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“While 300 has been the goal over the next two years, based on our projections, we expect to be there in 2017,” said Ruben Perez, NuVasive leader, advanced manufacturing-global operations.
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“It’s going really well,” he said in an interview. “We’re picking up a lot of speed with our program.”
The company ended 2016 with 49 local employees and is working now to hire another 70, with an additional 100 or so for the balance of the year, Perez said.
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Keep in mind that when NuVasive first started working on its West Carrollton manufacturing site, the company already had 100 employees in Fairborn.
The spinal implant manufacturer is investing $45 million into a 180,000-square-foot facility in West Carrollton that formerly housed robotics manufacturer Yaskawa Motoman.
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The facility includes a 80,000-square-foot manufacturing floor, home back in the summer to only a few computer-numeric-control machining devices. Today, there are now 25 machines on the floor, with 22 operational.
“All the machines are coming in early,” Perez said. “So we need the people, the engineers, the personnel to run that equipment.”
He expects all the interior construction at the company’s Liberty Lane plant to be completed by April, which is also ahead of schedule.
“We have big plans for this plant. As a company, we’re trying to take care of the base busienss, if you will, which are the (spinal) implants,” Perez said.
San Diego-based NuVasive will hold a conference call today at 4:30 p.m., to discuss the results of its financial performance for the fourth quarter and full year 2016.
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