Philips in Costa Rica obtained the ISO 22301 2019 Security and Resilience - Business Continuity Management System certification on June 10, from the renowned certification body SGS. This certification means that the company is prepared to ensure the health and safety of its employees, as well as to keep the business running in the face of [...]
When you are moving or expanding your operations to another country, one of the key elements for your new project is the building; even more when your firm is looking for special requirements to keep running the business smoothly offshore. Coyol Free Zone as an expert in Project Administration has broad experience in this area, as [...]
Sustainable transportation avoided use of 1.7 million paper tickets Ride Coyol electronic fare collection system saved 3.4 tons of paper June. In just 6 months of implementation, the Ride Coyol electronic bus fare collection system enabled 14,000 workers to commute daily and avoided the printing and use of 1,700,000 paper tickets. The system is part of [...]
Medical Devices in Costa Rica represent 28% of the total sales of Precision and Medical Equipment products. Medical Devices in Costa Rica currently represent 28% of the total sales of Precision and Medical Equipment products, according to the Foreign Trade Promoter (Procomer). This product division represented 34% of the country’s exports in the first month of [...]
May. Fifty students of technical careers of the National Learning Institute (INA) received a workshop to strengthen their knowledge and personal tools, so that they may successfully enter the labor market. The talk was given by representatives of Coyol Free Zone and companies of the Park, as part of the celebration of the INA Student Week. [...]
In addition, it creates nearly 5,600 indirect jobs 54% of the direct jobs are held by women May 2022. The evolution and successful growth of the thirty-one life sciences companies located in the Coyol Free Zone has generated a total of 24,000 direct and indirect employment opportunities for men and women of various ages, in areas [...]
After thorough assessment by trained examiners and accomplished business professionals, Hologic, Costa Rica Free Zone Coyol has been awarded the internationally recognized Shingo Prize from the Shingo Institute, a program of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. LOGAN, Utah – The Shingo Institute , a program in the Jon M. Huntsman [...]
Nearshoring is among us. The Covid-19 pandemic generated one of the most relevant disruptions in trade and transportation since World War II, thus accelerating the relocation of companies that started a few years ago. The interruption in the logistics and production chains caused by Covid-19 lit the alarm light. While others are analyzing this new globalization [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic is now being seen as an opportunity for certain markets, in particular in Latin America, where investments are coming from the relocation of multinational companies that have been established in Asia. According to the Inter-American Development Bank, the disruption in the global value chains means a US $70 billion investment opportunity for Latin [...]
Two parallel projects at Coyol Free Zone are responsible for environmentally beneficial results March 2022. Appropriate management of the water resource at Coyol Free Zone has allowed the treatment plant to process the equivalent of filling 190 Olympic-size swimming pools, or 474,500 cubic meters. Two parallel projects at Coyol Free Zone are responsible for these environmentally [...]
