# Sekisui Diagnostics completes renovation and announces new expansion in Charlottetown

Sekisui Diagnostics completed a $6 million renovation at its Charlottetown facility, including two new automated packaging lines, a cold storage building, and a retrofit of manufacturing and office areas. The company also announced a further expansion involving a new building, with the provincial government investing and recouping costs through a lease.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-07-10
- Where: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Value: $6.00M
- Jobs: 34
- Status: completed
- Products: in-vitro diagnostic kits, supporting chemicals
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Sekisui Diagnostics](https://endata.com/companies/25526.md)

## Sources

- [princeedwardisland.ca](https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/aided-by-provincial-government-sekisui-completes-renovation-and-announces-expansion), 2017-07-11: "Sekisui Diagnostics has become an anchor company in the province’s growing bioscience sector."
- [cbc.ca](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/sekisui-diagnostics-expansion-charlottetown-1.4199066), 2017-07-11: "Since 2011 their workforce has grown by 34 full-time positions and we expect that number to grow even further with the expansion announced here today."

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