BD to spend $30 million to enlarge Sandy IV catheter line factory

The largest IV catheter line manufacturing plant in the world is about to get larger. BD (Becton, Dickinson & Co.) a global medical technology company, has announced additional investments in its U.S. manufacturing network, including its site in Sandy. The company is investing an additional $40 in its U.S. manufacturing factories to add capacity for critical medical devices, including syringes, needles and IV catheters.

The BD site in Sandy opened in 1956 and employs approximately 1,200 people with 650,000 square feet of operations. BD says it is the largest producer of IV catheter lines in the world.

As part of the BD’s 2024 and 2025 investment of more than $40 million to expand manufacturing capacity, BD has plans for more than $30 million in investments this year to expand manufacturing capacity for IV lines at its plant in Utah. This follows the company’s 2024 investment of more than $2 million for IV line improvements that resulted in increased IV catheter output by more than 40 million units annually.

In addition to the Utah expansion, new needle and syringe production lines have been installed at the BD plants in Connecticut and Nebraska. One line is already fully operational with additional lines expected to start up in the coming months. These new lines will boost BD’s capacity of domestically manufactured safety-engineered injection devices by more than 40 percent and conventional syringes by more than 50 percent, adding hundreds of millions of units annually to support critical U.S. health care delivery such as hospital procedures, vaccinations, medication preparation and drug delivery to patients. In addition, BD has hired more than 215 full-time employees at its facilities in Nebraska and Connecticut to support the increased production.

“Domestic manufacturing is crucial for ensuring a resilient supply of essential health care devices,” said Eric Borin, president of Medication Delivery Solutions at BD. “By expanding our production capacity, we are not only meeting the critical needs of patients and providers, but we also are reinforcing our commitment to the nation’s health care infrastructure.”

BD has been manufacturing medical devices for more than 120 years. Its operations in Columbus, Nebraska, opened in 1949, and today spans 1 million square feet and employs more than 2,000 people across three locations. BD in Canaan, Connecticut opened in 1961 and today employs more than 540 people. The company operates more than 30 additional manufacturing and distribution facilities in the United States, employing more than 10,000 people across 17 states and Puerto Rico.