Sterilization and Ionization Services

Sterigenics opened a sterilization plant in Costa Rica using ethylene oxide.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

A statement from CINDE reads:

Costa Rica will host the world's most modern plant by the leading sterilizer Sterigenics

• Company strengthens Costa Rica’s position as an export platform for end products in the sector life sciences to users worldwide.
• Sterigenics will serve clients on the isthmus from our country, making its hub in Latin America.

Alajuela, Costa Rica. February 6, 2013. Sterigenics, the world leader in specialized sterilization and ionization for the medical device industry, the pharmaceutical industry and food security, opened today in the Propark free zone in Alajuela its most modern plant using ethylene oxide sterilization. The new plant represents an investment of more than $9.5 million and potential projects from reinvestment of $6 million in a period of twelve months.

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