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60-510: Dataproducts Corporation was an early manufacturer of computer peripheral equipment . Initially known as Data Products, the company was founded by Erwin Tomash in 1962 in order to take controlling interest of Telex 's Data Systems Division. The division was behind on a contract to deliver disk drives to General Electric. Dataproducts was able to complete the product and deliver to General Electric and later Ferranti , ICL and RCA . Sustained by

120-483: A PM10 rating of 137 for the year 2010. It is thought that the reason is lack of pavement (dust) and lack of wind, especially in summer. The city is grappling with huge amounts of trash "from old appliances, to electronic waste and used tires, some of which comes from the United States." Mexican government agencies in the border region have not made pollution a priority, and weak enforcement of environmental standards

180-621: A food court, and a large array of stores that sell many items needed for daily living. It is located on Boulevard Lázaro Cárdenas at Calle 11. According to a previous census conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) in 2008, the number of students who have graduated from Mexicali's public and private schools are as follows: Pre-scholar students: 18,648 Primary school students: 17,272 Secondary school students: 12,337 Technical education students: 531 Baccalaureate students: 6,152 Some public universities in

240-547: A large sector of the economy. However, its economy has gradually gone from being agricultural to include industry, mainly maquiladoras —duty-free factories in which parts from the United States are imported, assembled, and then returned to the United States as finished products. Currently, the Mexicali Valley still is one of Mexico's most productive agricultural regions, mostly producing wheat, cotton and vegetables. The city

300-517: A maximum Mercalli intensity of VII ( Very strong ), it was felt in northern Baja California near the United States–Mexico border, and was also felt in western cities such as Tijuana , San Diego , Los Angeles and parts of Arizona. The Mexicali Valley is one of the largest and most fertile valleys in Mexico. Over fifty different crops are grown in the valley, which is similar in production to

360-456: A mean at 13.1 °C (55.6 °F) and an average low at 5.8 °C (42.4 °F). On 28 July 1995, the Mexicali area recorded a temperature of 52.0 °C (125.6 °F), which is the highest temperature ever recorded in Mexico. As of 2020, the city of Mexicali had a population of 854,186. The city itself had a 2005 census population of 653,046, whereas the municipality 's population

420-497: A median of 2 lanes. The backbone of the city is the Lazaro Cardenas Boulevard extending from east to west. Other important boulevards include: Adolfo Lopez Mateos, Benito Juárez, Anáhuac, Justo Sierra, Venustiano Carranza, Manuel Gómez Morin, Francisco L. Montejano, Cetys, Héctor Terán Terán, Independencia and Heroico Colegio Militar, among others. There are two corridors within the city: New River Ecological Corridor, which

480-442: A medium to generate revenue, and visitors cross by foot or by car from Calexico , United States, every day. Tourists are mainly attracted to local taco stands , restaurants, pharmacies, bars and dance clubs. Near the border, in walking distance, there are many shops and stalls selling Mexican curios and souvenirs. Arizona and Nevada residents look for medical and dental services in Mexicali, since they tend to be less expensive than in

540-407: A personnel agency and Uptime, a manufacturer of card readers . Graham Tyson replaced Tomash as CEO in 1971. The disk business was ailing in the face of increased competition and finally discontinued. Dataproducts switched from drum to band technology in the late 1970s and added dot matrix printers along with a series of thermal printers sourced from Olivetti . The telecommunications company Stelma

600-466: A referendum for the design of the project and the laying of a few streets and lamp posts that can be seen on the premises as the only work done. Neither authorities nor the private frontmen of the project have given the public any account on what the public money was spent on. Former president Vicente Fox offered ten years of a tax rate as low as 3% to foreign-owned factories. The premises sit empty as of October 2022. Mexicali also relies on tourism as

