There are 285 multinational companies operating in the region, employing more than 87,000 bilingual people.
The figure was revealed by Javier Chamorro, executive director of ProNicaragua, during the Central American Nearshore Summit 2013, which is being held in the Central American nation.
"Costa Rica and Guatemala are the two nations that have attracted the largest number of companies in the outsourcing industry, with a total of 191.
Investing in and maintaining an in-company workshop is expensive, but when the fleet size is large, the reduction in maintenance and repair costs can justify it.
This is the experience of Coca Cola Femsa in Costa Rica, which is performing preventive and corrective maintenance, and technical reviews of the 450 vehicles in its fleet in its own automotive workshop.
The first tower of Altia Communications Park will be opened in February.
Rubén Sorto is the marketing manager of Grupo Karim, developer of the project. He explained that in spite of the political crisis, several international companies are currently negotiating to operate from the park.
"The country has proper conditions for installing this brand of intelligent buildings, assures Sorto: it has the best fiber optics network of Central America at a low price, 410 bilingual schools ... that will provide the workers required by the corporations operating from Altia. ... Some 200 people are working almost 12 hours a day to make Altia a reality", reports Laprensahn.com.
Companies from the United States are investigating the availability of bi-lingual personnel, which would enable the installation of customer service call centers.
Similar to other countries in the region, Honduras has a U.S. compatible time zone and a close geographic location. Adding to these advantages is a building infrastructure that is being left behind by factories closing down due to the decline in demand for their products.