VERSAILLES, OH—Midmark Corp., a producer of medical, dental and veterinary equipment, is expand its assembly plant here.

JACKSONVILLE, FL—Medtronic’s Surgical Technologies Div. broke ground on a $14 million, 75,000-square-foot, expansion of its assembly plant here. The medical device manufacturer plans to add 175 high-wage jobs.

BOSTON—Half of medical device manafacturers would absorb the cost of the new medical device excise tax by cutting R&D expenditures, according to a new survey by the Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council.

AVE MARIA, FL—Arthrex, a manufacturer of orthopedic surgery devices, is building a new, $33 million assembly plant here that will employ 400 to 500 people by 2016.