Focus Universal Inc. announced it has an agreement with Ininbio to develop and provide sensors and controllers intended to improve control of the fermentation processes used in the manufacturing of food grade alcohol-based beverages, including popular drinks of beer, tequila, and mezcal from the Mexico region. Traditionally, this fermentation process has been monitored by manual measurement means and devices. Focus Universal will develop and implement sensors and controllers, however, will now enable this a fully automated process too.

Focus's technology and equipment will allow Ininbio, and similar companies, to achieve more accurate, dynamic, and inline readings of TDS, total dissolved oxygen, pressure, pH analysis, temperature and humidity analysis, biomass analysis, alcohol content and characterization, and other key metrics essential to monitoring and control of the alcohol fermentation process. Ininbio is committed to invest a quarter million dollars initially into the partnership to develop these products. Food and beverage manufacturing is among the leading economic sectors in Mexico.

In 2019, it accounted for 21% of total manufacturing output value and 4.5% of domestic GDP. In 2021, In Mexico was the fourth highest producer of beer globally, with 12.7 million metric tons. Revenue in the beer market in Mexico is projected to reach USD 16.8 billion in 2024.

In 2022, Mexico exported a total of around 9.8 billion U.S. dollars worth of alcoholic beverages. Sales of tequila produced in Mexico attained a value of about $3.9 billion in 2022, including sales to domestic and foreign markets. By November 2023, this figure had reached about $3.7 billion.

The nation's production of mezcal reached over 14 million liters in 2022, an increase of almost 75% compared to the production reported a year earlier(Statista).