Spectrum Plastics Group (a DuPont business) is expanding its Costa Rica manufacturing site.
 
The company offers its Latin American customers medical packaging, tubing, and assemblies from the manufacturing site in Heredia, Costa Rica. The existing 36,000-square-foot facilities manufactures medical tubing, custom films, pouches, and bags for the medical, food, and industrial markets.
 
Spectrum will expand the Heredia site to 52,000 square feet. The new space, the company said, will allow further extrusion equipment and production lines.
 
It will also include a first in Costa Rica—the ability to provide sterile packaging. Spectrum is a DuPont Tyvek authorized converter for the healthcare market.
 
When the new manufacturing facility is operational, it will be ISO 13485:2016 and ISO 9001:2015 certified. The company affirmed that its technical, assembly, and packaging staff will stick to the highest-quality standards and protocols, with a 24/7 production schedule to support customers.
 
Spectrum Plastics Group is a global solutions provider for development through scaled manufacturing of critical, polymer-based components and devices for medical and other demanding markets. The company specializes in advanced manufacturing of specialty medical devices and components, serving 22 of the top 26 medical device OEMs with focus on therapeutic areas like structural heart, electrophysiology, surgical robotics, and cardiovascular.
 
The company was acquired by DuPont from AEA investors last year.