Rick Scott to Attend Arthrex Groundbreaking in Ave Maria

Submitted by Anonymous on April 15, 2012 - 11:40pm

Gov. Rick Scott is scheduled to attend the groundbreaking for the Arthrex manufacturing plant in Ave Maria on Monday morning.

Arthrex specializes in minimally invasive orthopedic surgery products and physician education. The construction cost for the plant is $25 million; another $8 million or more will be spent on equipment, according to the Naples Daily News.

The building will have 190,000 square feet of usable space because of 30,000 square feet of office space on a second floor. Between 400 and 500 jobs will be established at the Ave Maria location by June 2016. The project will create a similar number of jobs during construction.