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Establishment Labs Breaks Ground on Third Facility, Preparing to Expand Capabilities in Manufacturing, R&D, and Medical Education

June 23rd, 2021|

Facility will support Establishment Labs’ planned growth, including launches of Motiva® Flora® and of Motiva MIA®as well as geographic expansion into China and the United States. Builds on Establishment Labs’ world class manufacturing operations in Costa Rica; annual capacity will more than double to approximately 1,900,000 Motiva implants/year when fully operational. Will expand research & development [...]

Coyol Free Zone: Awarded as Latin America Free Zone of the Year 2021

June 16th, 2021|

June 2021. The specialized international publication, The European of the Thompson Reuters publishing house, named Coyol Free Zone for the second time in a row, Latin America Free Zone of the Year, and awarded it The Most Innovative Free Zone of The Year, and Business Hub for Life Science and Advanced Manufacturing in the Latin American [...]

Coyol Free Zone: First Free Zone to Implement Electronic Payment System on buses

June 9th, 2021|

August. Coyol Free Zone Park, specialized in Life Sciences, takes a new and instrumental step on its path towards sustainability. Starting this month, the Free Zone will implement an electronic payment system in 200 bus units, saving 2.5 tons of paper per year. Currently, this Park provides bus services for the 12,000 strong workforce who are [...]

First Sustainability Report: Coyol Free Zone promotes gender equality in job creation

June 3rd, 2021|

3,600 people have been hired by Coyol Free Zone recruitment services in recent years June, 2021. In 2020, of the 16,500 people who were working in the 30 companies located in the Coyol Free Zone (CFZ), 55% were women and 45% were men, most of whom were working in manufacturing across the different companies in the [...]

Freudenberg Medical Expands Costa Rica Operations

June 1st, 2021|

Additional cleanroom for catheter manufacturing, assemblies, and components BEVERLY, Massachusetts – Freudenberg Medical, a global contract design and manufacturing provider to the medical device industry, is expanding its manufacturing operations in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The expansion project adds 8,600 square feet to the existing facility which includes construction of an additional ISO Class 7 cleanroom for [...]

Hologic Costa Rica: Internationally recognized as Leading Manufacturer of the Year

May 26th, 2021|

Employs 800 local collaborators May. Hologic Costa Rica is the winner of three awards at the Manufacturing Leadership Awards Gala 2020-2021 at a time that has undoubtedly been one of the most challenging periods in history for companies worldwide. Located in Coyol Free Zone and with a 800-strong local workforce, Hologic Costa Rica has been awarded [...]

Costa Rica: A comprehensive solution for Medical Device manufacturers

May 19th, 2021|

Costa Rica as a comprehensive solution for Medical Device manufacturers, hosts a robust ecosystem for the next wave of Life Sciences companies in the industry, with 81 MedTech multinational companies that research, design and produce solutions to save human lives around the world. This hub of major players has attracted hundreds of national and international contractors [...]

Coyol Free Zone 2020’s Engineering Projects: A vision of Innovation and Growth

May 19th, 2021|

In Coyol Free Zone, we strive to be a strategic partner for the companies of the Life Sciences industry in Costa Rica and in the park. We provide numerous services that support the success of their processes as well as the future growth of their businesses. As we leave behind 2020 and the challenges that it [...]

RESONETICS TO ADD SECOND PRODUCTION FACILITY IN COSTA RICA

April 12th, 2021|

New site will expand laser processing and centerless grinding capacity; add nitinol capabilities NASHUA, NH, April 12, 2021– Resonetics announced today it has leased new manufacturing space in a building a short distance from its current site in the Coyol Free Zone in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The space will be expanded and reconfigured to create a [...]

SMC LTD., DOUBLES ITS OPERATIONS IN COYOL FREE ZONE

April 6th, 2021|

Production capacity will grow as total manufacturing space measures 120,000 square feet (more than 11,000 m2) Payroll will double as operational and engineering personnel are employed April 2021. The global manufacturing company, SMC Ltd., once again has chosen Coyol Free Zone to double its operations in Costa Rica, extending manufacturing space to 120,000 square feet (more [...]

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