Pharmaceutical production capacity expansion
Expansion and upgrade of pharmaceutical production facilities is complex from every angle, which is why Arup takes a total-project approach.
With expertise and experience in all areas of capacity expansion, we’re able to offer comprehensive solutions tailored to your unique situation.
Arup is renowned for our expertise in regulatory compliance, planning, and environmental certification. Our meticulous project plans, detailing scope, milestones, and timelines, stay flexible through phased or modular approaches. And our Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) team ensures coordination of construction, installation and other factors aligned to the client’s needs.
New technologies and an optimised supply chain are important to capacity expansion, particularly when transitioning from small to large-scale production. Arup’s seamless technology transfer and data-driven supply chain analysis can ensure efficiency and stability when undertaking such transformative projects.
Two other key elements of expansion projects are risk management and financial considerations. Arup’s consultants control costs from the business case to handover, and identify and mitigate potential challenges with comprehensive planning.
To meet fast-growing market demand, a leading Eastern Europe pharma group was keen to optimise operations at one of its plants in Poland. The expansion of the existing plant, specialised in soft gelatine capsules as well as liquid medications like suspensions and syrups, would effectively double its production capacity. A new building within the facility would enable the company to tap into innovative inhalants for lung treatment.
The pharmaceutical group appointed Arup to manage the project and costs, as well as supervise the expansion of the plant, which includes a lab and two innovative, automated production lines. The brief was to create a more effective, scalable production process and manufacturing environment.
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