As $2B 'su­per­plan­t' moves ahead, Sam­sung Bi­o­log­ics touts plans for fifth fa­cil­i­ty at South Ko­re­an site

Sam­sung Bi­o­log­ics al­ready has three plants in Song­do, In­cheon, South Ko­rea, and an­oth­er on the way — and it just gained ap­proval to build a fifth.

The com­pa­ny will build a pro­duc­tion site for ge­net­ic med­i­cines, The Ko­rea Her­ald re­port­ed, af­ter the In­cheon Free Eco­nom­ic Zone Au­thor­i­ty gave the OK to a pur­chase of 32,808 square feet in the city. That site will be com­plet­ed by 2023, if all goes ac­cord­ing to plan, and Sam­sung will spend $259 mil­lion on its con­struc­tion.

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