Located in South Florida (USA), the new facility is expected to offer final assembly, labeling and packaging services to SHL’s pharmaceutical and biotech customers.
SHL has been expanding facilities and recruiting new employees as the result of several recently signed long-term supply agreements.
SHL has declared capital expenditures of over $100m and are forecasting to hire an additional 1000 new employees over the next few years in addition to the 1500 members of staff existing in the company. The new Florida facility is scheduled to be operational in Q1 of 2011.
Lucio Giambattista, executive vice president of SHL Group and managing director of SHL Medical US, said: “We are excited about this latest expansion project as it is very customer driven. We have built up close relationships with some of the world’s largest pharma and biotech companies over the years and this facility will allow us to offer even more services to these partners.
“Now, with packaging, labeling and distribution services available in-house, SHL will truly be a one-stop-shop for drug delivery devices, from product design to delivery.”