IBM Invests $21M in its Security Operations Center in Costa Rica to boost capabilities and meet increased market demand
• The expansion triples its capacity and makes it the largest security operations center for IBM in Latin America, helping to further enable professionals to cover the cybersecurity skills’ gap across the region.San Jose, February 12, 2019.&n...
CooperVision Costa Rica Manufacturing Plant Earns Prestigious LEED® Silver Certification
• The CooperVision site excelled in LEED evaluation categories including energy and water conservation, transportation, waste reduction, and human experience to earn the honor.San Jose, Costa Rica. Monday, February 4, 2019. The CooperVis...
Communities and CINDE strengthen their compromise to increase local competitivenes
•20 cantons are part of CINDE’s group outside the Metro area.•These communities represent 30% of the country’s population. The Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE) and representatives from 20 communities outside the Metro area go...
CINDE Job Fair looks to fill 3,800 positions
• More than 40 multinational companies will gather at the Costa Rica Convention Center, from February 22-24. • Work experience is not required. Companies are recruiting technicians and professionals from the services and manufacturing technol...
Concession model is crucial to promote public works
Congresswoman Silvia Hernández, CINDE and IDB led a forum to discuss how to promote innovative funding mechanisms and public infrastructure management, to guarantee long-term high-quality service.Public-Private Partnerships emerge as essential too...
Costa Rica on the Global Innovation Map with New Medical Device Technology
• The team at Establishment Labs, a Costa Rican company located in Alajuela, works on research and development for launching new products with the Tico seal. • Scientists research minimally invasive and breast reconstruction surgery in m...
Costa Rica Achieved 48 New Foreign Direct Investment Projects in 2018
•Within those projects, Costa Rica attracted investments from USA, Canada, Denmark, Luxembourg, Belgium and Ireland. San Jose, Costa Rica. Monday, December 17, 2018. The Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE) and the Ministry of For...
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...
MSD Inaugurated its New Data Management Center in Costa Rica
November 28th, 2018. San José, Costa Rica. The Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency announces that the multinational company MSD, opened today the Pharmacovigilance Data Management Center in Costa Rica. This center will be processing informatio...
Tech Data Expands Operations in Costa Rica
The company established its operation in Costa Rica in 2007. This new investment will strengthen its customer services.San José, Costa Rica. November 12th, 2018. – Tech Data (Nasdaq: TECD) announced today the expansion of its operation i...
Stryker Will Open a New Site in Costa Rica to Support its Finance Activities in the Americas
San José, Costa Rica. November 5, 2018. Stryker, one of the world’s leading medical technology companies, announced it will open an office in San Jose, Costa Rica, as it creates a hub for finance activities and services. The facility w...
Life Sciences Forum 2018: The Future is Already Here
San José, Costa Rica. October 16, 2018. In the United States, a patient in California is operated on by attending surgeons and another group of surgeons thousands of kilometers away. His blood pressure and vital data are sent to a mega-database th...
Life Sciences Forum 2018 last Day
Highlights of the last day of the Life Sciences Forum Costa Rica 2018, in its fourth edition.