COLOPLAST, A DENMARK-BASED MANUFACTURER OF POST-MASTECTOMY AND OTHER PRODUCTS, WITH ITS U.S. HEADQUARTERS BASED IN MARIETTA, OPENED A MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN COSTA RICA FEB. 23.
THE NEW SITE IN SAN JOSE EMPLOYS ABOUT 50 PEOPLE TO SEW POST-MASTECTOMY BRASSIERES, AND WAS OPENED TO HANDLE INCREASED DEMAND FOR THAT PRODUCT, SAID JOACHIM G. RECHENBERG, PRESIDENT OF COLOPLAST CORP. IN NORTH AMERICA.
COSTA RICA WAS CHOSEN AS THE LOCATION FOR THE FACILITY BECAUSE IT IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO MANUFACTURE THE BRASSIERES IN CENTRAL AMERICA THAN IN THE U.S., HE ADDED. HE ALSO CITED COSTA RICA’S STABLE DEMOCRACY AND SKILLED LABOR POOL AS REASONS FOR THE CHOICE OF LOCATION.
COLOPLAST EMPLOYS SOME 500 PEOPLE IN THE U.S. AND HAS MANUFACTURING FACILITIES IN MARIETTA; CENTER, ALA. AND MANKATO, MINN.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, MR. RECHENBERG MAY BE REACHED AT (770) 426-6362.