This global contract design and manufacturing company is adding space for catheter manufacturing and assembly, including injection molding, extrusion and packaging.
Freudenberg Medical (Beverly, Massachusetts) is adding 8,600 square feet to its existing facility in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The expansion will include an ISO Class 7 clean room for catheter manufacturing and assembly, including injection molding, extrusion and packaging, as well as increased office space. The new equipment includes an extrusion line that can produce pipes from 4 to 170 inches long and can produce up to 1 million pipe lengths per month; and two new injection molding machines-a 110-ton vertical from ENGEL Press and a 320 ton horizontal machine from Arburg.
The company is located in the Coyor Free Trade Zone and Business Park in Alajuela, Costa Rica, 10 minutes from San Jose International Airport and 90 minutes from the seaport.
The capacity of the Costa Rica plant includes finished equipment assembly, sub-assembly, molding, packaging and technology transfer. Freudenberg Medical has 11 manufacturing plants and more than 1,700 employees worldwide.
The former Helix Medical invested more than US$4 million when building a new factory in Costa Rica in 2011, when it was expected to employ more than 100 employees. According to the Central American Group, there are approximately 70 medical device manufacturing companies in the country, including Boston Scientific, Cooper Medical, and Medtronic.
Freudenberg Medical's latest expansion of its Costa Rica plant includes an Arburg injection molding machine.
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