With $860 million in facility-specific investment and 200 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.
View full methodology →The pharmaceuticals context.
Pharmaceutical manufacturers are committing billions to new U.S. production capacity for active ingredients, injectable medicines, biologics and other high-demand treatments. North Carolina and Indiana remain major centers of investment, while new facilities are being planned across the South. The current project pipeline includes both large greenfield campuses and major expansions of established production sites.
At a glance
- Company
- Merck (Animal Health)
- Industry
- Pharmaceuticals
- Location
- De Soto, Kansas
- Investment
- $860.0M
- Permanent jobs announced
- 200
- Status
- Planning
- Announced
- May 8, 2025
- Expected opening
- 2030
- Added to tracker
- Sep 1, 2026
Official references
- Merck Animal Health and State of Kansas May 8, 2025 De Soto investment announcement https://www.merck.com/news/merck-animal-health-and-state-of-kansas-announce-895-million-investment-in-manufacturing-and-research-development-facilities-in-de-soto/