Secretary Of Economic Development Of Puerto Rico Visits Sartorius

Sartorius group invests 100 million U.S. dollars in expansion of its plant in Yauco

Manuel Laboy, Secretary of Economic Development and Commerce of Puerto Rico, received first-hand information at Sartorius Goettingen headquarters about the expansion of its plant in Yauco, Puerto Rico. During a tour of Sartorius Campus, he was impressed by the high quality standards in the company’s research, development and manufacturing operations. Due to the sustained strong growth of the Bioprocess Solutions Division of Sartorius, capacity of the Yauco plant, which is located in the southwest of Puerto Rico and mainly supplies the U.S. market, will be more than doubled. Considerable extension of production capacities that began in 2016 is the largest single investment Sartorius Group has made outside Goettingen in the current year. "We are excited about Sartorius' commitment to Yauco. The factory is important for the economic development of our region,” said Laboy.

Rainer Lehmann, member of the Executive Board of Sartorius AG, commented: "Sartorius has been successfully doing business in Yauco for more than 35 years. The expansion of the plant is both a financial and a strategic investment. We have many excellent long-term employees there and very high production quality. Moreover, we find that the region provides a highly conducive business environment as well as a favorable investment climate.” A leading pharmaceutical and laboratory supplier, Sartorius will invest more than 100 million U.S. dollars total between late 2016 and 2018 in an additional area covering nearly 190,000 square meters or around 2 million square feet. Lehmann emphasized that expansion of the plant was on schedule and within the budget.

Since 1982, Sartorius has been manufacturing filters in Yauco and, since 2012, aseptic bags. With the ongoing expansion of the Yauco site, the company plans to double production of single-use bags for biopharmaceutical manufacture and filters and to triple cleanroom capacities by 2018. This will be accompanied by a significant increase in the number of employees. Currently, more than 450 people work at Sartorius in Yauco.

About Sartorius
The Sartorius Group is a leading international pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment provider with two divisions: Bioprocess Solutions and Lab Products & Services. Bioprocess Solutions with its broad product portfolio focusing on single-use solutions helps customers produce biotech medications and vaccines safely and efficiently. Lab Products & Services, with its premium laboratory instruments, consumables and services, concentrates on serving the needs of laboratories performing research and quality assurance at pharma and biopharma companies and on those of academic research institutes. Founded in 1870, the company earned sales revenue of more than 1.3 billion euros in 2016. More than 6,900 people work at the Group's 50 manufacturing and sales sites, serving customers around the globe.