# TekniPlex Healthcare expands Costa Rica plant with new medical tubing lines

TekniPlex Healthcare is investing in new medical tubing extrusion lines and downstream equipment as part of a 40,000-square-foot expansion of its Cartago, Costa Rica facility. The new lines are expected to begin operation by the end of the second quarter of 2023.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-05-23
- Where: Cartago, Costa Rica
- Starts operating: Q2 2023
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: more than double capacity for micro-extrusions, quad tubes, thermally bonded paratubing, and advanced multilayer co-extrusions
- Products: medical tubing, micro-extrusions, quad tubes, thermally bonded paratubing, multilayer co-extrusions
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [TekniPlex Healthcare](https://endata.com/companies/70433.md)

## Sources

- [canplastics.com](https://www.canplastics.com/plastics-processes/tekniplex-healthcare-installs-new-medical-tubing-lines-in-costa-rica-plant/1003461125/), 2023-05-23: "The tubing extrusion lines, and also downstream equipment, are part of a 40,000-square-foot expansion at the Cartago facility."
- [emballagedigest.fr](https://www.emballagedigest.fr/tekniplex-healthcare-expands-costa-rica-facility/), 2023-06-05: "TekniPlex Healthcare has invested in new medical tubing extrusion lines along with downstream equipment as part of an expansion to its production facility in Cartago, Costa Rica."

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