Argosy Healthcare Partners

Command Medical acquires Costa Rica's IMATS to add injection moulding capacity

Command Medical Products, a portfolio company of Argosy Healthcare Partners, has acquired Costa Rica-based Injection Moulding & Tooling Services S.A. (IMATS), adding injection molding and tooling to its medical-device contract manufacturing platform. The acquisition gives Command a third Costa Rica site, in the Cartago Free Trade Zone, with IMATS' 32,000-square-foot facility able to more than double its current output. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Why this mattersExtends a medical-device contract manufacturer's in-house chain from tube extrusion to moulding, assembly and packaging on a third Costa Rican site.

• Command Medical Products, backed by Argosy Healthcare Partners, acquired Injection Moulding & Tooling Services S.A. (IMATS) of Costa Rica.
• The deal is Command's third manufacturing site in Costa Rica's medical-device hub.
• IMATS runs a 32,000-square-foot facility in the Cartago Free Trade Zone with capacity to more than double current production volume.
• IMATS provides injection molding, pad printing, assembly, packaging and tooling design and validation services.
• Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
• The combined platform will span tube extrusion, RF welding, clean-room assembly and packaging alongside the new molding capabilities.

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