660-479: A series of progressive rock concerts that take place during four consecutive days in springtime. It is hosted by CAST , a progressive rock band from Mexicali. The city claimed to have the largest per capita concentration of residents of Chinese origin in Mexico, around 5,000 until 2012 when the Tijuana La Mesa District surpassed that number at 15,000 Chinese immigrants. The Chinese immigrants came to

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720-697: Is Soles de Mexicali of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). Soles lifted the national trophy as the 2006–07, 2014–15, 2017–18, and 2019–20 LNBP Champions. Their stadium, the Auditorio del Estado , is located in Ciudad Deportiva de Mexicali. The Bomberos de Mexicali were founded in 2010 and participated in the Pacific Coast Basketball Circuit, CIBACOPA . Another defunct franchise, Calor de Mexicali (Mexicali Heat), participated in

780-424: Is a simple "memorial" Facebook page online; memories, contributions etc. are welcome on that page. When Dataproducts was first formed, Informatics was created as a subsidiary that did contract software work and was headed by Walter F. Bauer. In 1964, Informatics acquired Advanced Information Systems from Hughes Dynamics. The AIS file management system led to MARK IV , a fourth-generation programming language that

840-426: Is also home to many food processing plants such as Nestlé , Jumex , Bimbo , Coca-Cola , Kellogg's , and Sabritas . In December 2018 there were 180 in all, employing 70,000 people. Mexicali became the national center for the aerospace industry in Mexico when Rockwell Collins established an operation there in 1966. Rockwell Collins is the oldest company under the maquiladora program nationwide. Silicon Border

900-531: Is an empty 40-square-kilometer (9,900-acre) development supposedly tailored to the specific needs of high-technology manufacturing and is situated in the outskirts of Mexicali, along the western border of the U.S. and Mexico. The aim of the empty manufacturing park, which began in 2004, was to transform Mexicali into the world's next semiconductor manufacturing center, if the world economy was fine. The Mexican federal and Baja California state governments have given away $ 2 million of public money to private hands, without

960-470: Is considered a reason that multinationals locate factories there, along with low wages. In general, maquiladoras are supposed to return any toxic waste to its country of origin, but in some cases it can be handled in Mexico. Despite its arid desert location, Mexicali is watered through a system of aquifers in the valley. Under a 1944 water treaty , the city is "guaranteed an annual quantity of 1,500,000 acre-feet (1.9 km ) [of water] to be delivered" from

1020-611: Is guided in the ancient New River bed, and the Palaco Industrial Corridor, this crosses the southern Industrial zone of Mexicali. There is also the beltway, located in the east of the city, connecting the Lazaro Cardenas Blvd. with Islas Agrarias Blvd. and the road to Colonia Abasolo, and this in turn with the Airport Road. The city is linked to other Mexican cities by Mexicali International Airport , which serves

1080-431: Is one of Mexico's most important exporters of asparagus, broccoli, carrots, green onions, lettuce, peas, peppers, radishes and tomatoes to the world. In its beginnings Mexicali was an important center for cotton production for export, until synthetic fabrics reduced the worldwide demand for the fiber. Currently, horticulture is the most successful agricultural activity with scallion (green onion), and asparagus being among

1140-653: Is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California . The city, which is the seat of the Mexicali Municipality , has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the Calexico–Mexicali metropolitan area is home to 1,000,000 inhabitants on both sides of the Mexico–United States border . Mexicali is a regional economic and cultural hub for the border region of The Californias . Mexicali

1200-596: The Arizona Sun Corridor where the cities of Phoenix and Tucson dominate, Federal Highway 2 , which leads east to San Luis Río Colorado and west to Tijuana , and Federal Highway 5 connecting San Felipe with Mexicali. Other roads lead southwest to Ensenada or north to the Imperial Valley . The road system in the city of Mexicali and its conurbation is very complex. Over the urban area long boulevards are traversed from one end of which most are 6 lanes with

