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Costa Rica Facility
Expanding Our Global Footprint: Costa Rica
We’re excited to share the next chapter of our growth at Surface Solutions Group. To better serve the global medical device market, we are expanding our global manufacturing footprint with the planned establishment of a new operation in Costa Rica. This investment strengthens our ability to support customers with greater capacity, shorter lead times, and the same trusted quality you’ve come to expect from SSG.
This expansion is exactly that—an expansion. The project entails a long‑term investment exceeding US$10 million, including land acquisition and the construction of a new facility. Our Chicago-area operations will remain fully in place and fully supported.
The SSG Costa Rica facility adds capacity and geographic reach, allowing us to be closer to customers in key markets while maintaining consistent processes, controls, and performance standards across our global operations.
The operation will be supported by automated equipment, rigorous quality systems, and regulatory standards aligned with major global medical markets. For our customers, this expansion means increased production capacity, improved responsiveness, and consistent, dependable results.
Expansion Project Updates
Construction of the Costa Rica facility is scheduled to begin in early 2026, with a gradual start-up of operations expected in 2027 following equipment installation, validation, and qualification.
Read our complete press release announcing our Costa Rica expansion: SSG to Bring Advanced Coating Processes for Medical Devices to Costa Rica
We’ll be sharing updates as the project progresses, including milestones, photos, and additional insights. We invite you to check back regularly and follow along through project updates on our blog posts.
Careers at SSG in Costa Rica
As operations begin, we expect to build an initial team of approximately 15–20 people. We will be recruiting for a range of technical, specialized, and leadership roles, including automated equipment operators, coating personnel (sprayers and rackers), engineers, maintenance technicians, quality professionals, and administrative and executive positions aligned with the sophistication of our production processes.
If you’re passionate about precision manufacturing, quality, and supporting our mission to “co-create life-saving medical products that help patients live healthier, longer, more productive lives,” visit our Careers page.
If you’d like to learn more about our coating capabilities and how we can improve the performance and functionality of your medical device and component applications, contact us to speak with a technical consultant about your project.