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news.Thermo Fisher Scientific (Thermo Fisher) has inaugurated a new facility in Runcorn, Cheshire, UK. The company said that the new facility is an important investment for Thermo Fisher Scientific in the North of England and is a new designated Center of Excellence for its Anatomical Pathology business.
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The company claims that the new facility is the largest Thermo Fisher Scientific center in the North of England and one of its biggest in the UK.
The company said that the new facility has created approximately 60 new jobs, and the total workforce onsite is now more than 200. UK Trade and Investment worked closely with the North West Regional Development Agency to ensure that Thermo Fisher’s requirements were met.
The Runcorn facility houses Thermo Fisher’s Anatomical Pathology and Chromatography Consumables businesses. It includes products and services to improve the detection and diagnosis of cancer and advance research for drug development.
Earlier, in 2009, Thermo Fisher consolidated operations from locations in California and Eastbourne, UK to Runcorn. The facility’s R&D director has relocated from the US to oversee product development.
The new facility is also a manufacturing center for Thermo Fisher’s Chromatography Consumables business. These products are used in laboratories specialising in chromatography and mass spectrometry analysis. They enable detection, quantification and isolation of complex sample mixtures that are commonly encountered in pharmaceutical, environmental, biomedical, chemical, toxicology, forensics and food safety industries. The technology developed in Runcorn enables the company to meet demands for more specific and sensitive yet robust testing to support its customers.
Giulio Cerroni, vice president of anatomical pathology commercial operations in Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific at Thermo Fisher, said: “We are delighted to announce the opening of the new Thermo Fisher Scientific facility in Runcorn, Cheshire. This is an important investment for the company, and we are already considering the next phase of development for the site. Our customers and suppliers rightly expect that we set very high standards in our operations. The new facility in Runcorn demonstrates the company’s commitment to better serving our customers by investing in the future of the business.”