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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA northern Indiana company that makes hip replacements and other artificial joint products is planning to spend $27 million on manufacturing and research equipment.
Warsaw-based DePuy Orthopaedics expects to spend $20 million on manufacturing equipment and $7 million on research and development equipment and have it installed before 2014.
While the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary doesn't expect the investment to add jobs to its work force of about 1,100 people, the Warsaw City Council has approved a 10-year property tax abatement on the equipment.
DePuy spokeswoman Jessica Masuga told The Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne that the equipment will give the company's Warsaw facility state-of-the-art capabilities and improved efficiency.
DePuy, Biomet and Zimmer Holdings lead an orthopedics industry cluster that employs thousands in Kosciusko County.
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