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What is happening in Palín and the Michatoya Pacífico ZDEEP?

According to the cited documentsPress figureSetting up a plant

Hansae at Michatoya

US$25 M, 500,000 m², 8,000–10,000 jobs

Announcement Jun 2025, start-up 2026Prensa Libre 27-jun-2025

Palín (Escuintla) is the sector's new bet. The Michatoya Pacífico ZDEEP has as its anchors Hansae, US$25 M, 500,000 m², 8,000–10,000 projected jobs, start-up 2026, and ShinWon, US$12.5 M, 250,000 m², 4,000 jobs, both announced in June 2025; together they add up to 12,000–14,000 projected jobs (Jun 27, 2025). Palín already counted 25 active 29-89 textile firms as of the 2011 cut-off, according to MSICG.

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  • ShinWon at MichatoyaUS$12.5 M, 250,000 m², 4,000 jobsAnnouncement Jun 2025Prensa Libre 27-jun-2025
  • Active 29-89 textile firms in Palín25As of Sep 1, 2011MSICG

Sources

  • Prensa Libre

    27-jun-2025, textileras Hansae y ShinWon invertirán US$37 millones en Michatoya Pacífico

    prensalibre.comAccessed Aug 19, 2026Go to the source
  • MSICG

    La maquila textil y de confección en Guatemala

    • Active 29-89 textile firms in Palín
    msicg.orgAccessed Aug 22, 2026Go to the source