Industrial consolidation, productive specialization and territorial development in the northern industrial corridor: a journey through the case of the city of Campana, province of Buenos Aires

Abstract

The line that connects the great metropolitan areas of Buenos Aires and Rosario forms an industrial and economic axis that we can call "Northern Industrial Corridor". Throughout the economic history of our country, several companies linked to the production of industrial goods and services have been located there, especially in the metal-mechanic, agro-industrial, chemical and food sectors, among others. One of the main nodes of this axis is the city of Campana and Zárate, in the province of Buenos Aires, which since the beginning of the 20th century has been a central point in the industrial and economic development of Argentina in general. In different stages of productive development this territory had a dynamic that allowed adapting and reconfiguring from the changes in the forms of organization of work and production. This article aims to know and analyze the process of consolidation of the Northern Industrial Corridor as an industrial region, with special emphasis on the city of Campana. At the same time, we will link this phenomenon with the expansion of its urban environment and the dynamics of its social structure, in such a way that it allows us to think about the capital-labour-territory relationship as a complex concept that is fundamental to the analysis of the world of work and production.