SMC Ltd, a manufacturer of medical devices, diagnostics and pharmaceuticals, announced that it will invest in increasing its installed capacity and expanding its facilities in Zona Franca Coyol, Costa Rica.
The Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (Cinde) reported that the expansion in Costa Rica will provide additional capacity for molding, clean room assembly and general manufacturing operations.
The Public Health Secretariat of Honduras is bidding for the supply of a digital radiography system, which is stationary and includes its respective accessories.
Honduras Government Purchase LPI-004-3723-GESALUD-2021:
"Description: Direct digital acquisition X-ray equipment for conventional radiological examinations consisting of X-ray generator, X-ray emitter, tube suspension system, collimator, radiographic table, vertical Bucky, digital detector and control unit.
Between 2020 and 2023 Nevro plans to invest $21 million in the commissioning of an industrial plant of more than 3 thousand square meters in the Coyol Free Zone, in Alajuela.
The company based in California, United States, is dedicated to the manufacture of medical devices that are demanded by patients suffering from debilitating chronic pain, reported the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (Cinde).
The Social Security Fund tenders the supply of osteosynthesis system with plates, under the consignment delivery modality.
Costa Rican Government Purchase 2020LN-000019-5101:
"The delivery modality will empower the Health Establishments incorporated to the present purchase, to provide themselves with supplies through a contract where the supplier consigns in each establishment the contractual object awarded, so that it can be used in the surgical procedures of the orthopedic specialty.
It is estimated that last year companies from Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua represented 70% of the regional imports of orthopedic articles and appliances.
The "Market Study of Medical Equipment in Central America and the Dominican Republic", prepared by the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, details the main figures of the regional market for different types of medical equipment.
The Costa Rican Social Security Fund is tendering the lease of CPAP and BIPAP continuous pressure units, under the delivery on demand modality.
Costa Rican Government Purchase 2020LN-000003-2104:
"The equipment must be for home management of patients with sleep apnea. Pressure range: 4 cm to 20 cm H2O at least. Sound level below 30 DB, automatic mode that allows permanent oscillation of 4 to 20 cm H2O and with the possibility of placing in fixed pressure.
From January to September 2019, pharmaceutical product imports in Central America totaled $2.614 million, 8% more than in the same period in 2018, with El Salvador, Panama and Costa Rica being the markets where purchases increased the most.
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ICU Medical Inc. announced that it will build an industrial plant in Heredia, Costa Rica, dedicated to the manufacture of medical devices for infusion therapy and critical care applications.
The investment made in the plant located in La Aurora de Heredia will include a new infusion pump manufacturing line and a state-of-the-art sterilization plant, reported CINDE.
Bayer announced that it plans to expand the operation of its medical device plant and shared service center in Costa Rica in the coming years.
The increase in its presence in Costa Rica is part of the plan to adjust the operation in Central America, the Caribbean and the Andean countries, which the company will implement over the next two years.
After investing $100 million, Edwards Lifesciences opened its second heart valve manufacturing plant in La Lima, Cartago.
The 24,455-square-meter industrial plant is located in the La Lima Free Zone industrial park, according to the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (Cinde).
The Social Security Fund tenders the supply and installation of ultrasound equipment Gyneco - Obstetrics.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2019LN-000002-3110:
"Acquisition of Gyneco-obstetric Ultrasound Equipment for several health centers of the CCSS, to perform different procedures in the services of Gynecobstetrics. Additionally, the equipment is installed by the supplier, with a two-year guarantee of operation and training in equipment operation and maintenance.
The Costa Rican Social Security Fund tenders the supply of complete primary total hip replacement systems, partial prostheses and other inputs.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2019LN-000028-5101:
"Lines to contract:
-1,896 Total primary knee prosthesis systems with and without posterior cruciate ligament preservation.
-1.896 Cement spacer.
1.416 Complete systems of non-cemented primary total hip replacement.
The company Medtronic inaugurated in Coyol Free Zone its new plant dedicated to the manufacture of precision medical devices, an investment with which it seeks to double its operations in the country.
Medtronic has a commercial presence in Costa Rica since 2015. Between 2017 to date, it has grown from 140 to more than 500 employees, and its plant manufactures components for medical devices used for spine surgeries, which are sold in several parts of the world, reported the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (Cinde).
Agencia Farmacéutica Internacional, Meditek Services and Baxter are three of the companies that in the first quarter of 2019 were awarded contracts to provide medicines to public health institutions in the region.
An analysis of CentralAmericaData's Trade Intelligence unit provides data on the companies that were favored last year with contracts to supply pharmaceutical products and medical supplies to the different Ministries of Health and Social Security entities in Central American countries.
In Costa Rica, Thermo Fisher Scientific opened a new 1,400 square meter distribution center in Coyol Free Zone, Alajuela.
This investment represents the third expansion of the company in the country in 7 years, and with its new distribution center Thermo Fisher increased its installed capacity by 52%, reported the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives.