Orthopedics giant Zimmer Holdings, Inc. recently announced plans to expand its manufacturing and distribution facilities in Warsaw, Ind., creating more than 140 new jobs. The $66 million project will add 120,000 square feet to an existing Zimmer manufacturing facility, and 100,000 square feet to the company’s distribution center.

The expansion comes as demand for the company’s orthopaedic products continues to grow with more than 40,000 products shipped daily from the company’s 250,000 square-foot distribution center.

“We have other manufacturing and distribution sites around the world, but our largest concentration of facilities is here in Warsaw—with these expansions we will have more than 1.5 million square feet under roof,” said David Dvorak, Zimmer President and CEO. “The state incentives announced today helped us with our decision to go forward here in Indiana.”

The Indiana Economic Development Corp. offered Zimmer up to $1.9 million in tax credits to encourage the expansion in Indiana. It is the third in three years for the 80-year-old company. In late 2005, Zimmer announced plans to expand its global research and development center, adding 275 high-tech jobs and nearly 100,000 square feet of laboratory workspace to the company’s Warsaw West campus. In 2004, the company announced a $64 million project to expand its manufacturing and distribution centers here.

Known as the "Orthopaedic Manufacturing Capital of the World," Warsaw is home to the headquarters of three of the world's five largest makers of artificial joints and related surgical tools.

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