The Greenville-based division of Pioneer Surgical Technology Inc. announced a facility expansion Thursday so it can ramp up its manufacturing capabilities to produce more of three types of bone void filler used in surgical procedures.

The biologic products division is meeting a growing market demand for these types of products, Shane Ray, general manager of Biologics for Pioneer, said.

“It grows at about 20 percent a year,” he said of the bone void filler market. “That’s mainly because the patient population is getting older.”

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