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Nearly five years after moving its headquarters from Norcross to Alpharetta, a German medical device maker is once again expanding its latest digs.
Pajunk, which makes devices and equipment for regional anesthesia and pain management, built out a 50,000-square-foot space in 2021, including offices, a clean room for making procedural trays and 30,000 square feet devoted to warehousing and shipping.
The company prides itself on shipping out 98.6 percent of orders within 24 hours, meaning the ability to carry additional inventory is vital to making good on its promise to health clinics and hospitals.
The Baden-Württemberg-based company says the 2021 move has paid off, and the expansion of the Fulton County facility will triple the clean-room space while adding injection-molding capabilities.
Pajunk USA Marketing Director Paulina Thomas told Global Atlanta that plans to locally produce plastic parts have been in the works for years and were not a response to tariffs.
Instead, they’re reflective of a “long-term strategy to strengthen local operations and improve supply chain efficiency” and a “continuation of Pajunk’s commitment to investing in U.S. manufacturing and responsiveness to customer demand.”
The total expansion comprises 30,000 additional square feet — 20,000 for warehousing and 10,000 for a second-floor office that features “collaborative spaces, additional offices and meeting rooms,” according to a news release.
“By strengthening our infrastructure and investing in Alpharetta, we’re reaffirming our long-term commitment to the U.S. market and to the healthcare professionals who rely on our products every day,” Simone Pajunk-Schelling, managing director, PAJUNK Germany, said in the news release.
The expansion will also include the hiring of new U.S. employees in Alpharetta, which the company praised as boasting 700 tech companies, making the city a reliable source of technically skilled workers. Ms. Thomas declined to specify the number of jobs the expansion will generate, adding only that ongoing hiring will align with “operational needs.”
Company leaders were on hand for a ribbon-cutting Oct. 16 that also served as a local celebration of the family-owned firm’s 60th-anniversary year.
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