Infrastructure and accessibility
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  1. Monterrey infrastructure and Accessibility Industry is the word for Monterrey. Per capita, more goods are produced here than in any other Mexican city - about 25 percent of Mexico's total manufacturing base. Monterrey lies about 150 miles from the American border in Texas, and the city is known for being decisively pro-US when it comes to business practice.



  1. Transportation
    Monterrey is connected with the USA border, the sea and inland Mexico through different roads, including the Carretera Nacional (also known as the Panamerican Highway) that runs from Nuevo Laredo to Mexico City and south, and the Carretera Interoceánica connecting Matamoros with the port of Mazatlán on the Pacific; it is also crossed by highways 40, 45, 57. The divided highway Monterrey-Saltillo-Matehuala-Mexico City is the main land corridor to interior Mexico.
  2. - There are several between-cities bus lines at the bus station downtown.
  3. - There are arrivals and departures into deeper Mexico, to the U.S. border and into the United States.
    - Monterrey is also connected by at least three important railroad freight lines: Nuevo Laredo-Mexico City, Monterrey-Tampico, and Monterrey-Pacific (Mazatlán).
    - The city has a rapid transit system called Metrorrey, which currently has 2 lines.

    The city is served by two international airports: General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (served by major international carriers and moving more than 6.5 million passengers in 2007)and Del Norte International Airport, a primarily private airport.
    Monterrey is linked through frequent non-stop flights to many Mexican cities and to key United States hubs (Atlanta, Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit, Houston-Intercontinental, JFK/New York, and Las Vegas). Monterrey is the second most important city for the operating routes of Aeroméxico.
    Five airlines have their operational bases and headquarters in Monterrey, Aviacsa, Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus and Magnicharters. There is no public transportation from Monterrey International Airport to the city. However, a cartel of taxi services link the airport with the city and charge around $20 US for a one-way ride to the city. From this airport, there is a bus shuttle to nearby Saltillo. Inter-city bus services run daily into the interior, as well as north to the US border and points beyond.



  1. Main road connections
    - Mexican highway 85 runs north towards Southern Texas, connecting Nuevo Leon to the city of Laredo, and to interstate 35 in Texas.
    - Highway 40 unites the east and west of Nuevo Leon, which connects Monterrey to the city of Saltillo in the State of Coahuila and also to Reynosa in Tamaulipas, and Highway 281 wich connects to Interstate 37 in Texas.
    - Highway 53 connects the city of Monterrey to the city of Monclova, Coahuila.
    - Highway 54 connects Monterrey to the city of Miguel Aleman in Tamaulipas, which connects to Rio Grande City in Texas.
    Hospitals
    Monterrey generally has a very high ranked medical infrastructure with some internationally acclaimed hospitals, including three with Joint Commission accreditation[40] the Joint Commission is a private healthcare accreditation group. There are both public and private hospitals. The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) has two major regional hospitals in the city, the Specialties Regional Hospital # 33 and the Gynecology and Obsterics Regional Hospital, serving also the northeastern states of Coahuila and Tamaulipas. Several smaller IMSS hospitals can be found such as the Traumatology and Orthopedics Hospital and the General Hospital # 25. State government owns the Metropolitan Hospital, located in the suburb of San Nicolás de los Garza and the Hospital of the Children and Mother Care in Guadalupe suburb.
  3. Telecommunications services
    - Easy access to the latest telecommunication technologies
    - Extensive T1 and DSL fiber optic network services operated by private groups: Telmex, Alestra (AT&T) and Avantel (MCI WorldCom).
    - More than 1 million telephone lines installed
    - Fiber optic
    - Capacity: 2.5 gigabytes per second
    - Dedicated lines service
    - Extensive telephone services
  1. Industrial Resources
    - Monterrey has an abundant natural gas supply. The main sources are located just 180 km from the city.
    - Power surplus esceeds the demand by 2,350 mw.
    - Availability of recycled water for industrial usage. (Monterrey treats 100% of its waste water).
    - Monterrey tap water meets international standards ans is supplied 24 hours per day 365 days a year.
    - The city of Monterrey, the industrial capital of Mexico, is considered to be one of the urban areas with the most natural gas usage in Latin America.

  2. Industrial Real Estate
  3. Monterrey benefits from a myriad industries and modern infrastructure. Its International Business Center, also known as Cintermex, is one of the most important convention centers in North America. The 700,000 sq ft center provides 30,000 sq feet for meetings and conventions and 100,000 sq feet for fairs and expositions.
  4. There are 35 Industrial Parks in the Metropolitan Area of Monterrey.