# Cook Medical to convert former RJR building into medical device plant

Cook Medical has acquired the former RJR building in Whitaker Park, Winston-Salem, and plans to convert it into a medical device manufacturing facility. The company will move its 650 existing employees there and add 50 new jobs over 10 years.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-01-03
- Where: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
- Jobs: 50
- Starts operating: Q4 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 850,000 square feet
- Products: medical devices
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Cook Medical](https://endata.com/companies/24193.md)

## Sources

- [wxii12.com](https://www.wxii12.com/article/cook-medical-acquires-the-former-rjr-building-in-whitaker-park/25733307), 2019-01-03: "Cook Medical has announced plans to convert the former RJR Building at Whitaker Park into a medical device manufacturing plant."
- [distilnfo.com](https://www.distilnfo.com/lifesciences/2019/01/07/cook-medical-completes-purchase-of-whitaker-park-space-650-workers-will-move-to-the-former-r-j-reynolds-tobacco-co-facility/), 2019-01-07: "We see Whitaker Park as an impact project in that we are converting a facility that manufactured cigarettes into a modern facility producing life-saving medical devices."

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