“First of its kind” manufacturing campus to bring 500 jobs to Ireland

pharmafile | September 19, 2016 | News story | Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing |  GE Healthcare, Ireland, manufacturing 

Biopharma firm GE Healthcare has made a major investment to create a ‘BioPark’ in Ringaskiddy, Ireland, set to generate 500 new jobs.

The new manufacturing campus, named KUBio, claims to be the “first of its kind” in Europe: it will host a number of new companies, will provide prefabricated, off-the-shelf bio-manufacturing facilities, owned and run by GE customers, and will serve as focal point for further investment in next-generation biopharmaceutical manufacturing in Ireland.

The project comprises four KUBio sites, each owned by a separate company and making up 400 of the expected 500 jobs. GE will employ the remaining 100 on-site.

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“The choice of Ireland for this strategically important investment by GE is a significant win,” commented Martin Shanahan, CEO of IDA.“The biopharmaceutical manufacturing campus will greatly assist IDA Ireland win additional bio-manufacturing investments by acting as a catalyst to attract new innovator drug companies and to transition and grow existing operations.”

The project is due to begin within 12 months.

Matt Fellows

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