1260-617: The Colorado River . However, a proposed concrete lining in the United States on the All-American Canal would cut off billions of leaked gallons of water, which is used to irrigate onions, alfalfa, asparagus, squash and other crops in Mexicali. The nearby Cerro Prieto volcano is adjacent to the Cerro Prieto Geothermal Power Station , which creates high volumes of pollutants including mercury . As of 2014,

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1320-412: The Imperial Valley . National and international industries have invested in Mexicali and surrounding cities to take advantage of its tax-free status given to industry. The Mexicali Valley is a primary source of water for the region, which is the largest irrigation district in Mexico. A study by Instituto Mexicano de la Competitividad has listed Mexicali as Mexico's most polluted air of large cities, with

1380-625: The 1820s, the Mexican authorities reopened the Sonoran Road and restored peaceful relations with the Yuma People. In the mid-19th century, a geologist working for the Southern Pacific Railroad came to the delta area, discovering what the native Yumans had known for centuries: that the thick river sediment deposits made the area prime farming land. These sediments extended far to the west of

1440-450: The 1960s with the end of the Bracero program. A 1988 study found 100 factories in the city, including 10 electronics manufacturers, 25 auto parts manufacturers, 27 textile plants and nine plastics companies. Most maquiladoras are run by US companies, followed by Mexican, South Korean, and Japanese companies. Today Mexicali is an important center for maquiladora (assembly plant) production in

1500-599: The 2007 edition of the league. They played their home games at the Gimnasio de Mexicali located on Avenida Reforma. Mexicali was also home to a 2006 American Basketball Association franchise, the Centinelas de Mexicali (The Sentinels). Ciudad Deportiva houses a football stadium where Mexicali Fútbol Club in the Mexican Second Division and Cachanillas de Mexicali , a Mexican Third Division team plays. The home of

1560-482: The Cucapah tribe to build shacks) and are from culturally diverse backgrounds. It is among the most ethnically diverse cities in Mexico, with people from various Native American, European, African, East Asian, and Middle Eastern origins. There is a very popular song called " Puro Cachanilla  [ es ] " also known as "El Cachanilla" that identifies people from Mexicali. This song was originally recorded in 1963 by

1620-532: The Lands) in 1937. in which Mexican land was taken by Mexicans. Agricultural production continued to increase during the 20th century. Cotton became the most important crop and helped develop the textile industry. In the early 1950s, the Mexicali Valley became the biggest cotton-producing zone in the country and in the 1960s, production reached more than half a million parcels a year. The first factories appeared in

1680-547: The North American and European compatible printing supplies divisions of Ricoh Printing Systems America, Inc. (RPSA), manufacturer of Dataproducts and other compatible supplies brands, effective February 1, 2005, as announced by CEO Jim Schiefelbein and President Jim Cerkleski. Bill Barclay, former executive vice president of the RPSA supplies division, was named president of the new Dataproducts USA, LLC division of Clover. Financing for

1740-517: The Pioneros del Valle, also a Mexican third division football team, is located in the Mexicali Valley. In addition, Ciudad Deportiva is the location of Farmacias Sta Maria formally known as Estadio B'Air , where the Águilas de Mexicali play, competing in winter baseball 's Mexican Pacific League (LMP). The Centinelas de Mexicali are a professional team which plays in the North Sonora League ,

1800-504: The United States. However, around 1900, the only area with any real population, aside from the Cocopah, were concentrated in Los Algodones , to the east of Mexicali. In 1900, the U.S.-based California Development Company received permission from the government of Díaz to cut a canal through the delta's Arroyo Alamo, to link the dry basin with the Colorado River . To attract farmers to

1860-567: The United States. Pharmacies sell some drugs without a prescription and at much lower cost than in the US, but some medications still require a doctor's prescription, although several accessible doctor offices are located near the border as well. Mexico's drinking age is 18 years old (vs. 21 in the United States) which makes it a common weekend destination for many high school and college students from Southern California. Mexicali hosts Baja Prog , one of

