In the new commercial scenario generated by the covid-19 crisis, some Guatemalan companies in the plastics industry are manufacturing masks, face masks, gloves and special suits for medical use.
The activity of the sector has fallen considerably due to the restrictions imposed by the outbreak of covid-19, and it is estimated that in the country only 60% of companies engaged in the manufacture of plastic products are working.
The company announced that it will close its bar soap production plant of the brands Xtra, Unox, Rinso and Surf that was located in Comayagua, Honduras, and will move operations to the neighboring country.
Unilever Central America announced in a statement that bar soaps will now be manufactured and marketed in Central America by the Guatemalan company Industria La Popular.
On August 14, the company Rianxeira began to operate its new plant for processing fish waste into flour and oil, located in Escuintla.
The industrial complex located at kilometer 97, highway to Puerto Quetzal, Escuintla, will process all types of waste, such as fish heads, skeletons, bones, bone parts and viscera.
In Guatemala, Rianxeira company expects to have in operation in August, its new plant for transforming fish waste into flour.
The company, which is currently exporting tuna loins and concentrates, reported that the investment in the new production line of the plant in Escuintla, amounts to $2 million and that the raw material to be used will be fish heads, skeletons, bones, bone parts and viscera.
At the end of the first quarter of 2019, the construction of a pineapple packing plant is expected to be completed in the Dominican Republic, with a global investment of about $10 million.
The new industrial plant owned by the company Shared-X Impact Farm, which is dedicated to organic pineapple cultivation in the country, will be in the province of Monte Plata and will have the capacity to prepare a van every hour at harvest time.
In Guatemala, Sika invested $6.5 million in the construction of a 10,000 square meter plant in Palín, Escuintla, which manufactures construction chemicals.
According to the Swiss company's representatives, the new industrial plant, which will start operating on December 13th, will have the capacity to produce 60 thousand metric tons of materials annually.
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.
The beverage concentrate production plant that Coca Cola has started building in Liberia, Costa Rica, will measure 34,000 square meters and is scheduled to start operating in January 2020.
The plant will be located within the Zona Franca Solarium, in a plot of land measuring 103,000 m2. The factory will produce 90 compounds that are used for beverages that are exported to Central America, the Caribbean, Chile, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives said in a statement.
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.
With an investment of close to $7 million, El Zapote Brewing Company was inaugurated, a company that will produce and market six types of craft beers in the local market.
The company will have production capacity of 2,500 liters per brewing session.
The beverage manufacturer Livsmart has expanded capacity at its plant in El Salvador, which will increase production in order to be able to export to Honduras and Nicaragua.
According to representatives of the drinks company Livsmart, with the new investment made in the plant located on the highway between San Salvador and Sonsonate, the value rose to $33 million, and the production lines increased from 12 to 14.
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.
Citing lack of raw material to continue operating, in Costa Rica the Venezuelan company Alunasa has submitted an application to temporarily suspend the labor contracts of 300 employees.
The Coca Cola company has announced that it will be building a production plant for raw materials in Liberia, which will replace the current one that operates in La Uruca, which will close in the short term.
The production plant will be built on an area of 103 thousand square meters in Liberia, Guanacaste, where earthmoving works have already started, as representatives of Coca Cola explained at a press conference.
The new facilities required an investment of $15 million in machinery and infrastructure, and will allow the company to increase its production capacity of beer and other alcoholic beverages by 40%.
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