Unease over Guatemalan gold rushFriday, August 22, 2008 With gold prices skyrocketing, the Mayans of Guatemala find themselves caught up in a new rush for the precious metal. Mario Tema sits across from me, a Mayan with a mission. PriceSmart Expands in Costa RicaThursday, April 16, 2009 The chain will open a new outlet in the town of Alajuela next April 17. The opening of the supermarket will create 120 jobs. Hanesbrands Inc. will close three sewing plants in Central AmericaThursday, October 2, 2008 By the end of 2008, Hanesbrands is expected to substantially close plants in El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica, affecting 5,100 employees. Hanesbrands Inc. in Winston-Salem, NC, continues to consolidate its U.S. and Western hemisphere operations and increase production in Asia. Foreign consortium to buy education centers in Costa RicaThursday, July 10, 2008 Laureate Education Inc., an American-based chain of private universities, has bought two Costa Rica educational institutions, Universidad Latina (Latina U) and Universidad Americana (UAM). Baltimore-based Laureate made the announcement of the purchase in Mexico, where it also acquired the Instituto Latino de Formación Integral (Ilafori). Tougher Controls for Canadian Mining CompaniesFriday, January 29, 2010 Canada’s Supreme Court has ruled that Canadian mining corporations must conduct more detailed environmental impact studies. Several mining companies from Canada operate in Central America. Some of them include Breakwater Resources (Honduras), Inmet Mining Corp (Panama), Petaquilla Minerals Ltd (Panama), B2Gold Corp (Nicaragua), Argonaut Gold (Guatemala) and GoldCorp (Guatemala and Honduras). Industrial Firm Opens Plant in Costa RicaThursday, January 26, 2012 Okay Industries Inc., which produces medical equipment, automotive and industrial parts, will be established in the industrial park in Alajuela. From next February, the company producing medical equipment, automotive and industrial parts is to open a plant in the industrial park Inversiones Zeta S. A, in Alajuela, reports ElFinancierocr.com. Costa Rica: $100 million alliance of Deutsche Bank-Riverside DevelopersTuesday, June 17, 2008 The Costa Rican firm Riverside Developers has signed an agreement with MortgageIT Inc., a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank, one of the world's largest financial institutions. The real estate developer has obtained a credit line of 100 million dollars. Dole to Compensate Central American WorkersFriday, August 12, 2011 The company will compensate more than 5,000 banana plantation workers affected by the use of pesticides. The agreement, which will benefit 3,153 Nicaraguans, 700 Costa Ricans and 1000 Hondurans, was reached after several months of negotiations. Costarican ICE awards $12.5 million WiMAX contractWednesday, January 21, 2009 Airspan Networks announced that ICE has awarded Airspan Networks a follow-on order worth approximately $12.5 million through its local partner, Datatell. ICE, Costa Rica's largest telecommunications provider, has undertaken a substantial residential and business subscriber expansion of next-generation advanced services in the country with Airspan's WiMAX Products. América Móvil poised for regional launch of iPhoneThursday, May 8, 2008 Mexico-based América Móvil, Latin America's leading provider of wireless telephony, will begin to sell Apple's iPhone in the region this year. The iPhone will be made available in 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries, said América Móvil spokeswoman Luisa Fernanda White. Company Profile
Leading provider of power protection and management products including the Minuteman® line of Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS). Company Profile Organization that operates in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Guatemala.
Costa Rica to have national pavilion at Dominican trade fairWednesday, July 2, 2008 Costa Rica will have a national pavilion at the Dominican Republic's Asonahores 2008 trade fair from August 27 through 30. The Costa Rican delegation will consist of 10 companies from the food, engineering and pharmaceutical sectors.
MARKET STUDY
Central America: Institutional Furniture MarketMonday, February 24, 2020 Comercializadora S y G Internacional, Smart Office and Easy Office Inc. are three of the companies that have won the most important contracts to provide furniture and wooden items to public institutions in Central America. A study carried out by CentralAmericaData's Trade Intelligence Unit analyzes the furniture supply companies that were favored with contracts to provide furniture and wood products to the governments of Central American countries. Tegra Medical Acquires Costa Rican PlantWednesday, June 30, 2010 The medical devices company acquired Pen United Technologies’ manufacturing operations in San José, Costa Rica, at Global Park tax-free trade zone. The contract manufacturer bought the 20,000-square-foot facility from Penn United Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of metal components and assemblies. |
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