Choose Columbus announced today that BioTouch, a global healthcare logistics company, will invest $12.5 million to expand two existing facilities in Columbus, creating a combined 480 new jobs in Muscogee County over the next four years.
BioTouch is a single-source, global provider of healthcare kitting and logistics solutions. The company’s Columbus operations specialize in manufacturing kits for medical testing and sample collection. Across its two facilities in Muscogee County, BioTouch currently employs approximately 390 team members.
“BioTouch has been proud to call Columbus home since 2005, and our commitment to this community remains strong. Expanding in Columbus has been a pivotal chapter in our growth story,” said Rob Coyle, CEO of BioTouch.
Board member Kevin Boykin started what would become BioTouch in a storage building at Columbus State in 2005. Today BioTouch is an international company. “We have over 2,000 employees, seven or eight different locations, international company that ships to over 100 different countries throughout the world and we’re one of the leading kitting and logistics providers helping laboratories and hospitals throughout the U.S,” Boykin said.
Missy Kendrick of Choose Columbus told Now Network News “We love supporting the companies that have already put down roots here and have already started growing so we want to support that and help them expand as much as possible.”
BioTouch’s facilities are located at Corporate Ridge Business Park and Columbus East Industrial Park. Construction on and hiring for the expansion is currently underway, with full operations expected by 2028. Interested applicants can learn more and apply at biotouchglobaljobs.com.