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1920-681: The acquisition was provided by Bank One . World headquarters of Clover Technologies Group is in Ottawa, Illinois, along with its manufacturing and distribution facilities. Dataproducts division, with its western U.S. distribution center, is located in Simi Valley, California , with manufacturing in Mexicali, Mexico and in Porto, Portugal . The three plants provide over 200,000 square feet of combined manufacturing capacity of printer, fax and copier consumables. There

1980-699: The area after crossing the Sonoran Desert 's " Camino del Diablo " or Devil's Road. This led to the evangelization of the area by Catholic missionaries and also to the reduction of native populations in the region. Nowadays, indigenous Cocopah people still inhabit a small government-protected corner of the Colorado River delta near the junction of the Hardy and the Colorado. The Cocopah mostly work on agricultural ejidos or fishing. The early European presence in this area

2040-583: The area as laborers for the Colorado River Land Company, an American enterprise which designed and built an extensive irrigation system in the Valley of Mexicali. Some immigrants came from the United States, often fleeing anti-Chinese policies there, while others sailed directly from China. Thousands of Chinese were lured to the area by the promise of high wages, but that never materialized. Since 2000, new migrants from China to Mexicali come from many of

2100-549: The area, the developers named it the " Imperial Valley ". In 1903, the first 500 farmers arrived; by late 1904, 405 km (100,000 acres) of valley were irrigated, with 10,000 people settled on the land harvesting cotton, fruits, and vegetables. The concentration of small housing units that straddled the border was called Calexico on the U.S. side and Mexicali on the Mexican side. Led by Los Angeles Times publisher Harry Chandler , one company controlled 800,000 hectares of land in northern Baja California by 1905, and began to build

2160-460: The area. During winter time, Mexicali is affected by the snow storms that pass by the town of La Rumorosa located in the Sierra de Juárez , about 45 minutes west of the city, causing a decrease in temperature that lasts from two days to one week. July is the hottest month with a mean at 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) and an average high at 42.3 °C (108.1 °F), while January is the coolest month with

2220-402: The automotive, aerospace, telecommunications, metallurgical, and health items as well as manufacturing and exporting products to various countries. The 2010 Baja California earthquake occurred on Easter Sunday about 60 km (37 mi) south-southeast of Mexicali. This very large magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred at 15:40:40 local time (UTC−8) according to the U.S. Geological Survey. With

2280-553: The city experienced snowfall. Rainfall usually occurs in the winter months of December, January and February. Summer rainfall in the city is infrequent, although in some years thunderstorms and the remnants of tropical storms and hurricanes passing over Baja California from the Pacific can sometimes drop heavy rainfall (most likely in August and September). A notable example was Hurricane Kathleen in 1976, which dropped several inches of rain in

2340-480: The city include Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexicali , Universidad Politécnica de Baja California and the Mexicali Institute of Technology . Private universities include Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior , University of the Valley of Mexico and Xochicalco University . The residents of Mexicali ( Mexicalenses ) call themselves "Cachanillas" (due to a local plant, the cachanilla , used by

2400-432: The computer: Many modern electronic devices, such as Internet-enabled digital watches , video game consoles , smartphones , and tablet computers , have interfaces for use as a peripheral. This electronics-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mexicali, Mexico Mexicali ( English: / ˌ m ɛ k s ɪ ˈ k æ l i / ; Spanish: [mexiˈkali] )

2460-535: The disk drive business and Informatics, Data Products began development of their first line printer . Introduced in 1963, the 3300 was a 300 line per minute drum printer that used a moving coil actuator for the print hammer. In 1966, core memory was added to the product line. With heightened sales and earnings, Data Products moved to a new site in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles , California in 1968. They started acquiring other businesses, including Staff Dynamics,

