Visit Costa Rica is honored with having the following companies and distinguished professionals among our collaborators.
They all represent the best and most important companies in Costa Rica, many having received distinctions and considered among the top companies of the country. Our lecturers are all top executives or politicians that believe in our programs and are willing to give our students their precious time to educate foreign visitors on why Costa Rica is the special country it is.
Lecture at Baxter-Costa Rica, one of the most prestigious companies in Latin America, where more than 200 medical products are manufactured. Visit to the plant and special presentation on the company.
Lecture on Information Technology Applied to International Business with CEO of CISCO Costa Rica, the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. CISCO products offerings are used to create Internet solutions that allow individuals, companies, and countries to increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction and strengthen competitive advantage.
Lecture and visit to P & G Costa Rica. The GBS (Global Business Services), were created by P&G to integrate and standardize the processes, the systems of business and technological infrastructures of Procter & Gamble. GBS of Costa Rica initiated operations at the end of 1999 and at the moment it serves 27, to 68 thousand employees of P&G, throughout 72 countries in his majority of the American continent, and more recently to some countries of Europe, Asia and the world. Since their arrival, GBS of Costa Rica has contributed with the generation of near 1600 work positions in Costa Rica; including 850 direct employees and more than 800 employees of its related companies.
Irex Costa Rica, S.A., voted one of the most successful companies in Costa Rica is the leader in the national market of Costa Rica, thanks to its quality, price, advertising and distribution, with a very strong participation in the detergent market. The company continues to be 100% familiar and with national capital. Grupo Irex commercializes its products in: Puerto Rico, Venezuela, México, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Dominica, Guyana, Belize, Aruba and Haiti.
 
- ALIMENTOS JACK’S DE CENTROAMERICA S.A.
 Visit and lecture at Jack’s Industries, the leading industry in Costa Rica of chips, candy bars, snacks and cereals. A family-run business for 40 years, Jack’s has been able to innovate their products continuously and is a company all Costa Ricans are proud to have. The plant, located in Pavas, has a total area of 18,400 square meters, generates annually 2,688 metric tons of snacks, 645 metric tons of sorbets and 1,864 metric tons of cereals, covering the entire country with their products. The exportation markets includes Panamá, Nicaragua, Guatemala, República Dominicana and other Caribbean countries. Total net sales last year were 20 million dollars.
- COSTA RICAN CHAMBER OF INDUSTRY
 Presentation from the director of the Institute for Business Excellence of the Chamber of Industry of Costa Rica, on the role of PYMES (small and medium enterprises) in the economy and business development of Costa Rica
- DOS PINOS, DAIRY INDUSTRY
One of the most outstanding dairy production businesses in Latin America, according to Revista Alimenticia (Nutrition Magazine), which named Dos Pinos “Central America’s Little Giant”, this cooperative is number-one company in national sales, processes 85% of commercial milk in the country, the main provider of raw material for cattle, both dairy and beef was awarded the nation’s best exporter in 2004.
Lecture with the director of LINCOS, Little Intelligent Communities, an initiative of the Costa Rica Foundation for Sustainable Development, with the purpose of promoting sustainable development oriented programs and projects in developing countries on the mission of his organization to propose solutions to the problems faced by the developing countries, to improve the quality of life of their citizens by means of technological applications. Environmental protection, strategic investment in human development and the macroeconomic aspects of the countries.
 AmCham organization consists of 400 companies and 1300 corporate representatives divided almost 50/50 between Costa Rican and US interests. This membership represents a widely diverse section of economic activity — agriculture, livestock, aquaculture, importers/ distributors, tourism, manufacturing, business services, construction and non-profit organizations. The Chamber’s membership represents 80% of Costa Rica’s foreign direct investment and 80% of the country’s exports.
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