San José, (July 4, 2011) Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced that it has completed the expansion of its manufacturing facility in Heredia, Costa Rica. This initiative will enable the Company to continue to expand certain production processes at this facility.
Boston Scientific began renovating the plant in June 2009 and completed work several months ago. The Company now expects to add more than 250 engineering, production, quality and process-development employees to its existing plant workforce of 350 within the next year.
“Medical and precision equipment are among our top five exports, and last year grew to represent 8.3 percent of the $9.3 billion of goods exported from Costa Rica,” said Minister of Foreign Commerce Anabel González. “Boston Scientific has become a leading company contributing to our medical device sector growth. Its Heredia facility expansion is excellent news and will help increase our country’s participation in this important sector.”
Gabriela Llobet, General Director of CINDE (Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency), said, “The expansion of Boston Scientific in Costa Rica, most recently in Heredia, has become a success story that allows us to constantly promote our country to other companies. Its strong performance confirms Costa Rica as an ideal location from which industry leaders can operate.”
Boston Scientific is the only medical device company with two manufacturing plants in Costa Rica. One is located in the Free Zone Propark in Coyol de Alajuela, while the other is in Heredia’s Global Park Free Zone. Production there will incorporate leading-edge technologies such as laser and plasma welding, UV and infrared radiation as well as laser imaging.
“The proven success of our manufacturing facilities in Costa Rica gave the Company confidence to expand and diversify our manufacturing operations here,” said Luis Javier Serrano, Vice President of Operations of Boston Scientific Costa Rica. “We are confident that we will continue to manufacture and deliver high quality products to Boston Scientific’s diverse global customers.”
About Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a broad range of interventional medical specialties. For more information, please visit: www.bostonscientific.com.
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