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2520-637: The government are creating a zone of exclusion, due to the alarming amount of pollutants and contamination that has permeated throughout miles around the geothermal plant of Cerro Prieto. Because of its low annual precipitation, Mexicali has an arid climate ( BWh ), featuring long, extremely hot summers and mild to warm winters. Under the criteria for the Köppen climate classification , Mexicali maintains desert weather temperatures every year, receiving only 70.9 millimetres (2.79 in) of precipitation annually over 16 precipitation days on average. On December 12, 1932,

2580-405: The irrigation system for the Valley. However, instead of using Mexican labor to dig the ditches, Chandler brought in thousands of Chinese laborers. Mexicali became culturally Chinese influenced. The Mexican side was named Mexicali (a portmanteau composed of "Mexico" and "California") by Coronel Agustín Sanguinéz. Initially the area belonged to the municipality of Ensenada . The town of Mexicali

2640-768: The main development league for the LMP. Young Mexicali baseball players have played in the Little League World Series five times; first in 1985, with the Félix Arce Little League representing the United States West region, and then in 2005, 2007, 2011 and 2015 the Seguro Social Little League representing Mexicali. Mexicali is located at a Junction of major interstates and federal highways. These include Interstate 8 , leading from San Diego to

2700-899: The most important crops. Cotton and wheat are still grown, but low government price guarantees and subsidies make wheat farmer protests an annual event. There is an annual agri-business fair, which if unfunded by the government, would have been dead a decade ago, named AGROBAJA, Agrobaja in March of every year, drawing people by the thousands, from all over Mexico and before the crisis, from the United States. The current prospects for economic growth in Mexicali rely on in-bond and assembly plants (maquiladoras), which come due to low wages and loose worker right laws, include companies like, Selther , Daewoo Electronics , Mitsubishi , Honeywell , Paccar , Vitro , Skyworks Solutions , CareFusion , Bosch , Price Pfister , Gulfstream , United Technologies Corporation , Kenworth , Kwikset and Collins Aerospace . Mexicali

2760-474: The ranchero singer Caín Corpus and written by the famous mexican composer Antonio Valdéz Herrera  [ es ] . In 2004, there were 8 theaters in the city: Teatro del Estado, Teatro de Casa de Cultura de Mexicali. Idem, Teatro del CREA, Teatro Universitario de Mexicali, Teatro al Aire Libre de Rectoría, Teatro del Seguro Social, and Centro Estatal de las Artes. Mexicali also has the Baja Prog festival,

2820-458: The river itself, accumulating in a shallow basin below the Sierra de Cucapá. However, from this time period until the 1880s, the area was almost completely unpopulated, mostly due to its harsh climate. In 1888, the federal government granted a large part of northern Baja California state, including Mexicali, to Guillermo Andrade, with the purpose of colonizing the area on the recently created border with

2880-477: The same areas as before 1960, with perhaps 90% from Guangdong or Hong Kong. Mexicali has many sites visited by people from across the country, as well as by visitors from the U.S. and Canada, such as the bullfighting arena, Plaza Calafia , where one or two bullfights are held yearly. Mexicali also has a professional 18-hole golf course , Club Campestre, where both national and international championships have taken place. The city's professional basketball team

2940-462: The solid ink patents drained resources and ended with Apple discontinuing their product and Tektronix paying royalties. Jack C. Davis, 47, a former Harris Corporation senior vice president, replaced Graham Tyson as chairman and chief executive in May, 1986. By 1989, net income had dropped from a high of $ 27.7 million to $ 3.8 million, and Dataproducts fought off takeover attempts by a consortium. Dataproducts

3000-439: The weather reaches high temperatures, many families come and spend the day inside the air-conditioned mall. For recreation, Mexicali has bath halls, bowling alleys, traditional cantinas, car clubs, strip clubs, movie theaters, museums, a zoo, a convention center, supermarkets, and fast food restaurants for every choice of food. Galerias del Valle, holds a WalMart Supercenter, a twelve-screen Cinepolis movie theater, two casinos,

