The Colombian company producing fabrics and vinyl flooring, Proquinal, has announced that with the expansion of its manufacturing plant in Coyol, Alajuela, it will be doubling its production capacity.
The manufacturer of vinyl fabrics has increased the size of its production plant in Coyol, Alajuela by 9 thousand square meters.
Agroindustrias Gumarsal has announced that it will increase capacity at the corn flour processing plant it operates in the municipality of San Juan Opico.
After the Maseca plant announced its closure, the Salvadoran company Gumarsal has announced an increase in the production capacity of the plant it operates in the country, which currently produces 3000 tons of cornmeal per month.
The subsidiary of the multinational company Atento has opened its third call center occupying three floors of the World Technology Center in the capital.
The company, considered one of the best places to work, with this new center has created twelve hundred additional work spaces on top of the two thousand operating so far in Guatemala.
Aejandro Reynal, president of Atento, told Prensalibre.com that "...
Municipal authorities in La Chorrera reject the expansion from 96 MW to 156 MW of the thermoelectric generation capacity of the plant operated by Panam Generating.
Citing negative environmental impact on the area, the Municipal Council of La Chorrera has rejected the company's plans to install three new engines with 20 MW of power each in the thermoelectric power plant operating in the district of El Arado.
The Ministry of Finance has announced that the aircraft maintenance firm Aeroman will be expanding its operations in the country, including investment in expansion of its installations.
According to comments made by Minister Tharsis Salomon Lopez in a meeting with journalists, they are in the final phase of negotiations with the firm Aeroman aircraft maintenance, which will be expanding its operations in El Salvador, where it has operated for more than five years.
Hanes Brands is investing $2.2 million in a new plant for making garments in its facilities in the north of the country.
The operations manager Manuel Castillo, told Laprensa.hn that the investment is for "... a new plant called H2, which we started in January this year. It is an investment of $2.2 million including equipment for making clothes, sewing machines, molding garments and cutting."
With the investment in two new turbines the plant 's lifespan has been lengthened and annual production increased by an additional 26 GWh.
In addition to reducing the high costs of maintenance, the repowering of the hydroelectric station aims to gradually increase its ability to reach a production of 80 GWh per year, with surpluses being sold to the state at a lower price than at present, generating savings of $2.90 million a year.
The firm Suttle has reinvested $1.2 million in a technology center at its plant for manufacturing devices used for telecommunications.
From a statement issued by CINDE:
Costa Rica: Suttle expands operations and creates 150 new jobs
• Company celebrates 25 years of operations in the country and adds to its operation of manufacturing devices used in the telecommunications industry, a new center containing state of the art technology.
The transnational has announced the expansion of its service center in Calle Blancos which will go from occupying 3,000 m² to 7,000 m².
"With this, the total area occupied by the company in Costa Rica at the end of 2013 will be around 23,000 m². Amazon has three service centers in Costa Rica," explained the company.
For this reason the company is going to hire 700 people who are fluent in English, Portuguese and Italian, to occupy positions in areas such as customer service, and human resources management, among others.
The Chamber of Tourism in Honduras said that operations in the early morning would enable new flight frequencies for both passengers and cargo.
Armando Funes, CANATURH’s vice president and president of the Airlines Association of Honduras, said that there are still "hours in the early morning which could be used to open new markets."
"The development of a country from the economic and tourism standpoint is conducted through air transport.
Pescanova is to invest up to $12 million in expanding its facilities for the cultivation, processing and marketing of shrimp.
In order to develop this new investment in Nicaragua, Pescanova will take out a loan for 10 million euros ($12.36 million) with the Fund for Investments Abroad (FIEX), managed by the Spanish Company for Development Financing (Cofides).
Company executives visited El Salvador to discuss malls and evaluate the possibility of investing in new stores.
The Spanish chain reported that its sales in Latin America have reported growth rates above 10%, which is encouraging them to explore the possibility of expanding in that market.
Isak Halfon, the Executive Vice President of International Expansion for the company, , said on a visit to El Salvador that "Latin America has got out of the financial crisis and is now growing," while José Gomez, the vice president of International Business Development, said "if things continue as they it will be a very prosperous decade for Latin America. "
ICE plans to join forces with a telecom in order to compete locally and in other countries of the region.
Eduardo Doryan , President of the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, and Orlando Cascante, director of International Affairs, confirmed that the company, whom in the past had the monopoly of communications in Costa Rica, is looking for a partner with expertise in telecommunications to create an alliance that can compete effectively in the now open local market, and to initiate a process of internationalization by providing services in Central America.
The president of "Cementos Argos" explains their decision of buying Holcim's operations in the region.
The expansion of the Canal is a great opportunity for the cement company. In addition to purchasing Holcim's assets in Panama, Haiti, Dominican Republic and several Caribbean islands, Argos is also expanding production capacity in its Cartagena Plant in Colombia, with a new clinker line that will allow them to produce 1.800.000 tons per year.