invest in high-risk projects.

Year 1 | Number 09 | January 8, 2007 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    When we see ourselves in business settings, we usually look at other businesses as competitors; we rarely see them as our allies in a "co-ompetence" regime, which is the addition of competence and cooperation.

  • Monterrey IT Cluster

    With the creation of the first software cluster in Nuevo Leon, small and medium entrepreneurs will form a common front to enter the US Market, which is the largest in the world.

  • The Triple Helix is the Key to Enter the US Market

    The US market places very clear demands on software suppliers: competitive price, certified quality, capacity to carry out large projects, and experience. Distance and time zone are secondary aspects; therefore, the best bidder gets the big contracts, regardless of its geographical location.

Year 1 | Number 08 | dicember 4, 2006 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    The Monterrey, International City of Knowledge Program is an alliance between the government, universities, and the private sector, seeking to achieve sustained economic growth via innovation.

Year 1 | Number 07 | November 6, 2006 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    The transformation of Nuevo Leon into an Information Society implies guaranteeing that all groups of people have access to information and communications technologies (ICT). Only then will we be able to achieve comprehensive development in our community.

Year 1 | Number 06 | October 2, 2006 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    What many of them do not know is that a good handling of scientific methods is essential in order to develop logical thinking and understand the whys of our surroundings.

  • Science is for children too

    More than 21,600 pre-school and elementary school students learn how to make their own discoveries through the Science and Technology for Children Program, which is one of Monterrey, International City of Knowledge's strategic projects.

  • The City of Knowledge is a Community Project
    The Monterrey, International City of Knowledge Program is the current Nuevo Leon State Government's extraordinary contribution, but it is now time for society to become part of it.

Year 1 | Number 05 | SEptember 4, 2006 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    Even though many people think that the Research and Technology Innovation Park (PIIT) is "the City of Knowledge," that is not so.

  • The Encounter of Two Worlds

    The PIIT will concentrate Universities, Businesses, and Science and Technology Centers in the same space, thus fostering applied research and innovation development.

  • A Custom-made Park
    PIIT's first stage is being developed in a 74-acre (30-hectare) area representing an investment of approximately one billion Mexican pesos.

Year 1 | Number 04 | August 16, 2006 [ Hide ]

  • A project we are all building
    The promotion of knowledge-based development is the result of team work. This is how we, residents of Nuevo Leon, have understood this Alliance; this is why we work together, government, universities, businesses and citizens' organizations.

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Year 1 | Number 03 | July 10, 2006 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    There is no doubt that knowledge-based innovations are the ones that render the greatest value to users or clients.

Year 1 | Number 02 | June 5, 2006 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    In 1946, Genrich S. Altshuller was a 22-year-old engineer examining patents of the Soviet Navy. After classifying more than 200 thousand patents, he detected the presence of certain elements in all of the innovations.

  • Generating patentable ideas in a 'TRIZ'
    Through a workshop organized by Monterrey, International City of Knowledge, companies of the region learn about problem solving with an innovative mentality

Year 1 | Number 01 | May 2, 2006 [ Hide ]

  • A way of life
    We currently face a harsh reality in our country: most of our products and services have become commodities, that is, they only compete by price.

  • CIIDIT: the University's (UANL) support to the City of Knowledge
    Convinced that the Research and Technology Innovation Park of Nuevo Leon will give a decisive boost to the creation and development of knowledge firms, the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon is building, as part of the Park, its Center for Innovation, Research and Development in Engineering and Technology: CIIDIT.

  • Manufacturing customized solutions
    Currently, through its engineering department, Equitek is serving Mexican and transnational companies in the food, pharmaceutical, chemical, and industrial sectors, by developing specialized equipment for each one of them.

   

 

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