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Xxentria Technology Materials Company Announces Expansion into New Mexico Borderplex
Xxentria Technology Materials Company, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of metal composite materials will open an office and manufacturing/distribution facility in New Mexico and will co-locate production operations across the international border in Chihuahua, Mexico. The company has purchased land for its facilities in Santa Teresa, NM, with a production plant planned in Chihuahua, Mexico. It will utilize the Santa Teresa/San Jeronimo international border crossing which connects the...
State Assistance from LEDA Helps LaSen Inc. Move to Global Marketplace
A Las Cruces company that specializes in aerial inspection and mapping services is planning a major expansion in New Mexico, more than doubling its highly trained workforce in Las Cruces and speed its global expansion, Economic Development Department Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced today. LaSen Inc. has been awarded a state Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) grant of $750,000 to construct a larger headquarters facility, add new drones and helicopters, and hire 79 additional...
Marlowe Companies, Inc. Receives State JTIP Funding for Las Cruces Expansion
The New Mexico Economic Development Department Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced on August 19, 2020 the JTIP funding approval for Marlowe Companies, Inc. (DBA Mass Markets NM). The company, a global leader call center service business, will hire 360 trainees. The company has 14 locations in 12 states and now will expand in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The average wage for the positions is $13.64 and the company will contribute to employee health insurance premiums. The JTIP award amounted...
New Mexico $400M Recovery Loan Fund Launched
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the opening of the Small Business Recovery Loan Fund for New Mexico small businesses, today, August 5. Click here for online applications. The Small Business Recovery Act of 2020 with funds of $400 million from the New Mexico State Severance Tax Fund provides loans to New Mexico businesses and nonprofits having experienced financial difficulties due to COVID-19 public health orders. “This is a cornerstone of our state’s response to the economic crisis...
New 183,000 sf Spec Building Available in Santa Teresa, New Mexico
A new 183,000 sf building has been completed by Franklin Mountain Industrial. Located at 250 Constellation Drive in the Santa Teresa Airport Park, the distribution/manufacturing facility is close to the Union Pacific Railroad Intermodal Terminal. "A bright spot in the current public health crisis is that construction on new buildings and infrastructure remains brisk in Santa Teresa," said Jerry Pacheco, Senior Business Recruiter of the New Mexico Partnership and President of the Border...
White Sands Missile Range’s 75th Anniversary
On July 9, 1945 White Sands Missile Range was established. White Sands Missile Range is the largest open-air land test range in the country supporting missile development and test programs. Prior to 1958 it was referred to as White Sands Proving Ground. WAC Corporal rockets and German V-2s were amongst the first rockets tested. Built for sending instruments to high elevations to collect data the WAC Corporal was America’s first “sounding rocket.” The rocket of an approximate 660 pounds in...
Union Pacific Railroad Awards $25,000 to MVEDA To Address COVID-19 Economic Development Response Challenges
Rico Gonzales, Chair of the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA), announced today that the Union Pacific Railroad awarded $25,000 through its Community Ties Giving Program to MVEDA to address COVID-19 economic development response challenges. The specific purpose of this grant is to appraise industry shifts and impacts resulting from COVID-19, identifying new, emerging career paths which could benefit Dona Ana County and its residents, and further understanding the workforce...
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Completes Second Successful Flight
On June 25th the second SpaceShipTwo success flight from Spaceport America was announced by Virgin Galactic. The announcement follows the first completed test flight from the New Mexico commercial headquarters on May 1st, 2020 marking another advancement towards Virgin Galactic’s commercial service. Mark ‘Forger’ Stucky and Michael ‘Sooch’ Masucci were on SpaceShipTwo Unity’s flight deck; both pilots are commercial astronauts with previous flights into space with Unity. Nicola Pecile and CJ...
New Mexico Contractors Complete $8 million Construction Project at Spaceport America
The Japanese subsidiary HAPSMobile, Inc of SoftBank Corp. along with its partner AeroVironment, Inc. announced their new operations center at New Mexico’s Spaceport America on June 11. The focus of the companies is on the developing of an unmanned solar-powered High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS). Referred to as a cell-tower in the sky it is designed to improve communications in under-served areas. Sandy Jones Contractor firm of New Mexico took on the $8 million project consisting of 500 x...
Virgin Galactic Signs Agreement with NASA to Increase Orbital Spaceflight to the International Space Station
The vertically integrated aerospace company, Virgin Galactic, announced the Space Act Agreement signing with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in efforts to promote commercial participation in human spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) and to advance Low Earth Orbit economy. Through a newly developed private orbital astronaut readiness program under the agreement, Virgin Galactic will be identifying candidates that are interested in the purchase of private astronaut missions to the...
