06.07.11
BeamOne LLC (Synergy Health Americas Division) is increasing its presence in San Jose, Costa Rica. The company is doubling production capacity at its existing sterilization facility by adding a second beam and building a new ethylene oxide medical device sterilization facility nearby.
In 2009, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Synergy Health plc opened a service center designed to house two electron beams in case capacity someday was needed. The medical device business sector in Costa Rica has grown so much since then that additional sterilization capacity is now required. Both beams will be operational on a 24/7 basis.
“The addition of capacity in BeamOne’s existing Costa Rica [facility] upholds Synergy’s business goal of providing global sterilization services of the utmost quality and performance,” said Richard Steeves, BSc., Ph.D, chief executive of Synergy Health plc. “BeamOne’s record of excellence is substantiated by the obvious need and desire for more electron beam capacity in this exciting Latin America market.”
The new sterilization facility will be located in Alajuela and will become the first service of its kind provided to medical device manufacturers in Costa Rica and surrounding countries. The building will occupy approximately 28,000 square feet, and will require an additional 20 employees to run it when it is operating at full capacity.
Glenn Thibault, chief executive officer of Synergy Health Americas Division, said the additional facility “provides medical manufacturers with the ability to locally sterilize nearly every type of product out of the country for this purpose. The reduced turnaround time and ability to quickly ship through either ocean provides a unique and extremely valuable logistical benefit to manufacturers in the region.”
The installation of the second beam at the existing location should be completed in the second quarter of 2012, according to BeamOne. The new facility should be operational by the fourth quarter of next year.
In 2009, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Synergy Health plc opened a service center designed to house two electron beams in case capacity someday was needed. The medical device business sector in Costa Rica has grown so much since then that additional sterilization capacity is now required. Both beams will be operational on a 24/7 basis.
“The addition of capacity in BeamOne’s existing Costa Rica [facility] upholds Synergy’s business goal of providing global sterilization services of the utmost quality and performance,” said Richard Steeves, BSc., Ph.D, chief executive of Synergy Health plc. “BeamOne’s record of excellence is substantiated by the obvious need and desire for more electron beam capacity in this exciting Latin America market.”
The new sterilization facility will be located in Alajuela and will become the first service of its kind provided to medical device manufacturers in Costa Rica and surrounding countries. The building will occupy approximately 28,000 square feet, and will require an additional 20 employees to run it when it is operating at full capacity.
Glenn Thibault, chief executive officer of Synergy Health Americas Division, said the additional facility “provides medical manufacturers with the ability to locally sterilize nearly every type of product out of the country for this purpose. The reduced turnaround time and ability to quickly ship through either ocean provides a unique and extremely valuable logistical benefit to manufacturers in the region.”
The installation of the second beam at the existing location should be completed in the second quarter of 2012, according to BeamOne. The new facility should be operational by the fourth quarter of next year.