Costa Rica’s Minister of Foreign Trade, Alexander Mora, is pleased with the announcement, thanking PCCI for its confidence in developing this new operation in the country. Mora said, “The announcement of Precision Coating’s new operation is highly relevant to the life sciences ecosystem and the medical device sub-ecosystem; it incorporates a new specialist supplier with great potential to complement the capabilities and functions of other related businesses. Its operation will complement and strengthen these ecosystems with new, sophisticated, and highly technical features. The investment, on its own merits, also brings more job opportunities for Costa Ricans within this company and in this sector. We are honored that they have selected Costa Rica as their site of choice to establish their operations. We wish them success in their business.”
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Precision Coating opening plant in Costa Rica
Precision Coating (PCCI) will establish its first manufacturing operation outside the United States with a new 14,000 square foot plant in Costa Rica. The new plant will be located in El Coyol, Alajuela, and up and running by the end of July.
PCCI president Robert DeAngelis announced, “Costa Rica presented the best combination of operating cost, workforce talent, and logistical advantages as we considered our options to establish a low-cost manufacturing facility for our rapidly growing company.”
According to the company, Costa Rica has become a regional hub for medical device, biotech, and health care companies with an increasing amount of medical device products being produced there.
This new plant will allow Precision Coating to run highly automated processes and will result in approximately 30 Costa Rican jobs. The new plant will produce fluoropolymer coatings that are used in the medical device field.
The company has already begun hiring for the new plant, for which it will require engineers and technicians specialized in chemistry and basic manufacturing assembly. Interested parties can send their resumes to: Jobs.CostaRica@precisioncoating.com.
Sources: www.wbjournal.com & www.releasewire.com
Stable hiring outlook for Third Quarter
According to the latest Employment Outlook Survey from ManpowerGroup, Costa Rica’s hiring outlook for next quarter is mostly stable.
About 15% of Costa Rica employers said they plan to increase staff between July and September. Of these, 78% said they will maintain their staff unchanged. About 6% say they plan layoffs during the next quarter.
Hiring perspectives for next quarter are down 2% compared to current quarter and down 1% compared to last year.
Guanacaste was the only province reporting negative hiring expectations for the upcoming quarter. One (1) percent more employers plan to lay people off than those planning to hire new workers there. Major construction projects and the arrival of new foreign companies in Cartago and Alajuela provinces suggest job creation is moving outside the San José capital.
Nearly 25% of employers surveyed in Cartago and 20% in Alajuela said they plan to hire new employees in the near future. Those provinces show the highest hiring expectations in the country.
Still, local analysts believe the country’s economic growth is insufficient to reduce the unemployment rate, currently at 9.5 percent, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Census.
Source: www.ticotimes.net
Costa Rica is a leader in gender equality – Jill Biden
Last Sunday (June 19) at the National Technical University in Alajuela, second lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden met with girls studying science and technology. Biden is spending the week meeting with officials, teachers, students and private sector leaders to promote equal opportunities for boys and girls.
Costa Rica will be the first country in Central America to host a pilot program, using after-school programs and teacher training to close the gap between boys and girls in STEM.
“Costa Rica is a leader in Latin America in ensuring that women and girls have access to a quality education and equal opportunities,” Biden told the audience promoting the issue.
Source: www.ticotimes.net
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