Earlier this month, the facility earned a LEEDSilver certification for its environmentally-conscious design and operation the company announced.ĬooperVision’s Juana Díaz manufacturing site excelled in LEED evaluation categories including energy performance, indoor environmental quality, and location and transportation to earn the honor.ĬooperVision Plant Manager Javier Pellicier-Rodríguez, stated “as a company based in several countries, we have always bet and trusted in what we do from here and that we can offer more to export.” Opened in 1999, the 540,000-square-foot site in Juana Díaz, produces CooperVision’s silicone hydrogel contact lenses including, “MyDay” and “Biofinity” brands. “This company demonstrates that Puerto Rico has the necessary resources for the establishment and expansion of specialized industries such as in the biosciences sector, which contribute 34% of the island’s Gross Domestic Product,” said Laboy. This significant investment for the development of a project to build an additional wing that will connect to the existing building to free up manufacturing space and increase warehouse space, is excellent news for 1,721 professionals who already work in this world-renowned company, as well as for those who will be hired in the next three years,” Laboy said. “CooperVision is the largest industrial employer in the municipality of Juana Díaz. The project also entails the certification of 285 current employees in new highly automated technology, Department of Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Manuel Laboy and Ricardo Torres-Colón, executive vice president of global manufacturing for CooperVision said. CooperVision, a company dedicated to making contact lenses, announced a $150 million investment to expand its Juana Díaz manufacturing plant and create 225 new jobs, company and government officials said.
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