The medical device manufacturer Precision Concepts Medical Technologies will invest $5 million in the construction and operation of a new plant in Costa Rica.
According to the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (Cinde), the health sector company's investment will focus on the construction of a building and the implementation of state-of-the-art technology.
In Costa Rica, the manufacturer of medical devices for continence and ostomy, Coloplast, has announced that it will be building a manufacturing plant in La Lima free zone, in Cartago.
The company of Danish origin reported that "...In January 2019, Coloplast will start operating in a temporary location, located next to what will be its new manufacturing plant.
The Irish manufacturer of medical devices by contract, Advant Medical, announced its intention to expand its operations with the installation of a plant in Costa Rica.
From a statement issued by the CINDE:
Heredia, Costa Rica, April 4, 2018.Advant Medical, a world leader in services and manufacturing of contract medical devices, recently announced its intention to expand its operations with the installation of a plant in Costa Rica.
Edwards Lifesciences has announced that as part of the expansion plan for its operations in Costa Rica, it will start construction of a new heart valve manufacturing plant in Cartago.
The company dedicated to the manufacture of heart valves started construction of the new plant next to the current one, located in the Zona Franca La Lima, in Cartago. Heart valve devices will be manufactured in the new facilities, "...
In a timeframe of three years GlaxoSmithKline will be moving its manufacturing operation in Costa Rica to other plants in Latin America.
The manufacturer of medicines and medical supplies announced that the decision"... was made after reviewing its global manufacturing network and identifying available production capacity in other plants in Latin America.
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.
The high-tech company Microtechnologies has announced the construction of a new 9,500 square meter manufacturing plant in an industrial park in Coyol, Alajuela.
From a statement issued by Desarrolladores Inmobiliarios 4D:
4D to build high tech manufacturing plant in Coyol
· The investment for the new plant amounts to $15 million
Desarrolladores Inmobiliarios 4D is leading the financing, design and construction of the manufacturing plant for the multinational high technology company Microtechnologies (MTI) .
The purchase by the German company of the assets of Conceptus include a Patent for an intertubal contraceptive device which will go into production at the Metropolitan Free Zone in Heredia.
Bayer announced that the plant will be producing a new permanent birth control device. The first stage of the plant has been in operation since October 2014, dedicated to assembly and other tasks in the manufacturing process, but the product has not yet been marketed or exported because it is now in the certification stage.
Zollner Elektronik AG Germany has invested $15 million in a manufacturing plant in the province of Cartago, where it will produce printed circuit boards for industrial equipment.
From a statement issued by the Government of Costa Rica:
The German electronics manufacturing company Zollner Elektronik AG has opened its plant in Costa Rica, its first company in Latin America.
An announcement has been made that the company Apollo Endosurgery is to set up a 1750 meter device manufacturing plant in the Coyol area in the province of Alajuela.
From a statement issued by the Costa Rican Coalition for Development Initiatives (CINDE):
Apollo Endosurgery, Inc., a US medical device company, today announced that it has chosen Costa Rica as a site to install its new manufacturing plant in Coyol, Alajuela, where it will develop a variety of products including LAP-BAND® System - the only device approved by the FDA for weight reduction in people with at least one health problem related to obesity and who have a Body Mass Index of 30 or more.
Bekaert and ArcelorMittal will be investing $20 million in a new plant for steel fibers to produce 20 thousand tons a year.
As part of a share restructuring process, looking for a new business configuration in Latin America, partners of ArcelorMittal, the global steel and mining company and Bekaert, a leader in the transformation of steel wire, have announced the installation of a new plant for the steel fiber Dramix ®, with plans to begin production in the second quarter of 2014.
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