{"id":53477,"date":"2017-05-25T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T16:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/juan-gonzalez-moreno-galardonado-con-el-premio-buen-vecino-2017-por-la-camara-de-comercio-mexico-estados-unidos\/"},"modified":"2017-05-25T17:04:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T21:04:02","slug":"juan-gonzalez-moreno-galardonado-con-el-premio-buen-vecino-2017-por-la-camara-de-comercio-mexico-estados-unidos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/juan-gonzalez-moreno-galardonado-con-el-premio-buen-vecino-2017-por-la-camara-de-comercio-mexico-estados-unidos\/","title":{"rendered":"Juan Gonz\u00e1lez Moreno received the &#8220;2017 Good Neighbor&#8221; award from the Mexico-United States Chamber of Commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>&#8220;This award sends us and the world a very clear message that <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> are good neighbors and should continue to be good neighbors&#8221;: Juan Gonz\u00e1lez Moreno.<\/b>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>The President and Chief Executive officer reiterated the company&#8217;s enthusiasm and commitment to continue supporting the Hispanic community in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>.<\/b>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>&#8220;The <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"xn-location\">United States<\/span> relationship is very important. Thus it is with great satisfaction and pride that \u2013 in collaboration with <span class=\"xn-org\">Southern Methodist University<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span> \u2013 we are founding the Texas-Mexico Mission Foods Center&#8221;: JGM.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 25, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Due to the great support that Mission Foods and <span class=\"xn-person\">Azteca Milling<\/span>, subsidiaries of Gruma in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, have provided to the Hispanic community in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, and their contribution to creating the Texas-Mexico Mission Foods Center, whose main objective is to improve <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"xn-location\">United States<\/span> relationships, <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> Chamber of Commerce granted the <i>&#8220;2017 Good Neighbor&#8221;<\/i> award to the President and Chief Executive Office of Gruma, Juan Gonz\u00e1lez Moreno.<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/516351\/JUNA_GONZALEZ_RICK_PERRY.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/516351\/JUNA_GONZALEZ_RICK_PERRY.jpg<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/516350\/JGM_PREMIO_BUEN_VECINO_2017.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/516350\/JGM_PREMIO_BUEN_VECINO_2017.jpg<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since its creation more than four decades ago, <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> Chamber of Commerce has recognized ministers, ambassadors, governors, senators, former presidents, executive directors of companies, presidents of organizations and others with this award who have provided significant impetus to relationships between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, and after highlighting the development of social programs driven and directed by Juan Gonz\u00e1lez Moreno in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> to help and support Hispanic communities there, the President of <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> Chamber of Commerce, <span class=\"xn-person\">Albert Zapanta<\/span>, bestowed the recognition on the Mexican businessman.<\/p>\n<p>In turn, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Gruma noted that, &#8220;at this significant moment in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"xn-location\">United States<\/span> relationship, this award sends us and the entire world a very clear message that <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> are good neighbors and should continue to be good neighbors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After 40 years of operations in this country, at Gruma, through Mission Foods and <span class=\"xn-person\">Azteca Milling<\/span>, we know that Mexicans and Americans now share the same table and enjoy the same flavors. And after all of these years, I would like to reiterate our enthusiasm and commitment to continue supporting the Hispanic community in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>,&#8221; Gonz\u00e1lez Moreno added.<\/p>\n<p>At the offices of the Organization of American States (OAS) and speaking to businesspeople and special guests from both countries, the businessman from <span class=\"xn-location\">Nuevo Leon<\/span> said: &#8220;For me, the relationship between <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> is very important. Thus it is with great satisfaction and pride that \u2013 in collaboration with the prestigious <span class=\"xn-org\">Southern Methodist University<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span> \u2013 we are founding the Texas-Mexico Mission Foods Center. This will enrich the dialogue about the economic, political and social ties between <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> as a whole.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would like students to be prepared for a better future, and to strengthen the solidarity between our countries, and also to create better business opportunities. It would be a huge achievement to see other companies replicate this initiative in other states and in other academic institutions in the country,&#8221; said the President and Chief Executive Officer of Gruma, Juan Gonz\u00e1lez Moreno.<\/p>\n<p>Gruma, the leading company worldwide in the production of corn meal, tortillas and wraps, began operations in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> in 1977; the company&#8217;s first plant was located in <span class=\"xn-location\">Canoga Park, California<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>It currently has 20 tortilla and related foods production plants, and six corn meal processors strategically located throughout <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, to handle its clients and consumers efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 12 months it has invested more than <span class=\"xn-money\">100 million dollars<\/span> for construction in <span class=\"xn-location\">Dallas, Texas<\/span>, of the largest and most modern tortilla production plant in the world. It will begin operations in the second half of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Gruma has also invested around <span class=\"xn-money\">40 million dollars<\/span> in its plant in <span class=\"xn-location\">Evansville, Indiana<\/span>, and another <span class=\"xn-money\">70 million dollars<\/span> in expanding production capacity at its plants in <span class=\"xn-location\">Lakeland, Florida<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Panorama City, California<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-location\">Goldsboro, North Carolina<\/span>, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The multinational company&#8217;s sales in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> in 2016 were <span class=\"xn-money\">$2.024 billion dollars<\/span>, which is 54% of the company&#8217;s total sales worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Gruma-Mission Foods<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>&#8220;This award sends us and the world a very clear message that <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> are good neighbors and should continue to be good neighbors&#8221;: Juan Gonz\u00e1lez Moreno.<\/b>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>The President and Chief Executive officer reiterated the company&#8217;s enthusiasm and commitment to continue supporting the Hispanic community in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>.<\/b>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>&#8220;The <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"xn-location\">United&#8230;<br \/>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gobierno-y-politica"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}