# Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies to open $60M manufacturing plant in Costa Rica

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies will open a medical device manufacturing facility in Cartago, Costa Rica, with an investment of approximately $60 million. The facility will hire up to 700 people and reach full operational capacity in December 2022.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-06-28
- Where: Cartago, La Lima Free Trade Zone, Costa Rica
- Value: $60.0M
- Jobs: 700
- Starts operating: Dec 2022
- Status: announced
- Products: medical devices for blood and cell collection and separation
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies](https://endata.com/companies/56095.md)
- [Terumo](https://endata.com/companies/2811.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [cinde.org](https://www.cinde.org/en/essential-news/terumo-blood-and-cell-technologies-set-to-open-a-modern-manufacturing-facility-in-costa-rica-and-will-hire-up-to-700-people), 2021-06-28: "Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies, a US-based medical technology company, subsidiary of Terumo Corporation from Japan, announced that it will open a modern medical device manufacturing facility, and will hire up to 700 people, as the facility reaches its full operational capacity in December 2022."
- [presidencia.gobiernocarlosalvarado.cr](https://presidencia.gobiernocarlosalvarado.cr/comunicados/2021/06/terumo-blood-and-cell-technologies-abrira-moderna-planta-de-manufactura-en-costa-rica-y-contratara-hasta-700-personas/), 2021-06-28: "Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies, compañía basada en Estados Unidos, subsidiaria de la Corporación Terumo de Japón, anunció que abrirá una moderna planta de manufactura de dispositivos médicos, lo que también implicará la contratación de hasta 700 personas al momento de alcanzar su capacidad plena"

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