RTI Surgical Is Growing Its Footprint in Progress Park as the Biotech Industry Continues To Develop in Alachua

The biotech industry is expanding in Alachua, and companies are moving to North Central Florida from across the country. Mayor Gib Coerper of the City of Alachua said the growth in the life sciences industry is on a roll across the city.

“We are recognized all over the world here with it,” said Coerper.

The latest project keeping the trend going is a $15 million investment by UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum RTI Surgical, a company that creates implants from human

“We have world-class businesses here that do operations all over the world, and it doesn’t get better than that. It’s growing right now,” said the Coerper.

They perform one of their processes known as TutoPlast, which sterilizes specific tissue types, but soon they will move their operations from leased space to their own.

“The reason we are developing this facility now is because we want to increase efficiency in our process, and we also want to increase our capacity so that we can serve more customers with our surgical implants,” explained Catisha Turner, the Alachua Plant Director for RTI Surgical.

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