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Medovations to expand plant on Milwaukee brownfield
Published November 12, 2008 - BizTimes Daily
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A tax-delinquent brownfield at 3316 N. Palmer St. in Milwaukee will soon be the home of a 52,900-square-foot addition to Medovations, a multi-national manufacturer of medical products.
The company's primary manufacturing plant and offices are located in a 90,000-square-foot building just to the west at 102 E. Keefe.
The City of Milwaukee worked with Medovations to grow the central city-based
business, through acquisition and remediation of a blighted brownfield near the
company’s manufacturing facility.
In anticipation of the expansion, Medovations added 12 new employees to its 42-member team. The company hires nearly all of its employees from the inner city and provides on-the-job training.
"We are actively working with Milwaukee businesses to identify opportunities to
grow," said Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. "Through a partnership with the U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and State of Wisconsin, we were able to invest $242,000 to not only clean up a brownfield, but to leverage a $3 million business expansion and add jobs to our economy."
Established in 1982, Medovations manufactures cardiothoracic catheters, gastrointestinal dilatations systems, neurological irrigation products and aspiration/irrigation catheters. The Medovations expansion adds to a growing list of companies expanding along Milwaukee's 30th Street Industrial Corridor. Masterlock Company LLC, DRS Technologies Inc., Capitol Stampings Inc. and Astronautics Corp. of America each have invested in facility upgrades in the neighborhood.
