Tagged with Manufacturing

Puerto Rico “Medical device manufacturing has a long history on the island, starting with Baxter in the 1950s. Today, 30 world-leading medical device companies are present in Puerto Rico generating 20,000 direct jobs across 70 manufacturing plants producing more than 2,500 different types of devices, including many critically important life-sustaining products such…

Puerto Rico Celebrating its 45th anniversary in Puerto Rico this year, Medtronic is the largest life sciences company on the island with four manufacturing locations in Juncos, Villalba, Ponce and Humacao, as well as commercial operations. Its manufacturing footprint covers 900,000 sq. feet and employs more than 5,000 employees in total, making…

Hungary István Hodász, CEO of Egis Pharmaceuticals PLC, introduces the longstanding history of the company and its positioning as a leading manufacturer of value-added generics with a strong presence in the CEE market. Hodász goes on to highlight the company’s recent milestones, including manufacturing investments, portfolio acquisitions, new therapeutic area strategies,…

Puerto Rico Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, Romark focuses on developing innovative treatments for infectious diseases and the latest newcomer to Puerto Rico. CEO Marc Ayers recounts how he came to the decision to establish the company’s first manufacturing plant of finished products on the US territory.   What ultimately made the difference…

Sweden Since going public five years ago, Recipharm, Sweden’s iconic indigenous contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has seen its sales skyrocket by over 30 percent annually. Much of this growth has been driven by an acquisition streak with the company plucking up overseas production assets such as former Roche and…

Puerto Rico Rolando Torres, executive vice president of global manufacturing for CooperVision, explains why Puerto Rico is a force to be reckoned with in medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Moreover, he provides a general overview of their manufacturing operations and their large-scale efforts to make sustainable practices the new global standard.  …

China Juergen Kurz takes us through HEUFT’s unique technology that is revolutionizing the quality of packaging in the pharmaceutical industry in a country, China, where quality compliance is now an issue.    Unlike big companies that seek to grow by acquiring small innovative companies, HEUFT grows organically.     Juergen, could…

Puerto Rico Edwards Lifesciences has been manufacturing catheters in Añasco, Puerto Rico, since 1972. Manuel Palma, general manager, explains the importance of the Añasco plant for Edwards’ global supply chain, and his modernization and vertical integration strategy to position the site as a centre of excellence for materials science and machine &…

Puerto Rico Exel F. Colon, President of ECR Engineering, a Puerto Rican company specialized in water and wastewater treatment with expertise in the life sciences industry, explains what makes water critical for life sciences manufacturers, how his company helps them reduce water consumption, reduce costs and comply with regulations. He also shares…

Puerto Rico In June 2019, Sartorius Stedim Biotech inaugurated the USD 130 million expansion of its Yauco site, one of the first multi-million dollar investment projects on the island after Hurricane Maria. Dante Castillo, the Yauco site’s director of operations, explains how this expansion fits within the group’s global ambitions and what…

Puerto Rico David Fuster, plant manager of the Dorado factory of Chinese pharma outfit PuraCap, shares the company’s strategy behind the investment in Puerto Rico and how the PuraCap Caribe is leveraging technologies at the facility for new product development. He underlines the importance of Puerto Rico as a manufacturing location for…

Puerto Rico Iliette Frontera, VP Operations of Boston Scientific in Puerto Rico, shares the significance of the Dorado site within the group’s global supply chain, her four priorities to ensure sustainable growth, lessons learned from Hurricane Maria, and the importance of gender equality.   You have to be extremely agile and you…