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.
The Administrative Board of the National Registry of Costa Rica has selected Consorcio Interamericano Caribe de Exportación for the purchase of two Automatic External Defibrillators.
On November 18 the award was given to the company Inter Consorcio Interamericano Caribe de Exportación Sociedad Anónima for the purchase of two AEDs, in the amount of $3.1 million.
The objective of the Masters Degree is to train professionals to apply their knowledge acquired in the improvement of manufacturing activities and to serve the needs of the industry.
From a statement issued by the Costa Rican Coalition for Development Initiatives (CINDE):
TEC Opens First Master of Engineering in Medical Devices in Latin America
The Microtechnologies firm will be moving its operation in the country to a new 9,500 square meter plant which will be built in Coyol, province of Alajuela.
The new plant will be built by the manufacturer of medical devices operating under the free zone regime and will house all of the staff currently working at facilities which the company operates in another free zone.
The Costa Rican Social Security Department is putting out to tender the purchase of a microsurgical microscope, for the Dr. Rafael Angel Calderon Hospital.
HOSPITAL DR. RAFAEL A. CALDERON GUARDIA, NATIONAL TENDER N ° 2014LN-000008-2101:
"Microsurgical Microscope"
The deadline for submission of bids is November 10, 2014.
With an investment of $4 million, the U.S. medical device supplier will open its first plant in Latin America and its fifth worldwide.
Navtar, a division of the corporation Tekni-Plex, Inc., is to locate the new plant in Zone Z in Cartago, the space will measure 1000 square meters, with the possibility of expanding its size to 3,700 square meters next year.
Sterigenics opened a sterilization plant in Costa Rica using ethylene oxide.
A statement from CINDE reads:
Costa Rica will host the world's most modern plant by the leading sterilizer Sterigenics
• Company strengthens Costa Rica’s position as an export platform for end products in the sector life sciences to users worldwide.
• Sterigenics will serve clients on the isthmus from our country, making its hub in Latin America.
There are 46 companies in Costa Rica in the medical industry whose exports in the first 10 months of 2012 totaled $1.24 billion.
Elfinancierocr.com reports that "The entry into Costa Rica of several companies in the medical industry that has taken place in the last three years is reflected in the growth of the sector's exports. Between January and October this year 20.4% more currency was generated than in 2011, making it one of the fastest growing sectors. "
Volcano Corporation, a manufacturer of precision medical devices, has opened its first manufacturing plant outside the U.S., with an investment of $40 million.
A statement by Volcano reads:
Volcano inaugurates in Costa Rica its first manufacturing plant outside the United States
• The $40 million investment in its new facility in Costa Rica is the largest the company has made in its history and the first outside the United States.
Helix Medical is opening operations in Costa Rica with services in engineering, silicone extrusion and silicone molding and thermoplastics.
A statement from Helix Medical reads:
Helix Medical, LLC, a global manufacturing company for the medical device and health industry, celebrated the grand opening of its latest operational system which measures 1.607 meters square, located in the Free Zone in Alajuela Coyol.
The multinational will set up a center in Heredia to supply local medical device manufacturers.
Prent Corporation, a global manufacturer of thermoformed plastic packaging for the medical equipment industry, will open a factory in Heredia, Costa Rica, the seventh such center in the world, to supply local medical device manufacturers.
The systems should be completed in the third quarter of 2012, said Joseph T.
Okay Industries has opened its 1,400 square meter plant in Costa Rica, investing over $1.5 million.
This specialist provider will be devoted to the manufacture of high precision metal components for the medical industry, such as:
- parts of surgical instruments.
- assembly line components for medical products.
- components for plastic injection molds.
Oberg Medical, medical device maker has announced a $2 million investment in expanding its manufacturing plant in Franca Metropolitana, in Heredia.
A statement from CINDE reads:
Oberg Medical will double its operations in Costa Rica
• The company will invest U.S. $2 million at its plant in the country, doubling its size and production capacity.
• The announcement was made during Medical Devices Costa Rica (MDCR 2012), an international event for the Life Sciences industry that chose our country as a venue for the third time and brought together 250 representatives from the industry.
Medical Device Costa Rica will be held from 19th to 21st March bringing together manufacturers and buyers of medical equipment.
Medical Device Costa Rica, a symposium run by the magazine Medical Product Outsourcing (MPO), will be held at the Marriot Hotel in San José from 19th to 21st March. Registration is open on the website: http://www.medicaldevicecr.com.
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