International Companies in Costa Rica

The Zona Franca Program

Naturewalk Ecological Investments Educational Series - Investment in Costs Rica

Naturewalk Ecological Investments Educational Series - Investment in Costs Rica

WHILE TOURISM IS GROWING IN COSTA RICA 

AN EQUALLY HUGE AND IMPORTANT ECONOMIC  ACTIVITY IS  HAPPENING IN

COSTA RICA

INTEL PLANT COSTA RICA

• CR GOVERNMENT PROGRAM TO ATTRACT FOREIGN BUSINESSES. 

• OBJECT TO CREATE EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• STARTED IN EARLY 1990'S• HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN ATTRACTING

FOREIGN BUSINESSES• INCENTIVES INCLUDE NO TAX ON PROFITS

FOR EXPORTED PRODUCTS• COMPANIES INCLUDE HIGH-TECH,

MEDICAL, AEROSPACE, GENERAL MANUFACTURING, INTERNET SERVICE

ZONA FRANCA PROGRAM(free trade zone)

MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES ARE LOCATING IN COSTA RICA

     Why Costa Rica?1. Highly Educated Workforce2. Average Cost per employee = 1/3 to

1/5th North America3. Same time zone as middle North

America4. Accessible ie: 2.5 to 5 hrs flying 5. Politically Stable. Democracy

Friendly.

A Little Known Fact: Multi-Nationals are investing Billions in Costa Rica.

•Costa Rica is the 4th high-tech exporter in the world (World Development Indicators 2008, World Bank)

•One of the most competitive destinations in Latin America for service operations (A.T. Kearney, Destination Latin America: A Near-Shore Alternative 2009)

FDI per person = $448. Costa Rica is one of the most competitive locations, above Latin America’s largest economies like Brazil, Mexico and Chile

Costa Rica’s per capita GDP per person is almost 7 times higher than China’s

Facts that prove Costa Rica´s competitiveness

Costa Rica:The Place. The People. The Opportunities.

Costa Rica has positioned itself as a key destination for operations of multinational companies in a variety of industries, such as Advanced Manufacturing, Medical Devices and Services. Over 200 global companies havechosen Costa Rica as an establishment location.

Forum 1 - Santa Ana

Forum 2 - Santa Ana

Costa Rica captures leading Canadian E- Commerce Software Development Company

Costa Ricans will design solutions and platforms for leading companies such as: Sony,Ericsson, Symantec and Virgin Media.

• First Canadian company specializing in the high technology services sector in Costa Rica.

San José, April 12, 2011: Elastic Path Software, a Canadian e-commerce software development and consulting firm, announced today its decision to establish a new development center in Costa Rica. The company, serving global leaders in areas such as digital software, telecommunications, media   and advertising will invest approximately 76 million Colones during the initial stage, and will hire a team of 15 professionals in the areas of system development with Java platform.            

Hewlett Packard 

I B M Western Union 

Shared ServicesAstra Zeneca SSBaxter Americas British American Tobacco Chiquita Brands Citi Business Services DHLDole SSHellmann Logistic Intel SSResources- Publicis OracleProcter & Gamble GBS

INTEL 

Medical Device CompaniesAllerganArthrocareBaxter HealthcareBoston ScientificDe RoyalHologic Horizons Intl.Hospira Koros USAMoog MedicalSt. Jude Medical

Boston Scientific

Back OfficeAccess Personnel Amba Research APLArcus BPO InternationalDakota Imaging Equifax Experian Marketing ServicesHewlett Packard (BPO)IBMLightstorm LL Bean Pacific WestProject Resources Group CRSeton CentraSistemas GalileoTrax TechnologiesWestern Union

Alergen 

Proctor & Gamble 

Oracle 

100's of Foreign Multi-Nationals in Costa Rica

FOREIGN MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES  HAVE INVESTED 

$$$  BILLIONS OF DOLLARS  $$$$ in Costa Rica over many, many years and are continuing to do so! They know their investments are secure.

Feel confident making Costa Rica part of your investment future.

For more information on Naturewalk Ecological Investments and our Naturewalk Turrubares, Eco-Resort Community in Costa Rica please telephone to 866-923-7774 or write to:

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