Autocam Medical Orthopedic Manufacturing Plant, 1390 Polk Drive, Warsaw Technology Park, Warsaw, Indiana

Warsaw, Indiana, calls itself the Orthopedic Capital of the World, and Autocam Medical just paid $70 million to get a seat at the table. The Kentwood, Michigan, contract manufacturer opened a 100,000-square-foot plant in the Warsaw Technology Park on Nov. 9, 2026, about ten months after breaking ground in January.

Pioneer Construction built the facility and Pure Architects designed it, according to the company. The $70 million figure covers both the building and the machining equipment going inside it.

Project Scope

The plant sits on a 15-acre parcel at 1390 Polk Drive, near County Road 200 West and U.S. 30, on the west end of the tech park. It’s a single-purpose precision machining building: Autocam makes orthopedic and spinal implants, surgical instruments and orthopedic cutting tools for medical device OEMs, and it’s been running a 10-person operation out of space inside a nearby Medtronic building while it waited.

The schedule held up. Autocam announced the project in June 2025 with a target of 12 to 18 months from groundbreaking to occupancy. Crews broke ground Jan. 8, 2026, the company’s release targeted an October opening, and the ribbon was cut on a Monday in early November. That’s a fast clip for a manufacturing building that has to hold tight-tolerance CNC equipment.

The highway frontage was deliberate. The company said the U.S. 30 corridor location is meant to work as a recruiting billboard as much as a production hub.

Why It Matters

Hiring is the real test. Autocam says it’ll staff up to 250 to 300 people over the next few years, mostly CNC machinists, programmers, technicians and engineers. It’s betting the Kosciusko County labor pool, already deep in orthopedic machining talent, has room for one more employer paying Michigan-level machinist wages, which the company puts above $74,000 at its home plant.

There’s also a supply-chain angle. Contract manufacturers that sit next to their OEM customers win on turnaround and quality audits, and implant makers have spent the past few years trying to shorten their vendor lines. Building in Warsaw puts Autocam inside that loop.

And it may not be done building. CEO John Kennedy told News Now Warsaw the company holds an option on an adjacent lot and hopes to start a second building within four years. If that happens, Pioneer’s team won’t need much of an introduction to the site.

Project Team & Details