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Manufacturing and Machining

From food to microchips, metro New Mexico's manufacturing companies are diverse. The manufacturing industry grew 5.2 percent in 2006 and has seen a one percent growth in 2007. It makes up six percent of the local job market. These diverse enterprises:

  • use innovative industrial processes
  • take advantage of a long-established precision machining infrastructure
  • require a stable and technologically-sophisticated workforce
Close proximity to our two national labs and numerous research facilities provide ample partnership opportunities for local companies. New Mexico also offers a host of industry advantages, making the state an attractive place to do business.

New and Expanding Manufacturing Companies

  • Tesla Motors will soon break ground on its 150,000-square-foot facility to build its 100 percent electric luxury sports car here.  
  • Merillat Industries LLC has recently built a 350,000-square-foot factory in Los Lunas.
  • Stainless Motors, Inc. relocated from Los Angeles, saving at least $1 million by building its 21,000-square-foot plant in Rio Rancho instead.
  • Tempur-Pedic recently built a $56-million, 800,000-square-foot plant on Albuquerque's West Side.
  • U.S. Cotton completed a 36,700-square-foot expansion of its existing manufacturing facility in Rio Rancho. 

Precision Machining

The precision-machining infrastructure in Metro New Mexico has not been duplicated anywhere else in the world. Originally developed to meet the needs of Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory, precision machine shops now meet the exacting demands of a variety of high-tech industries including Metro New Mexico's burgeoning aviation cluster.

  • Team Specialty Products, an advanced engineering and manufacturing solutions company offers a good illustration of Metro New Mexico's precision machining infrastructure.
  • Coronado Machines specializes in the precision machining and construction of individual components and fabricated sub-assemblies.