# Medline to build $100M surgical tray plant in Mexicali, Mexico

Medline is investing $100 million in a new plant in Mexicali, Mexico, to produce surgical procedure trays, creating 3,400 jobs across Mexicali and Nuevo Laredo. The facility will start operations in summer 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-07-11
- Where: Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
- Value: $100.0M
- Jobs: 3,400
- Starts operating: Q2 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 180,000 square meters (initial), potential 365,000 square meters
- Products: surgical procedure trays
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Medline](https://endata.com/companies/13653.md)

## Sources

- [expansion.mx](https://expansion.mx/empresas/2018/07/11/medline-invertira-100-mdd-en-una-nueva-planta-en-mexicali), 2018-07-11: "Elegimos Mexicali por el acceso a trabajadores altamente calificados, por el transporte —puertos, carreteras y ferrocarril—, el tipo de calidad de vida para nuestros empleados y el tremendo apoyo de Baja California y Mexicali."

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