Interview with Álvaro Carballo Pinto, President of Coyol Free Trade Zone. Businessman and pioneer of the free zones in Costa Rica and President of Coyol Free Zone, Álvaro Carballo Pinto gives us his top piece of advice: remove the boxes that hold your ideas. If it is true that destiny marks a human being’s purpose, Carballo, [...]
MicroVention started operations in Costa Rica in 2012, and is to invest US $80 million in a new 20,000-meter-squared plant. The American-Japanese company, MicroVention-Terumo from the life sciences sector, announced that it will expand its operations in Costa Rica. With an investment of close to US $80 million by the end of 2022, it will build [...]
Energy and water savings along with good environmental quality are the assets to highlight in the operation of the Medtronic building. Medtronic’s certification showcases the good practices that are followed in Costa Rica in terms of sustainability, leadership and proper use of spaces. Medtronic, a world leader in technology, solutions and medical services, announces that its [...]
More than one million medical devices for women's health are exported annually November. The high added-value that Costa Rica generates for the Life Sciences industry translates into health for thousands of women around the world. Hologic Costa Rica, a company that employs more than 700 employees in the Coyol Free Zone in Alajuela, specializes in the [...]
Flexibility and a robust free zone transportation system keep operations going during the pandemic November. The COVID-19 pandemic has reaffirmed the strategic position that Costa Rica holds as a country where companies in the Life Sciences sector can enjoy business continuity despite unprecedented situations. In a recent event hosted by Inversión Inmobiliaria Magazine called LifeSciences: Insights [...]
Positioned #7 in the Top Free Zones 2020 ranking November 2020. Coyol Free Zone, the leading free zone in medical device exports in the country, continues to achieve success in global rankings. This time, the international publication, Site Selection Magazine, placed Coyol Free Zone for the fourth consecutive year in the Top Free Zones 2020, this [...]
Coyol Free Zone, a completely Costa Rican company and a leader in medical devices exports, was recognized by the prestigious magazine, The European of Thompson Reuters, as the Best Free Zone in Latin America. Additionally, Coyol Free Zone was ranked #7 in the world's Top 10 zones, also confirmed by fDi Intelligence, a monitoring tool of [...]
Philips Costa Rica, in keeping with its goal of working in a responsible and sustainable way, obtained the certification to ISO 50001: 2018 - the standard for an energy management system. This achievement ensures efficient energy management and responsible use of available energy resources as a commitment to respecting the planet's finite resources and to reducing [...]
October 2020. Coyol Free Zone, a completely Costa Rican company and leader in medical devices exports, was named by the prestigious magazine, The European of Thompson Reuters, as the Best Free Zone in Latin America; likewise, Coyol Free Zone has been ranked #7 in the world’s Top 10 Free Zones, also confirmed by fDi Intelligence, a [...]
Coyol Free Zone, the leading park in the export of medical devices in the country, delivered on Monday a donation of 50,000 masks to protect people in vulnerable conditions throughout the country. The masks were donated as a contribution from the park to the “Put a mask on your heart too” campaign that seeks to provide [...]
