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Electric dreams: How Costa Rica became a haven for electronics manufacturing and development

Advanced electronics are the platform upon which modern life is built. Increasingly, they are also a prominent support platform within…

Instruments for investment: How Costa Rica is expanding its offerings in a booming medtech sector

In June 2021, US-based Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies announced plans to open a medical device manufacturing facility in Costa…

Homeward bound: Costa Rica responds to nearshoring trends

In December 2020, Intel made a striking announcement. Over the next three years, the tech giant will invest $350m to…

Closing the gap: Costa Rica prioritises gender equality as an investment tool

Number five of the UN’s 17 interlinked Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the ambition to “achieve gender equality and empower…

Centre of excellence: Costa Rica’s status as a global advanced manufacturing hub

As Covid-19 began to spread across the world, it quickly became clear there were critical supply shortages of the equipment…