Ther­mo Fish­er opens site in Utah as part of sin­gle-use spend­ing spree

In Sep­tem­ber 2021, Ther­mo Fish­er Sci­en­tif­ic an­nounced plans to ex­pand its sin­gle-use man­u­fac­tur­ing foot­print across the globe us­ing $650 mil­lion, start­ing with a new site in Nashville that would more than dou­ble its ca­pac­i­ty.

On Wednes­day, the com­pa­ny cel­e­brat­ed the open­ing of a $44 mil­lion fa­cil­i­ty in Og­den, Utah, that will man­u­fac­ture high­ly cus­tomiz­able bio­process con­tain­er sys­tems.

Known as BPCs, they’re used to trans­port and store liq­uids that are crit­i­cal parts of bi­o­log­ics, vac­cines and cell and gene ther­a­pies. The site will be 55,000-square-feet and has hired 300 em­ploy­ees. An­oth­er 450 peo­ple in the greater-Salt Lake City area could be hired for roles in safe­ty, qual­i­ty, man­u­fac­tur­ing, en­gi­neer­ing and hu­man re­sources.

Unlock this article instantly by becoming a free subscriber.

You’ll get access to free articles each month, plus you can customize what newsletters get delivered to your inbox each week, including breaking news.

SIGN UP LOG IN BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER