# Sterigenics completes $16.8M expansion at West Memphis facility, tripling gamma capacity

Sterigenics International completed a $16.8 million expansion at its West Memphis, Arkansas facility, nearly tripling gamma sterilization capacity with a new Nordion JS10000 irradiator. The expansion adds capacity for approximately 50,000 additional pallets per year and about 20 new jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-06-14
- Where: West Memphis, Arkansas, United States
- Value: $16.8M
- Jobs: 20
- Starts operating: 14 Jun 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: approximately 50,000 additional pallets per year
- Products: gamma sterilization services
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Sterigenics International](https://endata.com/companies/20960.md)
- [Warburg Pincus](https://endata.com/companies/609.md) (investor)
- [GTCR](https://endata.com/companies/8467.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [sterigenics.com](https://sterigenics.com/sterigenics-triples-capacity-at-west-memphis-facility/), 2017-06-14: "Sterigenics International LLC has completed a $16.8 million expansion to its West Memphis, Arkansas, facility, nearly tripling the facility’s gamma sterilization capacity."

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