We own the building, employ the people and handle the permits, quality and management. You decide how involved you want to be, from hands-off to engineers on our floor.
Bridge Manufacturing is Micromex’s model for producing in Mexico. Micromex owns and runs the plant in Imuris, Sonora and employs everyone on your line, so you carry no capital, no headcount and no employment liability. Unlike a sealed contract manufacturer, you keep full visibility and as much control as you want.
Bridge gives you what a contract manufacturer gives — speed, no capital, no headcount — plus the control and visibility of running your own plant. And Micromex carries the employment liability.
| What you get | Our modelMicromex BridgeWe run the plant. You stay as involved as you want. | Contract manufacturingA sealed box you rarely see insideYou give up control and visibility | ShelterYou set up and run the operationYou give up speed, capital, headcount and the employment liability | CampusYou run production in their buildingYou give up speed, capital, most headcount and the employment liability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Like contract manufacturing | ||||
| Speed to launch | Weeks | Weeks | 12–18 months | 6–12 months |
| Capital you put in | None | None | HighYou pay for the building and buy the equipment | Medium |
| Headcount you carry | NoneMicromex employs your whole line | None | AllThe shelter employs them on paper; every cost is yours | Most |
| Equipment | Your choiceUse ours, or own yours: we bond it and handle the temporary import | Theirs | Yours to buy | Yours to buy |
| Like running your own plant | ||||
| Your control | As much as you wantYour engineers on our floor or on a call | LowChanges mean renegotiating | Full | High |
| Your visibility | FullWatch your line any time | LowProblems show up when the truck arrives | Full | High |
| Who carries the risk | ||||
| Employment liability | Stays with MicromexZero employees on your books in Mexico | With the manufacturer | Passed to youLayoff and severance costs are billed to you | Yours |
Based on how each model usually works. Details vary by provider.
Hiring, payroll, benefits and Mexican labor law are hard to get right from another country. With Bridge Manufacturing, Micromex is the employer of every person on your line. When volumes change, staffing is our job, and the employment obligations never pass to you.
No plant to lease and no employees to hire. Use our equipment, or own yours and we bond it and handle the temporary import.
Nothing is sealed. Walk the line, station your engineers with it, or check in from your desk.
Micromex is the employer of record, and the employment obligations under Mexican labor law stay with us.
Keep your supply chain and consign material, let us source everything, or mix the two by part.
No fixed package. We set the structure together and change it together as your program grows.
The plant, IMMEX certification and trained workforce are already in place.
Bridge programs cover everything from short runs to dedicated lines.
Documented process control, traceability and inspection as routine, backed by a 100% Quality Assurance Program.
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| Micromex BridgeOur plant, our people | Contract manufacturingA sealed box | ShelterTheir building, your operation | CampusYour plant, their building | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who owns the building | Micromex | The manufacturer, or often a landlord one step further removed | The shelter company (owned or rented) | The campus owner |
| Equipment | Ours, or yours: we bond it and handle the temporary import | The manufacturer’s | Yours to buy | Yours to buy |
| Who employs the people | Micromex | The contract manufacturer | The shelter, on paper; you pay every cost | You |
| Employment liability | Stays with Micromex | With the manufacturer | Passed to you | Yours |
| Speed to launch | Weeks | Weeks | 12–18 months | 6–12 months |
| Your control | As much as you want | Low | Full | High |
| Your visibility | Full | Low | Full | High |
| Capital you put in | None | None | High | Medium |
| Headcount you carry | None | None | All | Most |
| Material | Consigned or turnkey | Usually turnkey | Yours | Yours |
| Changing the program | We adjust it together | Renegotiate the contract | Your call, your cost | Your call, your cost |
| Best for | Brands that want control without running a plant | Simple, stable products you hand off | Large, long-term operations | Companies ready to run their own plant |
Share prints, BOM, volumes and how involved you want to be.
Get a program proposal in about two weeks and tour the plant.
First-article inspection, process validation and your sign-off.
Scale to volume with weekly reporting. We staff the line; you carry no headcount.
Answer a few questions about your line. See your estimated savings in under a minute.
Start with what you build and where you build it today.
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Continue to my estimateA way to produce in Mexico where Micromex owns the plant, the people, the permits, quality and management — while you stay as involved as you want to be.
Most ways to build in Mexico make you choose between control and convenience. A shelter or a campus gives you control but leaves you running a plant and carrying the headcount. A contract manufacturer is fast and hands-off but works like a sealed box. Bridge connects the two: we own and run everything, your engineers can be on our floor or on a call, and material can be consigned or turnkey.
Nothing is sealed. You get the speed and zero headcount of contract manufacturing, plus full visibility and as much control as you want.
With a typical contract manufacturer you send a print and a purchase order and product shows up. You rarely see inside, problems surface when the truck arrives, and changes mean renegotiating. With Bridge, your engineers are welcome on our floor, you see the line, your supply chain can stay yours, and we adjust the program together as you go.
With a shelter you still run the plant and pay for the headcount, including layoff costs. With Bridge, Micromex carries both.
A shelter company handles the legal entity, payroll paperwork and customs, and provides the building, which it owns or rents and passes the cost on to you. The shelter is the legal employer, but every employee cost is yours, and if you lay people off, the severance and unemployment costs are passed to you. You still buy the equipment, choose the staff and manage the floor, which typically takes 12 to 18 months to stand up. Bridge keeps the involvement and visibility of a shelter without the capital, the headcount or the wait.
Micromex does. Every person on your line is a Micromex employee.
We recruit, hire, train and pay the team, provide benefits and Mexican social security (IMSS), and manage turnover and retention. You never have employees in Mexico on your books.
Micromex. Employment obligations under Mexican labor law stay with us and are never passed on to you.
Labor-law compliance, severance and staffing changes when volumes go up or down are our responsibility as the employer. You get a stable, trained team without the legal and financial exposure of employing people in another country.
We plan staffing changes with you, and the hiring, retraining and severance that come with them stay on our side.
Because Micromex is the employer, ramping up or scaling down never becomes a hiring drive or a layoff on your books. Tell us your forecast and we’ll staff the line to match.
Yes. Your engineers can be on our floor or on a call — as involved as you want.
Visibility is the point of Bridge. Visit any time, station your own engineers or quality staff with the line, or check in remotely. Our Tucson team is on Arizona time and a short drive from the plant.
Consigned means you own and supply the material. Turnkey means Micromex sources and manages it.
You can keep your current supply chain and consign material to us, let us buy and manage everything, or mix the two by part. Under IMMEX, imported material for export production has its duties deferred either way.
Wire harnesses and cable assemblies, electrical and electromechanical assemblies, transformers, specialty packaging and kitting, plus remanufacturing.
Builds range from low-volume prototypes to full production runs. We also run sub-assembly builds that drop straight into your line, retail-ready packaging and multi-component kits. Many programs start as a problem another supplier declined to solve.
Tell us what you build, your volumes and what you want to improve. We’ll come back with a recommended program, a cost estimate and a timeline — and an honest answer on whether we’re the right fit.
