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%.
The Mexican company Zetrak has inaugurated a plant in Amatitlán, department of Guatemala, for the manufacture of electrical distribution and power transformers.
Executives from Zetrak Guatemala stated that the "...objective of the new production plant, which will have all of the technical-commercial support of Zetrak Mexico, is to provide a more personalized service and a prompt response for all customers in Central America."
Representatives from the company Hanesbrands have stated that the company will be investing $5 million in expansion of a plant located in San Juan Opico, department of La Libertad.
Currently the plant manufactures around 860 tons of fabric per week and the extension consists of the incorporation of new machinery and technology for the process of dyeing finished garments, with which they intend to venture into new markets.
With a $5 million investment in the remodeling and expansion of its plant in El Salvador, Laboratorios Suizos intends to increase its sales abroad.
The pharmaceutical company, which exports approximately 35% of its production to Central America and the Caribbean, forecasts that with the expansion of the plant it will be able to sell 75% of what it produces abroad. The remodeling and expansion works include an area for research and development.
In 2018 Indufoam plans to invest $6 million in robotic equipment to automate production processes at its bed manufacturing plant in Ciudad Arce, El Salvador.
The investment in robotic equipment aims to increase the plant's current productive capacity, which stands at more than 1,500 beds and 3,000 accessories per day.The investment also includes increasing storage capacity.
The company Global Packaging Group has started construction in San Carlos, Costa Rica, of a plant with capacity to produce 60,000 tons in a first stage and 120,000 thousand in a second stage.
The Codela SC plant will be the fourth corrugated cardboard production plant belonging to the Global Packaging Group (GPG) in Costa Rica.Once in operation, total production capacity of the plants in the country will exceed 500,000 tons.
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