Main circuit breaker factory in Costa-Rica

Since Costa Rica hosts the region's only Intel semiconductor assembly and test plant, electronics manufacturers in Costa Rica may enjoy a significant economic advantage. Finally, Costa Rica is geographically located between North and South America, and has ports on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Nearshore manufacturing is a trend that is continuing to rise as China's trade sector becomes more complex. For those exploring options closer to the U.S., Costa Rica provides many benefits, especially in the EMS industry. In fact, electronics were the country's no. 1 manufacturing export last year. Some of the perks include:

The Smiths Interconnect Costa Rica plant is known for a producing a wide range of electronic components and is working towards the implementation of a semiconductor manufacturing and assembly capability. Current products include the following. Figure 3. Smiths Interconnect operator verifying the results of a screen print.

Costa Rica is the fifth largest Central American country with a population of almost five million. Traditionally, the country's major exports have been agriculture goods, such as coffee, sugar cane, pineapples and bananas; however, since the 1990s, manufacturing has made major in-roads into their economy.

Several factors have led to Costa Rica's growing manufacturing sector. These include a highly educated and trained workforce, with one of the highest literacy rates in the Americas. This is enabled by the country's commitment to primary and secondary education, and the establishment of numerous public and private universities.

A number of high-profile programs use Smiths' Costa Rica components. For example, the Frontier Mars Rover uses the Thermopad, the Indian Chandrayaan-3s Moon Lander has both the Thermopad and LabFlex T cables and the F-35 Lightning military aircraft features radar system attenuators.