La Historia de CUADRA | FERNANDO CUADRA CRACKS PODCAST #354

19 Oct 2025 · 156 min
2:36:17

Extended interview with Fernando Cuadra covering product and design innovation (aggressive color palettes, new dyeing processes, a 360-degree crocodile collection), quality testing (from a NOM 10,000-flex benchmark to claims of a "million"-flex standard), and strategic business moves: he separated the retail brand (Cuadra/Corral run by his brothers) from the skins/supply‑chain business that he kept. Topics also include succession planning (Fernando says he turned 65 and set a hand‑over plan to his children), geographic expansion (Brazil as the next big market; plans for distribution/centers in Mercosur), an aircraft-assembly/assembly-in-Mexico project around the Sling airplane (tariff-driven opportunity after alleged U.S. tariffs: 30% on South Africa and 50% on India), certification and AFAC/DGAC processes for the aircraft, and many side ventures (tequila, vineyard, racing-engineering collaborations). Recurring themes: vertical integration, R&D and quality, experiential/showroom selling, family governance and values, opportunistic deal‑making during crises, and a personal filter for partners (“sí / no / nunca”).

Questions this video answers

One million flexions (he contrasted this with a prior NOM 10,000 requirement).

65 years old.

55% (coefficient of integration for footwear).

He mentioned alleged U.S. tariffs of 30% on South Africa and 50% on India as the triggering event.

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