Why Medtronic likes to go Dutch
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Medtronic, the medical device firm, is located in Netherlands and also its branches are scattered in the different parts of the country as the executives of the company are of the opinion that there are a lot of qualified people for the required jobs. The company wants to have its head office in a state where people are well educated, so finally they selected Costa Rica, which satisfied the above requirement and also is politically stable.
Publication Name: Site Selection
Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 1080-7799
Year: 2003
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Growing from within
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Researches prove that $43 billion industry of medical device and equipment will see an organic growth in the coming years rather than the sudden growth through mergers as in pharmaceutical industry. The industry currently employs over 320,000 people in the US.
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Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 1080-7799
Year: 2004
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Clusters keep getting bigger
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The expansions planed by different medical device companies such as Wilson Greatbatch Technologies at Tijuana in Mexico, Becton, Dickson and Co in Salt Lake area of Utah and MedVenture Technology Corp in Louisville across Ohio River are presented.
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Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 1080-7799
Year: 2005
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