• Company will hire 300 people for new financial services division.
• Announcement is given under the President's visit in New York.

• Costa Rican team has developed one-of-a-kind technology in the market for breast implants.
• Company expects creation of 100 new jobs in the medium term.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica., Sept. 5, 2014. During a visit to the medical device manufacturing plant of the company Establishment Labs in Coyol de Alajuela, Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis, accompanied by the general director of the Costa Rican Development Initiatives Coalition (CINDE), Gabriela Llobet, were able to observe how Costa Rica's talent has become part of the international medical industry by designing, producing and marketing next generation breast implants, successfully competing in 42 countries around the world.
Under the breast implant brand Motiva Implant Matrix®, a group of Costa Ricans led by founder and general manager Juan Jose Chacon Quiros, has been successfully competing in the European and Japanese markets. They are poised to also enter an additional 7 markets - Portugal, Ireland, Poland, France, Slovakia, Morocco and Hong Kong - it was announced.
From its Costa Rican facilities, Establishment Labs is involved in every stage of the production of breast implants, including a patented radiofrequency technology. Motiva Implant Matrix® is the only implant in the world that uses built-in microchips to ensure the device's safety and access to product traceability information.
Costa Rica's President Luis Guillermo Solis underscored the importance of continuing to attract companies by means of foreign direct investment in order to create areas of action for Costa Rica's human talent.
"Establishment Labs is an example of how foreign direct investment is able to extract the best Costa Rican human talent by devising and producing in this case next generation medical equipment, and, in turn, allowing other companies to enjoy the benefits of the foreign direct investment," said the president.  The company, which began operating in 2009, has to date 70 associates, who have been responsible for the development of new technologies in the medical device industry.
Gabriela Llobet, general director of CINDE, said, "Costa Rica is known worldwide as a highly competitive seat of medical equipment manufacturing, clear proof of which are the 57 companies from the life sciences that provide jobs to some 17,200 people in our country."
Growth
Since the start-up of Establishment Lab's operations, exports have grown significantly, increasing from 6,000 implants in 2011 to 16,000 in 2013. The forecast for 2014 is to export more than 40,000 implants. The company currently exports to 42 countries, and it has trade agreements in more than 50 countries, in which health registrations are pending approval.
The increase in production can also be demonstrated by the number of associates who work in Establishment Labs. At the end of 2013, the company had 35 associates, with the number having risen to 70 today. Plans are for a second shift beginning in January 2015, which will increase the number of associates to 85. Establishment Labs has plans in the near future to increase the plant's size by 2,500 square meters and hire an additional 100 workers.

• Company will start recruiting in the coming months
• Vascular equipment will be produced by Costa Rican hands
Buford, GA, August 27 2014. Theragenics Corporation, a leader in the field of medical devices worldwide, announced that it will instal a plant in Costa Rica for the manufacturing of medical devices in the vascular area.
The company will make an initial recruitment of 50 Costa Rican professionals who will be responsible for carrying out the manufacturing processes of medical devices that will be used in worldwide.
The plant in Costa Rica will be located in El Coyol and will have an area of

• Company invested in two manufacturing plants in Orotina.
• Bekaert is a global leader in technology and market advanced solutions for the processing and coating of steel wires. It employs 27,000 people worldwide.

San José, Costa Rica, July 22, 2014 – Bacardi today announced plans to hire a significant number of employees for a new shared services center to be based in Costa Rica. The facility, which will be based in the canton of Escazú in the province of San José, will perform a variety of professional and technical financial support functions for the world’s largest privately held spirits company.
“These are great opportunities for the highly trained and skilled employee base in Costa Rica to join us in building on the more than 150 years of passion and excellence behind everything we do,” said Kevin McNamara, Vice President and Corporate Controller for family-owned Bacardi.
The new opportunities opening with the company include accounting, supervisory and financial positions. Interviewing is underway to fill key positions within the new shared services center, and the San Jose location is expected to begin operating as of September 1, 2014. The location was chosen because of the region’s highly trained employee base as related to shared services expertise.
“Once again, we have successfully captured the investment of an important company, thanks to the specialized talent of Costa Ricans, the main element that differentiates us,” said Alexander Mora, Foreign Trade Minister of Costa Rica. “This announcement reaffirms the growing importance of the service sector in Costa Rica, which today directly employs more than 46,000 people.”
Candidates interested in learning more about employment opportunities with the new center for Bacardi are directed to email crcareers@bacardi.com.
“The Bacardi shared services center is a great example of how the country is well positioned as a strategic partner for value-added operations with leading multinational companies,” said Gabriela Llobet, Director General of Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE).
The operation will be managed under Bacardi Soluciones Corporativas S.A., a subsidiary of Bacardi Limited, based in Hamilton, Bermuda.
About Bacardi Limited Bacardi Limited, the largest privately held spirits company in the world, produces and markets internationally recognized spirits and wines. The Bacardi brand portfolio comprises more than 200 brands and labels, including BACARDÍ® rum, the world’s best-selling and most-awarded rum, as well as the world’s most-awarded spirit; GREY GOOSE® vodka, the world’s leading super-premium vodka; DEWAR’S® Blended Scotch whisky, the world’s most-awarded blended Scotch; BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® gin, the top-valued and fastest-growing premium gin in the world; MARTINI® vermouth and sparkling wines, the world’s leading vermouth and the world's favorite Italian sparkling wines; CAZADORES® 100% blue agave tequila, one of the most popular premium tequilas in Mexico and the United States; and other leading and emerging brands including WILLIAM LAWSON’S®, the fastest-growing global Scotch whisky brand; ERISTOFF® vodka, one of the fastest-growing vodka brands in the world; and ST-GERMAIN®, a super-premium elderflower liqueur.
Founded more than 152 years ago in Santiago de Cuba on February 4, 1862, family-owned Bacardi employs nearly 6,000 people, manufactures its brands at 29 facilities and sells in more than 160 countries. Bacardi Limited refers to the Bacardi group of companies, including Bacardi International Limited. www.BacardiLimited.com
Media Contacts: Patricia M. Neal/Amy Federman, Bacardi Limited, +1 441-294-1110 afederman@bacardi.com
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• To date the PandG Planning Center has hired 200 professionals and expects to hire 300 more in the next few months.
• The new facilities occupy 4 floors in the Forum 1 Business Park with state-of-the-art design, technology and services.

• Firm announced its expansion and reinvestment plans in Costa Rica today, and will increase their payroll in over 60% by the end of 2015.