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Former Pharmaceutical Rep Creates Jobs in Military Apparel Manufacturing Industry
In 2006, pharmaceutical giant Schering-Plough closed its manufacturing facility in Manatí, Puerto Rico leaving hundreds of people unemployed, among them, Armando Semprit. The plant closing was partly due to the 10-year phase-out of Section...
Industrial Engineer Finds Success in Packaging Solutions
As a child, Yoel Rivera never imagined that one day he would be the owner of a successful one-of-a-kind business. Like most, upon graduating high school he attended college; in his case the University of Puerto Rico’s Mayagüez Campus,...
Teacher Turned Salesman Turns Techie with a Little Help from SBA
American author Napoleon Hill once said that patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.  Perhaps no other words have rung as true for businessperson Michael González.  Born in New Jersey to...
Pharmacist Looks to Entrepreneurship to Aid the Chronically Ill
 “Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.”—Hippocrates It takes a special kind of person to offer a healing touch to someone suffering from a chronic or catastrophic disease.  To nearly 4,...
A Small Business Grows in Morovis
MOROVIS, PR -- For almost two decades, Edwin Ortiz has dedicated his professional life to the business of supermarkets. In the heart of Morovis, a town with a population shy of 30,000 in the central mountainous region of Puerto Rico,...
Young Entrepreneur Moves Family Forward with Great Determination and a Little Help from the SBA
BAYAMÓN, PR -- Jatniel Vázquez-Álvarez knows all too well the importance of hard work and the immeasurable value of family. At 28, he has already dedicated almost half a lifetime to building a career, an enterprise and a...
Woman Entrepreneur Spices up Business with SBA Loan
SAN JUAN, PR -- There’s a quaint little shop that will make you feel as though you have just stepped into your grandmother’s kitchen. Wicker chairs and benches, embroidered dish towels and pot holders, and hand-painted teacups. Then...
Generic Pharmaceuticals Producer Creates Nearly 300 Jobs with SBA 504 Loan Program
DORADO, PR -- A couple of years ago, Kentucky-based BLU Pharmaceuticals’ president William ‘Bill’ Luster was on the lookout for a new solid dosage facility to manufacture generic pharmaceutical products as part of his company...

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Puerto Rico District Office
273 Ponce de León Ave., Plaza Scotiabank Suite 510
San Juan, PR 00917
United States
Phone: 787-766-5572
Fax: 787-766-5309
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<p>Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.</p>
Toll Free: 800-669-8049
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Almeric L. Christian Federal Building & U.S. Court House 3013 Estate Golden Rock, Room 167
Christiansted, St. Croix, VI 00820
United States
Phone: 340-718-5381
Fax: 340-718-1102
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Hours of Operation:
<p>Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.</p>
Toll Free: 800-669-8049