# Sekisui Diagnostics expands facility in Charlottetown, Canada

Sekisui Diagnostics PEI completed a $1.2 million expansion of its facility in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, adding jobs and increasing production capacity for in-vitro diagnostic kits. The expansion was inaugurated on 13 July 2018.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-07-13
- Where: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Value: $1.20M
- Jobs: 15
- Starts operating: 13 Jul 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 5,000 square feet
- Products: in-vitro diagnostic kits
- 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/sekisui-diagnostics-to-add-jobs-with-latest-expansion), 2018-07-13: "This marks our second straight year of major expansion at our Charlottetown facility, demonstrating the commitment to growth on PEI by our Japanese parent company."
- [cbc.ca](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-bioscience-sekisui-diagnostics-expansion-1.4745805), 2018-07-13: "It allows us to produce not only more product but higher-quality product."

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