Johnson & Johnson says he will invest more than $ 55 billion within the United States in the next four years, including four new production drives.
Numerous companies have highlighted investments in the US in recent months, which is the focus of Trump administration. J & J Rival Eli Lilly and Co. They announced at the end of February that he plans to build four new factories in the United States -Ui Lilly and J&J Laws on the reduction of taxes adopted in 2017 as factors in their investments in the United States.
Johnson & Johnson said on Friday that it was an increase in investment of 25% compared to the previous four years and estimates that the economic impact in the US will be more than $ 100 billion a year.
“Our increased US investment begins with the revolutionary of the high-tech facility in North Carolina, which will not only add jobs based in the US, but will produce top medicines to treat patients in America and around the world,” said President and CEO Joaquin Duato in a statement.
The plant in North Carolina is located in Wilson, east of Raleigh. The locations of the other three facilities were not published.
In addition to building four new plants, Johnson & Johnson said they would expand several existing places. The company also plans to invest in research and developmental infrastructure and technology.
The efforts of Johnson and Johnson are one of several companies that make it undertaken to improve their production in the United States earlier this month’s chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. He said he plans to invest $ 100 billion in the US, over $ 65 billion invested, which the company had announced earlier.
In February Apple He announced that he plans to invest more than $ 500 billion in the United States in the next four years, including employment plans for 20,000 people and the construction of a new server factor in Texas.
In his announcement, Apple has outlined several concrete moves, the most significant construction of a new factory in Houston – which will open in 2026 – which will produce the supply of Apple Intelligence and his package AI feature.
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AP health writer Tom Murphy contributed to this report.
