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UdZ 1-2021 / 70 E-Mas: FIR Exports Its Professional Training Program for the Automotive Sector to Mexico Within the last three years, FIR made a decisive step in developing from a leading institute at the national level to an internationally active player within the areas of ‘business organization’ and ‘digital transformation’. By developing and implementing the E-Mas continuing education program, FIR , together with its partners MTM ASSOCIATION (MTMA) and WBA Werkzeugbauakademie (WBA) and in collaboration with the private university TEC de Monterrey (ITESM) , has succeeded in providing an innovative, consistent and sustainable blended teaching and learning program on tactical and operational production management in the Mexican automotive sector. Furthermore, by establishing the E-Mas partner network, which brings together high-profile companies operating in Mexico, major local training and research institutions, and the Mexican government, FIR has created an important foundation for its future activities in the region. The research and development project ‘E-Mas’ is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the research program Internationalisation of Vocational Education and Training under the registration number 01BE17012A and managed by the project management agency DLR . >