Life saving medical devices are made every day in the border cities of Mexico. The medical device cluster in Baja California include Greatbatch Medical, Medtronic, DJ Orthopedics Global, Smiths, CareFusion, Lancer, Flextronics, and Welch Allyn. In Baja California, the major commercial port of entry at Otay Mesa sees over 4,093,132 commercial truck crossings a year and in 2015 recorded a bidirectional trade value of $42.3 billion which is 189% higher than in 1998.
The Mexican border cities of Tijuana, Tecate, Mexicali and Ciudad Juárez are connected directly to U.S. via international highways, airports and a deep sea port in Ensenada. With annual medical device exports around $300,000 millons, Mexico is the largest exporter to the United States and Latin America. From pacemakers and feeding tubes, to orthopedic devices and x-ray machines, the border city medical device manufacturing sector is a well-established hub also geographically connected to the U. S’s 8th largest life sciences hub in San Diego, California.