Miguel Lama, president of the country’s largest free zone park, the Santiago Free Zone Corporation, has announced that the park is being expanded to install 19 eco- industrial factory buildings in a new area in western Santiago. Lama said the expansion would add 209,191 square meters of manufacturing area. Another 303,000 square meters has been reserved for future growth.
Lama said that the expansion supports President Danilo Medina’s bid to create 400,000 new formal jobs during his term of office. The park will create another 12,000 jobs, he said.
The new facilities are built with translucent sheets to make the most of natural light and are equipped for solar panel installation. Engineer Ingrid Fernandez, who is in charge of the construction, added that the ventilation would be above the usual standards for better worker comfort. Eating areas are also being provided so that employees do not need to buy their meals outside from street vendors, as was the case in the first part of the free zone.
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