Waterford, Ireland
Genzyme announced a €130 million investment in the expansion of its Waterford, Ireland, campus in April of 2008. The project will add 5,600-sm to the existing 6,800-sm facility to support sterile fill/finish manufacturing, softgel manufacturing, administration, and laboratories for quality control, microbiology, chemistry, and stability. Construction will begin in summer of 2008 with completion slated for late 2009. Following commissioning and validation, the expanded facility will begin production in mid-2011.