Commitment to Healthcare Innovation Made in America
Author: Reinhold Schmieding, President & Founder, Arthrex Inc.
What Makes Arthrex Unique?
Rapid product innovation, leading
surgical skills education, surgeon support mission
How about products engineered and Made in America!
As a privately held corporation headquartered in Naples, FL, Arthrex is proud
to employ over 1,700 direct U.S. employees that help make 95 percent of all our
products right here in America. Our patriotic mission to make products in
America and create high-tech, high-wage, non-seasonal jobs for Americans has
driven the creation of over 1,000 new manufacturing-related jobs in Southwest
Florida in less than 10 years with over one million-square-feet of facility space to
accommodate our rapid growth as a leading high-tech medical device innovator
and manufacturer.
This
year we are proud to introduce the latest addition to the Arthrex family of
facilities in Southwest Florida: Arthrex Manufacturing East (AMIE) near Ave
Maria, FL. In 12 short months, a vast
expanse of land has transformed into a magnificent 190,000-square-foot,
state-of-the-art manufacturing facility that incorporates the latest in design
and manufacturing technology for surgical devices and implants of the
future. The development of AMIE provides
Arthrex with a tremendous opportunity to bring additional manufacturing-related
jobs in-house, supporting new job creation and the expanding development of
quality products – designed and made in America – that help people maintain
their health and well-being around the world.
On this Fourth of July, let us celebrate and support those companies that still
make products in America, create high-tech jobs for Americans, generate new tax
revenue for our country and community and help reduce our foreign trade deficit
with U.S. made products exported around the world, leading the way in keeping our
country economically prosperous and globally competitive in the future.
About Arthrex’s President and Founder: As a proud
American born in Michigan and a graduate of Michigan State University, Reinhold
embodies the American dream and is dedicated to continuing to foster Arthrex as
an autonomous American driven company engineering innovative products in
America to help surgeons treat their patients better. 