# Abbott to build $37.6M medical device plant in Westfield, Indiana

Abbott is investing at least $37.6 million to build a 120,000-square-foot medical device production facility in Westfield, Indiana, for its MitraClip system. The project is expected to create over 450 jobs and be fully operational by the end of 2021.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-10-29
- Where: Westfield, Indiana, United States
- Value: $37.6M
- Jobs: 450
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 120,000 square feet
- Products: MitraClip transcatheter mitral valve repair system
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Abbott](https://endata.com/companies/4479.md)

## Sources

- [clintoncountydailynews.com](https://clintoncountydailynews.com/abbott-picks-indiana-for-new-medical-device-production-facility/), 2019-10-29: "We're pleased to expand our U.S. presence by building an additional MitraClip manufacturing facility in Indiana."
- [beckershospitalreview.com](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/supply-chain/abbot-to-spend-37m-to-open-indiana-facility/), 2019-10-30: "The facility, which will be located in the NorthPoint Industrial Park, plans to manufacture the MetraClip, a transcatherter mitral valve repair system used to repair primary and secondary mitral regurgitation without open-heart surgery."
- [assemblymag.com](https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/95284-abbott-expands-medical-device-manufacturing), 2019-11-01: "Abbott is investing at least $37.6 million to launch a new manufacturing site for its structural heart business, constructing a 120,000-square-foot facility in Westfield."
- [heart-valve-surgery.com](https://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2019/11/12/mitraclip-manufacturing-plant-indiana/), 2019-11-12: "We're pleased to expand our United States presence by building an additional MitraClip manufacturing facility in Indiana."

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