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Top choice for establishing a global business services center in latin america
Top 100 Outsourcing Destinations, The Hackett Group, 2013.1st high-tech exporter in latin america of industrial products
World Development Indicators 2015, World Bank1st country for future fdi in central america & the caribbean
Financial Times: FDI Intelligence. 2015.A sophisticated, progressive and
collaborative partner
In an innovative business world, Costa Rica is ready for the challenge of taking high tech industries and showing how a tradition of peace, education and innovation are the perfect formula to make business.
These are just a few of the leading companies that have discovered
the benefits of Costa Rica’s unique essence:
We are a country where industries thrive
Explore our investment sectors
Services
We deliver the best quality in the world, from complex daily processes to specialized customer service centers.
Advanced Manufacturing
We operate with a high level of complexity and broad diversity of products manufactured.
Life Sciences
We are the leading location, in LATAM, for MedTech investment, producing Class I to Class III medical devices.
Light Manufacturing
An industrial sector that offers the ideal platform for preferential access to key trade partners
Agribusiness/Food Processing
A thriving sector that offers everything from traditional goods to the more exotic and trendy crops
Let the numbers do the talking:
We are the best choice in the region Find out why
From the News Room
Edwards Lifesciences will hire 370 employees for new facility
●The medical devices company has 480 employees in Costa Rica and plans to recruit 370 more during this month and 2019. ●Edwards Lifesciences is building its new facility in La Lima Free Zone. San José, December 10, 2018. Edwards Lifesc...
USA, China and the Netherlands markets are Costa Rica's preferred destination for MedTech products
•Medical devices pave the way as Costa Rica's top goods export with a total value of US$2,758 million by October 2018.•Sector’s main companies have established in Alajuela, Cartago and Heredia.San José, Wednesday December 5th, 2018. The United S...
The European chooses CINDE as Latin America’s FDI Promotion Agency of the Year
San José, Costa Rica. November 2018. Recently, the prestigious international magazine The European chose CINDE as Latin America’s top “Investment Promotion Agency of the Year”. It was given in its most recent ranking Global Banking & Fin...
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“The European chooses CINDE as Latin America’s FDI Promotion Agency of the Year ”
NOVEMBER 30th 2018 - Press Release
“MSD Inaugurated its New Data Management Center in Costa Rica”
NOVEMBER 28th 2018 - Press Release
“Tech Data Expands Operations in Costa Rica”
NOVEMBER 12th 2018