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A Successful Case Study

A Successful Case Study

WISE's roots are traced to the owner of Chemical Seal and Packing, LP (CS&P). CS&P was founded in Houston, TX in 1973 as a spare parts manufacturer and repair facility for rotating equipment used in the Petrochemical Industry. In 1975, CS&P began to manufacture and repair cryogenic pumps for the oil well service industry. They continued to develop equipment to pump and vaporize cryogenic fluids (Nitrogen, Liquefied Natural Gas, Oxygen, Argon, Hydrogen, Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide) used in the Well Service, Industrial Gas and Aerospace Industries. CS&P owns and occupies a 28,000 sq. ft. plant in Houston, a 15,000 Sq. Ft. plant in Del Rio, TX and a full-service facility in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.

In 1991, the owner of CS&P founded MIA Manufacturing, Inc.(MIA) to manufacture in Mexico under the Maquiladora Program. This was in response to economic conditions, competition, and ever increasing labor and benefits costs in the US. In Acuna, MIA currently occupies a 40,000 sq. ft. foundry, 22,500 sq. ft., CNC equipped machine shop, 10,000 sq. ft. warehouse and a 10,000 sq. ft. crane served fabrication shop. All facilities are climate controlled and are located in an Industrial Park in Acuna, Mexico - just across the border from Del Rio, TX.

As a successful company in the Offshore Manufacturing Industry, the logical progression for CS&P would be the continued expansion of their Mexico industrial park. This growth is supported by the abundance of economic labor and lower benefit costs in Acuna and throughout Mexico. In the late 1990's, numerous companies approached CS&P on how to be successful manufacturing in Mexico. The owner's response to this marketing opportunity spawned the birth of Western International Support Enterprises (WISE) in 2005 and prompted them to purchase additional industrial park acreage in Acuna. WISE is staffed with a group of professionals who have practical administrative experience within the context of manufacturing. WISE professionals have the knowledge and understanding of business practices in Mexico, which gives WISE the tools required to assist you when relocating your manufacturing.