Merit Medical Systems Inc., a maker of disposable medical products, is poised to begin construction of a fourth building on its South Jordan campus. The $45 million, 240,000-square-foot structure is expected to take two years to complete and will create approximately 350 construction jobs during that time, said spokeswoman Anne-Marie Wright.
“We’ve been growing very rapidly, and this is something that we have been planning for quite a while,” she said, adding the new building eventually will house an additional 700 new employees who are expected to be brought onboard over the next five to 10 years. Merit, founded 23 years ago, employs approximately 2,000 people worldwide with about 1,400 in Utah. In addition to its headquarters in South Jordan, the company has facilities in Texas, Virginia, Netherlands, France, Ireland and Denmark. The Salt Lake Tribune
