Mabe is a Mexican company that designs, produces, and distributes appliances to more than 70 countries around the world.

In 1986, Mabe entered into a joint venture with General Electric to produce appliances for the US market where GE received a 48% minority stake.

By the mid-1990s, more than two-thirds of all gas ranges and refrigerators imported into the United States were designed and manufactured by Mabe, and 95% of those sold under the General Electric brands were designed in Mabe's San Luis Potosi plant.

As the company continued to grow, exports and production remained concentrated in Latin America.

Solid sales growth in Latin America all but eliminated the impact of the peso crisis in 1995.