Johnson & Johnson plans $55 billion in US
investments over the next four years
[March 22, 2025]
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Johnson &
Johnson says it will invest more than $55 billion within the United
States over the next four years, including four new manufacturing
plants. |

A person walks by the Johnson & Johnson headquarters is in New
Brunswick, N.J., on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey,
File) |
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number of companies have highlighted investments in the U.S. in
recent months, a focus of Trump administration. J&J rival Eli
Lilly and Co. announced in late February that it planned to
build four new factories in the U.S. Both Lilly and J&J cited
tax cut legislation passed in 2017 as factors in their U.S.
investments.
Johnson & Johnson said Friday that it is a 25% increase in
investment compared with the prior four years and estimates the
U.S. economic impact will be more than $100 billion a year.
“Our increased U.S. investment begins with the ground-breaking
of a high-tech facility in North Carolina that will not only add
U.S.-based jobs but manufacture cutting edge medicines to treat
patients in America and around the world,” Chairman and CEO
Joaquin Duato said in a statement.
The North Carolina plant is in Wilson, just east of Raleigh. The
locations of the other three facilities were not disclosed.
Aside from building four new plants, Johnson & Johnson said that
it will expand several existing sites. The company is also
planning to make investments in research and development
infrastructure and technology.
Johnson & Johnson's efforts are among several companies pledging
to enhance their manufacturing in the U.S. Earlier this month
chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said that it
plans to invest $100 billion in the U.S., on top of $65 billion
in investments the company had previously announced.
In February Apple announced that it plans to invest more than
$500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years, including
plans to hire 20,000 people and build a new server factory in
Texas.
Apple outlined several concrete moves in its announcement, the
most significant of which is the construction of a new factory
in Houston — slated to open in 2026 — that will produce servers
to power Apple Intelligence, its suite of AI features.
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AP Health Writer Tom Murphy contributed to this report.
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