# Gualapack expands operations in Costa Rica with new machinery division

Italian packaging company Gualapack expanded its operations in Cartago, Costa Rica, by adding machinery manufacturing for filling activities and creating the Latam Machinery Division (DML). Total investment in the facility has reached $10 million.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-10-30
- Where: Cartago Province, Costa Rica
- Value: $10.0M
- Status: completed
- Products: prefabricated pouches with spouts, filling machinery
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Gualapack](https://endata.com/companies/2185.md)

## Sources

- [amcostarica.com](https://amcostarica.com/Italian%20company%20expands%20operations%20in%20Costa%20Rica%20103023.html), 2023-10-30: "The firm added processes to its developing operations, specifically with the manufacture of machinery to facilitate new product-filling activities, thereby increasing its presence in the Latin American market."

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