Multinational company Johnson & Johnson MedTech will install its new medical device manufacturing plant in Costa Rica, which will generate electricity 3,000 job opportunities in the next three years
It will be installed in Greece and will have a factory area 19.000 square meters. This is the largest investment the company has made outside the United States.
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This will be the new medical device manufacturing plant to be installed in Greece. Photo: Courtesy Procomer.
Company He was leaning toward Costa Rica because of its history in the medical device sectorAs well as its geographical location, political stability, legal security, incentives and availability of qualified talent.
“Costa Rica It is a very strategic place “Where we’ve been present for 40 years,” said Gustavo Gala, Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s international vice president in Latin America.
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