Canadian company EXFO will invest 200 million pesos in Querétaro

Queretaro, Qro. EXFOa Canadian telecommunications company, invests 200 million pesos to install an operations center in the entity, which will start operations on December 1 of this year.

As part of the investment plan, the company will generate 235 new jobs, firm executives confirmed, within the framework of Governor Mauricio Kuri González’s tour in Canada.

During the second day of activities in this country, the delegation from Querétaro visited the Canadian firm’s plant in Quebec, where they discussed the state of the investment project, whose facilities will be part of the Querétaro Industrial Park, in the state capital.

In this space there will be a fiber optic factory, testing equipment; They will also develop solutions for network operations, for internet providers and telecommunications manufacturers. The firm is a world reference in telecommunications tests.

Founder and CEO of EXFO, Germain Lamone, highlighted the state capital as an investment destination; in addition to highlighting the educational plans in which both the public and private sectors collaborate.

For EXFO it is an investment that is permanent in the long term. (…) (They are) committed to making us present in Querétaro, in a successful and beneficial situation for both sides”, he declared.

The company is listed on the NASDAQ and Toronto Stock Exchanges; It has 1,700 collaborators in 25 countries.

Meanwhile, as part of the second day of activities in Canada, the delegation of Queretaro public servants met with the Minister of International Relations of La Francophonie, Martine Biron, to propose internationalization strategies.

Similarly, with the Deputy Prime Minister of the province of Quebec -also Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility- Geneviève Guilbault, to discuss collaborative green technology projects, as well as promote international cooperation in political, academic and economic matters.

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