{"id":48092,"date":"2022-03-14T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/the-network\/uncategorized\/official-opening-of-our-new-plant-in-costa-rica"},"modified":"2024-05-07T15:45:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T19:45:07","slug":"official-opening-of-our-new-plant-in-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/the-network\/international-2\/official-opening-of-our-new-plant-in-costa-rica","title":{"rendered":"Official opening of our new plant in Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>On March 4, 2022, we were invited to the opening of AGF Costa Rica&#8217;s new plant, but we weren&rsquo;t told we would also be meeting some extraordinary people!<\/p>\n<p>The official opening of Mario Spadafora&#8217;s team&#8217;s new plant&mdash;complete with dignitaries, orchestra and bubbly&mdash;took place under sunny skies, just a stone&rsquo;s throw from the mountainous landscape typical of Costa Rica.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the dynamic AGF team, we were honoured to meet Victoria Hernandez, Minister of Economy, Industry and Commerce, Sofia Gonzalez, Alajuela&rsquo;s mayor, Carlos Trejos, president of the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce and Construction, representatives of the Canadian and French ambassadors, as well as several customers and partners.<\/p>\n<p>The event was a great success <u><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lHZFFeembgQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as you can see on the pictures on this link<\/a><\/u>. Does this bode well for the newly installed team? &iexcl;Claro que s&iacute;!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>A Story That Began In 2012<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>AGF began its operations in San Jose in 2012 and has invested more than $10 million to support the establishment of the rebar business since its inception in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n<p>A big thanks to the Costa Rican authorities who helped us establish ourselves here. This installation was done easily, because Canada and Costa Rica have many things in common, in particular: respect for human rights, the preservation of nature, and the democracy which has recently allowed your people to express themselves.<\/p>\n<p>10 years later, Mr. Gendron says he is very confident in the future of the company and the development of the AGF Group there.<\/p>\n<p>Today, this division represents more than 60 employees including the administration and the plant and more than 100 on the construction sites, creating many jobs in the region, and at the same time, giving the opportunity for growth and development to our employees within the group.<\/p>\n<p>We wish the AGF Costa Rica team lots of success for the future !<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ligne_bleue_separation_version_e-2403.jpg\" style=\"height:67px; width:400px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nueva f&aacute;brica en Costa Rica<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A principios de marzo, nos invitaron a participar en la inauguraci&oacute;n de la nueva f&aacute;brica de AGF Costa Rica, &iexcl;pero no nos dijeron que tambi&eacute;n har&iacute;amos encuentros excepcionales!<\/p>\n<p>Con el sol como aliado, muy cerca de un paisaje monta&ntilde;oso t&iacute;pico de la silueta de Costa Rica, el 4&nbsp;de&nbsp;marzo se realiz&oacute; la inauguraci&oacute;n oficial de la nueva f&aacute;brica con el equipo de Mario Spadafora, &iexcl;con dignatarios, orquesta y vino espumoso!<\/p>\n<p>En efecto, adem&aacute;s del muy din&aacute;mico equipo de AGF, tuvimos el honor de contar con la presencia de la Se&ntilde;ora Victoria Hern&aacute;ndez, Ministra de Econom&iacute;a, Industria y Comercio, de la Se&ntilde;ora Sof&iacute;a Gonz&aacute;lez, Alcaldesa de Alajuela, del Se&ntilde;or Carlos Trejos, Presidente de la C&aacute;mara de Comercio de la Construcci&oacute;n de Costa Rica, de representantes de embajadores de Canad&aacute; y de Francia, y de varios clientes y socios. El evento fue un &eacute;xito. &iquest;Ser&aacute; un presagio del &eacute;xito de todo el equipo reci&eacute;n instalado? &iexcl;Claro que s&iacute;, por supuesto!<\/p>\n<p>Con el traslado a una nueva f&aacute;brica, AGF Costa Rica podr&aacute; aumentar a&uacute;n m&aacute;s su capacidad de producci&oacute;n y apoyar a m&aacute;s contratistas y clientes en sus proyectos de construcci&oacute;n.<\/p>\n<p>Mario Spadafora nos dijo: &#8220;Nos esperan importantes proyectos en el futuro: infraestructuras viales, hospitales, torres de oficinas, etc.&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>El acto de inauguraci&oacute;n fue un gran &eacute;xito, como muestran <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/lHZFFeembgQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>las fotos de este enlace<\/u><\/a>. &iquest;Es esto un presagio de &eacute;xito para el equipo reci&eacute;n instalado?&nbsp;&iexcl;Claro que s&iacute;!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Una historia que comenz&oacute; en 2012<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>AGF comenz&oacute; a operar en San Jos&eacute; en 2012 y ha invertido m&aacute;s de 10 millones de d&oacute;lares para apoyar el establecimiento del negocio de barras de refuerzo desde su inicio en Costa Rica.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Quer&iacute;amos dar las gracias a las autoridades costarricenses que nos ayudaron a establecernos all&iacute;. Fue un paso f&aacute;cil porque Canad&aacute; y Costa Rica tienen mucho en com&uacute;n, como el respeto a los derechos humanos, la preservaci&oacute;n de la naturaleza y la democracia que recientemente ha dado voz a su pueblo.<\/p>\n<p>Diez a&ntilde;os despu&eacute;s, Serge Gendron se muestra muy confiado en el futuro de la empresa y en el desarrollo del Grupo AGF en el pa&iacute;s.<\/p>\n<p>En la actualidad, esta divisi&oacute;n cuenta con m&aacute;s de 60 empleados, incluyendo la administraci&oacute;n y la f&aacute;brica, y m&aacute;s de 100 empleados en las obras. De este modo, AGF ha creado muchos puestos de trabajo en la regi&oacute;n y, al mismo tiempo, ha dado a nuestros empleados la oportunidad de crecer y desarrollarse dentro del grupo.<\/p>\n<p>&iexcl;Buena suerte a todo el equipo de AGF Costa Rica!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 4, 2022, we were invited to the opening of AGF Costa Rica&#8217;s new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":48087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[223],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48092"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59813,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48092\/revisions\/59813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}