Tegra Medical Expands Costa Rica Manufacturing Operations

The new building is located in the CF Free Zone in La Aurora de Heredia, Costa Rica, near many other life sciences businesses.

Contract manufacturer Tegra Medical, Franklin, MA, has expanded its manufacturing operations in Costa Rica with the purchase of a new building. The new building is located near its two current buildings in the CF Free Zone in La Aurora de Heredia, Costa Rica, an area where many of the country’s life sciences businesses are located. Tegra Medical is headquartered in Heerbrugg, Switzerland.

“The new building and subsequent remodeling are part of a $13 million investment in our Costa Rica operations, qualifying it as a 'mega-project' in the Costa Rican Free Zone system,” says Sean Mikus, general manager of Tegra Medical in Costa Rica. “The completion of this project will give us a total of 135,000 sq ft of manufacturing space in this country.”

The 85,000-square-foot building will allow the company to consolidate its metals manufacturing footprint. This will enable it to expand cleanroom molding and assembly operations in its nearby locations.

“Tegra Medical is committed to its operations in Costa Rica,” addsWalter Kobler, Tegra Medical CEO. “We appreciate the country’s great stability, highly educated workforce, proximity to U.S. markets, and efficient operations. It’s an attractive location to support the global requirements of major medical device manufacturers.”

Tegra Medical is focused exclusively on the medical device industry, providing end-to-end solutions from prototyping to full production, and from complex components to finished medical devices. The company has ISO 13485 manufacturing locations in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Costa Rica.