# Coloplast opens new factory in Costa Rica

Coloplast opened the first of two new factories in Costa Rica, with an investment of over USD 80 million, to support expected growth in the US market.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-09-08
- Where: Costa Rica, Costa Rica
- Value: $80.0M
- Jobs: 700
- Starts operating: 8 Sep 2021
- Status: completed
- Products: medical devices (catheters, ostomy care)
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Coloplast](https://endata.com/companies/15184.md)

## Sources

- [medwatch.com](https://medwatch.com/News/medtech/article13262905.ece), 2021-09-08: "The newly opened factory in Costa Rica, which c"
- [presidencia.gobiernocarlosalvarado.cr](https://presidencia.gobiernocarlosalvarado.cr/comunicados/2021/09/coloplast-invierte-us-80-millones-en-innovadora-planta-de-produccion-de-dispositivos-medicos/), 2021-09-08: "Coloplast, líder mundial en el cuidado de la ostomía y el cuidado de la continencia dentro del sector de ciencias de la vida y la primera compañía de origen danés dentro del clúster médico nacional, inauguró este miércoles 8 de septiembre su primer centro de producción en volumen de dispositivos méd"

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