Every animal slaughtered in a slaughterhouse produces 10 liters of blood, which when processed produces a protein supplement used in the preparation of food for human and animal consumption.
The Danish company Proteínas Naturales SA (PROTENA) has invested $10 million in six years and has been processing for the last four years, bovine blood resulting from the process of slaughter of cattle for export to Costa Rica for use as a protein supplement and the newly opened U.S. market. In 2013 its sales in the domestic and foreign market generated approximately $800 thousand.
The aerospace company Ad Astra needs $10 million which intends to raise outside of Costa Rica, in order to achieve the goals it has set for 2014.
For testing the prototype plasma engine developed by the company and meeting the technological milestones set for 2014, the aerospace company needs to raise about $10 million.
These funds, which they aim to obtain by means of additional income, selling shares in Costa Rica and possibly with the participation of foreign investors, will be used for performance testing and materials needed for equipment, the company president, Franklin Chang told Elfinancierocr.com.
The company Chin Lin, maker of high-definition monitors, analyzes the construction of a manufacturing plant in the country.
The news was announced during a tour of Taiwan by a Honduran delegation, headed by presidential appointee Samuel Reyes.
"The Chin Lin company also manages the One Laptop Per Child program (OLPC) which president, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, will promote in the coming months in order to meet one of his campaign promises," writes Latribuna.hn in an article.
The plasma engine project by Costa Rican Franklin Chang was recognized as one of the top 10 new aerospace technologies.
The distinction was awarded by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), considered the most important professional society in the field.
The project by Costa Rican astronaut Franklin Chang, denominated Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (Vasmir), is being developed through the Ad Astra Rocket Company, which has locations in Houston, Texas and in Liberia, Costa Rica.