Silicon Border Science Park, located in Mexicali, the capital city of Baja California, Mexico, has been selected by Q-Cells, the world's largest solar cell manufacturer, for its next major expansion. Q-Cells' primary manufacturing facility is located in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany.

Silicon Border Development announced today it has hired Octavio Garza as vice president of business development and administration. He will be responsible for business development for Silicon Border, as well as running the company's newest operations in Mexicali, Mexico.

Silicon Border Development recently broke ground on a 10,000-acre Science Park in Mexicali, the capital of Baja California, Mexico, thus laying the foundation for a strategic alternative for cost-effective and centralized semiconductor operations in North America.