3060-423: The world's most important events in progressive rock . Mexicali hosts four main shopping malls, the most visited being Plaza La Cachanilla, located a mile away from the US border. The mall hosts a variety of shops, which sell a wide array of items, ranging from cheap Mexican curios to expensive imports. The Plaza La Cachanilla also represents a common place for people to socialize, especially during summer days when

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3120-508: Was 895,962. It is the 13th largest municipality in Mexico as of the Census 2005 with population estimates exceeding one million alone. The population is constantly growing due to the number of maquiladoras in the area, lack of urban planning, and migrational aspects, like seasonal labor and the constant in-and-out flow of immigrants to the U.S. or into Mexico. Mexicali's economy has been historically based on agricultural products, and they remain

3180-426: Was founded at the turn of the 20th century, when the region's agricultural economy experienced a period of boom. The city rapidly expanded throughout the 20th century, owing to the proliferation of maquiladoras in the city, making the Mexicali economy more interconnected with businesses from across the border. Today, Mexicali is a major manufacturing center and an emerging tourist destination. The Spaniards arrived in

3240-790: Was limited to Anza 's and subsequent Spanish expeditions across the Colorado Desert and subsequent travelers on the Sonora Road opened by them. Also the presence of the Jesuits who attempted to establish a mission in what is now Fort Yuma. They left after a revolt by the Yuma in 1781. After this, the Spanish had little to do with the northeastern corner of the Baja California Peninsula , perceiving it as an untamable, flood-prone desert delta. Later in

3300-547: Was officially created on 14 March 1903 when Manuel Vizcarra was named as the town's first authority and Assistant Judge ( juez auxiliar ). On January 29, 1911, Mexicali was briefly "liberated" by the Liberal Party of Mexico during the Mexican Revolution . Mayor Baltazar Aviléz declared the municipality of Mexicali on November 4, 1914, and called for elections to creation of the first ayuntamiento or municipality, which

3360-493: Was purchased and Data Card was formed to manufacture plastic card embossing equipment. Daisy wheel printers were added to the line with a purchase of the business from Plessey in 1978. A joint project with Exxon yielded a series of solid ink printers. The Exxon printer division was Danbury Systems Division where 6 members were hired by Howtek, Inc, the company producing the Pixelmaster Solid ink Color printer. Howtek

3420-550: Was purchased by Hitachi in 1990. Dataproducts later used Fuji Xerox engines for their Typhoon series of laser printers. The LZR1560/1580 was OEMed as the Apple LaserWriter Pro 810 in 1993. In 1998, the LZR 5200 continuous feed laser printer was announced. The Dataproducts brand name was used until it was formed into Hitachi Koki Imaging Systems in 1999. Clover Technologies Group, LLC (Clover) of Ottawa, Illinois , acquired

3480-508: Was sued by Dataproducts over the use of hot-melt ink . This delayed shipment of the Howtek Pixelmaster for about 2 years or until 1986 and also increased the manufacturing cost of the product even though the suit was dropped by Dataproducts. Howtek was in negotiations with Apple for this color printer at the time. Dataproducts used Toshiba engines for their first laser printers in 1989. Legal battles with Tektronix and Apple over

3540-426: Was the first software product to have cumulative sales of $ 10 million and later $ 100 million. DataProducts spun Informatics off as a public corporation in 1968. Beginning in 1983, Sterling Software made an unsolicited offer that became a takeover attempt and finally resulted in a merger in 1985. Peripheral equipment A peripheral can be categorized based on the direction in which information flows relative to

3600-503: Was then headed by Francisco L. Montejano. In the 20th century, the Colorado Riverland Company, a U.S.-based company, was dedicated to renting Mexican land to farmers; however, these farmers were almost always foreigners, such as Chinese, East Indians and Japanese. Mexicans were employed only as seasonal laborers. This situation led to the agrarian conflict known as the " Asalto a las Tierras  [ es ] " (Assault on

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