Ambulance Company Expands into Central America

Supplies Trading S.A., which assembles and equips ambulances, will expand into Central America from Panama.

Monday, May 10, 2010


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CEO José Tabares explained that they will use Panama as a conversion and assembly center to export to the region.

The company has operated in Panama for the past 12 years, and assembles two types of ambulances: type I (panel or microbus) and 4X4 (used for rural environments). Newspaper La Estrella reported that this company accounts for 80% of the market of these two types of ambulances.

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