Particle engineering specialist Hovione, which recently announced plans to increase its global capacity by 25%, has announced that a portion of its $170 million expansion project will go toward a 31,000 sq ft building to add commercial spray drying capacity at its site in East Windsor, NJ, USA, with the new capacity expected to come online by 2023. The company also said that it expects to add 100 jobs as a result of the New Jersey expansion.
Hovione New Jersey General Manager Filipe Tomás commented, “Hovione has set the goal of becoming the leading company provider of innovative and integrated solutions for the global pharmaceutical industry by 2028. Given its dimension and above all, the extremely high regulatory requirements, the US market is fundamental for the company and this investment represents a key step in our expansion strategy. Hovione was established more than 60 years ago in Portugal and the company’s sustainable organic growth has allowed us to strive for excellence, rigor, innovation and quality. Present in the US since 2002, we have ensured that these values remain at the forefront of what we do at the New Jersey site.”
Read the Hovione press release.
