# Johnson & Johnson breaks ground on $180M medical device plant in Suzhou, China

Johnson & Johnson broke ground on a $180 million medical device plant in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, to produce minimally invasive surgical devices. Operations are expected to begin in 2019, making it one of the company's largest plants worldwide.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-11-06
- Where: Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Value: $180.0M
- Starts operating: 2019
- Status: under construction
- Products: minimally invasive surgical devices
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Johnson & Johnson](https://endata.com/companies/9845.md)

## Sources

- [caixinglobal.com](https://www.caixinglobal.com/2017-11-06/johnson-johnson-to-produce-surgical-devices-in-suzhou-factory-101166603.html), 2017-11-06: "Johnson & Johnson has recently broken ground on a $180-million medical device plant in China, facing up to the rising challenge posed by its Chinese rivals."

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