DuPont adds sterile packaging capacity of healthcare manufacturing site in Costa Rica
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DuPont adds sterile packaging capacity of healthcare manufacturing site in Costa Rica

The 16,000-square-foot expansion enhances DuPont’s global sterile operations

  • By ICN Bureau | June 07, 2025

DuPont announced that it has expanded its sterile operations via an addition to its healthcare manufacturing facility in Heredia, Costa Rica, enabling the site to produce sterile packaging for the global medical device industry while also increasing the capacity of the site’s existing medical tubing operations.

To serve Healthcare customers in the Caribbean and more broadly across the Americas, the Heredia operation has expanded by 16,000 square feet. The new space accommodates additional extrusion equipment and production lines, enabling production of sterile packaging leveraging Tyvek – such as pouches, header bags and lids – and increasing DuPont’s extruded tubing production capacity.

The new expansion is ISO 13485:2016 and ISO 9001:2015 certified, with its technical, assembly and packaging staff adhering to the highest quality standards and protocols. To support current and new customers, the facility is operating on a 24/7 production schedule.

“With this expansion, we are now the first company in Costa Rica and the Caribbean to produce fluid management and sterile packaging offerings for the medical device industry,” said James Chambers, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Fluids & Flexibles at Spectrum Plastics Group, A DuPont Business. “This significantly enhances our robust, growing portfolio of unmatched offerings and capabilities as a trusted supply chain partner to leading global healthcare companies.”

DuPont’s products, services and expertise for the healthcare industry include extruded tubing and subassemblies, advanced catheter assembly, medical balloons, skin contact devices, smart wearables, additive manufacturing, laser processing, precision injection-molding, medical device fabrication, machining and sterile packaging enabled by Tyvek.

Combining medical-grade performance materials, component and device solutions, and innovative technology, DuPont offers full-service, comprehensive solutions that support a range of healthcare applications.

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