DeRoyal Opens Medical Equipment Plant in Guatemala

With an investment of $2 million, the US orthopedic and surgical items company installed a factory in Villa Canales.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Allen Robertson, director of operations for DeRoyal, said that the plant, which is 18,700 meters in size, elaborates 80% of its production exclusively for export.

Leonel Díaz wrote in prensalibre.com: “De Royal began operations in Guatemala in 2001 with 75 employees, and it currently employs 300, of which 125 are specialized in manufacturing surgical equipment, a task done in an isolated and conditioned site, so that there are fewer than 100 thousand particles of dust."

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