“GD Maquilador de Nicaragua”, an apparel company owned by Mexican group Denim, opened its manufacturing facility today.
It is located at Km 14.1 of the North Highway in Managua, and employs 800 workers. The company expects to increase its payroll to 3.000 by the end of the year.
Nicaraguan newspaper “La Prensa” explained that the company engages in washing, packing and shipping jeans, mostly for Wrangler.
Almori BPO Services, which has been operating in the country for more than five years, will expand its operations and expect to generate between 1,500 and 2,000 new jobs.
The company announced an alliance with e-Telecare Global Solutions.
e-Telecare Global Solutions is the strongest company in the contact center industry in the world, having more than 16 thousand positions in Asia and 2000 in the US, and will create some 500 additional positions over a three-year period at an investment of $8.15.
A total of 10 companies with Mexican, American and Central American capital will start operations in the free zones.
Mexican manufacturing companies C&C Apparel, C&C Industries and C&C Las Mercedes were authorized to operate under the free zone system. Said companies will take over the operations of Nien Hsing, which is in the process of closing operations in Nicaragua, reports said.