A better way to launch, operate, and grow in Mexico.
Faster, lower-cost, and lower-risk than going it alone. Tetakawi's shelter program gets manufacturers from the US, Canada, and Europe operational in Mexico in as little as 30 days versus 8–12 months.
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Shelter, defined.
Shelter is the legal structure that lets a foreign manufacturer (whether US, Canadian, European, or other non-Mexican) run a Mexican manufacturing operation through an established Mexican shelter provider, without forming a Mexican subsidiary, holding an IMMEX, or becoming the Mexican employer of record.
The split is simple:
Your team runs production. Our platform runs everything around it. Your equipment, IP, quality systems, and customer relationships stay yours. The Mexican entity, IMMEX permit, payroll, customs, and compliance run on ours.
Four trade-offs that decide whether shelter is the right model for your operation.
Shelter is a different way of allocating capital, time, and risk for a Mexican manufacturing operation. Here are the four trade-offs every executive evaluates before signing, and how the shelter model resolves each.
Shelter doesn't eliminate the work of expanding into Mexico. It changes what work you own, and what work runs on a platform that has done it hundreds of times.
From precision aerospace to high-volume consumer goods.
60+ manufacturers from the US, Canada, and Europe run under Tetakawi today across nine major manufacturing categories, each with the same operating depth, same campus infrastructure, same U.S.-based contract.
How one manufacturer scaled production in Mexico under the campus model.
Mazatlán Manufacturing Campus
Six phases from decision to scale.
Shelter is a structured engagement, not a transaction. Due diligence and site preparation take real time. Once that work is done, launch happens in as little as 30 days. Here's what each phase actually looks like, and who's on point at every stage.
- Phase 1
Due diligence & planning
A discovery call to understand your operation: its priorities, constraints, and the hard numbers (labor markets, logistics, utilities). We build a side-by-side cost model across our five campus locations and arrange optional site visits to meet the operational teams who would support you. Initial regulatory guidance runs throughout.
Owner: Business Development - Phase 2
Site preparation
We secure or build your facility on a Tetakawi-owned lot, manage permitting and utilities, and commission the space for equipment installation. Duration depends on building readiness, from move-in-ready Class A space to ground-up construction on master-planned campus land.
Owner: Soft Landing Expert - Phase 3
Organizational setup
Tetakawi becomes your employer of record, importer of record, and manufacturer of record under Mexican law. HR, payroll, benefits, labor relations, and compliance infrastructure are stood up under one U.S.-based contract.
Owner: Soft Landing Expert - Phase 4
Move-in & first production
Equipment is delivered and installed. Your workforce is recruited and onboarded at scale through our on-site teams. First production runs with every core service already in place. Operational in as little as 30 days once prior phases are complete, versus 8–12 months for a standalone setup.
Owner: Soft Landing Expert → Campus GM - Phase 5
Steady-state operations
We provide continuous support across workforce management, facilities, import/export, and compliance. Integrated services streamline day-to-day operations, with monthly reporting on labor, financial, and compliance indicators. Your team focuses on production. Administration runs in the background.
Owner: Campus GM + Client Development Director - Phase 6
On-campus expansion
Our Manufacturing Campuses are master-planned so you can scale within the same footprint. Add lines, increase capacity, expand square footage. No relocation, no re-permitting. The same handoff structure carries forward.
Owner: Client Development Director
Want a side-by-side cost model for your operation?
Our Business Development team runs the numbers (labor, infrastructure, administration) across our five campus locations.
Four pillars of the Tetakawi Manufacturing Campus.
Most Mexico shelter providers hold an IMMEX, coordinate a network of vendors, and hand you a service agreement. That's the limit of what shelter has to be. Tetakawi's shelter runs on a campus platform we own and operate across Mexico, structured around four pillars.
Infrastructure
Five fully owned Manufacturing Campuses across Mexico: Empalme, Guaymas, Hermosillo, Saltillo, Mazatlán. 6.5M+ sq ft of purpose-built industrial space, owned and operated by Tetakawi rather than leased from third parties. Move-in-ready Class A buildings and master-planned land for phased expansion.
Workforce
On-site recruiting at every campus. 200+ buses providing daily worker transport. On-site medical clinics, training centers, and daycare. University and technical school partnerships built into the talent pipeline. Stability and scale, engineered into the platform.
Logistics
Integrated customs cross-docks at each campus, with U.S. consolidation operations. Import and export under Tetakawi's exporter-and-importer-of-record status. Inbound and outbound consolidated freight services. Materials flow runs on the platform.
Compliance
One U.S.-based master contract. Tetakawi serves as your employer of record, importer of record, and manufacturer of record under Mexican law. Mexican labor, EHS, customs, IMSS, IVA, and SAT obligations sit with the platform, not with you.
You keep production. We absorb everything around it.
Tetakawi handles
- Legal entity and Mexican corporate compliance
- IMMEX permit, customs, and VAT certification
- HR, payroll, benefits, labor relations
- Facility, utilities, on-site medical, worker transport
- EHS programs and regulatory permitting
- Recruiting, training, and workforce retention
- Accounting and fiscal administration in Mexico
You handle
- Production strategy, lines, throughput targets
- Quality systems, certifications, customer audits
- IP, designs, BOMs, and engineering decisions
- Raw material and component sourcing
- Equipment, tooling, and capital allocation
- Customer and supplier relationships
- Plant leadership and on-site management direction
Six months from today, here's what's different.
Five fully-owned Manufacturing Campuses across Northern Mexico.
Each campus is purpose-built industrial space with shared infrastructure — security, medical clinic, worker transport, customs cross-dock, EHS program. Pick the campus that fits your supply chain.
Schedule a discovery call.
A 45-minute conversation with a Tetakawi advisor. We'll understand your operation, give you a preliminary view on fit, and — if it's the right path — start building a cost model.
No pitch. No pressure. If shelter isn't right for your situation, we'll tell you that on the call.
Tell us about your operation.
A Tetakawi advisor will reach out within one business day.