Colorcon, Inc., a global excipient company, has completed a major expansion and renovation at its North America production facility in West Point, PA.  The multimillion-dollar investment enhances the supply chain robustness of products manufactured for the makers of solid oral dosage products throughout the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia as well as the northern areas of Central and Latin America.
 
“The investment in our West Point facility brings together expanded material warehousing and new best-in-class quality control laboratories to the existing production capabilities,” said Simon Tasker, president Americas region, Colorcon. “This supports our future growth expectations, improves our environmental foot print and reduces supply lead times for our customers.”
 
Colorcon’s investment sees the consolidation of multiple legacy buildings into one, unified, manufacturing campus which will eliminate the need for off-site warehousing. The merging of these facilities will provide customers with the highest level of traceability on raw materials and finished goods produced at the site. There are also environmental benefits through the reduced transportation of materials between sites, diminishing traffic and noise in the area that surrounds the Colorcon property.
 
Martti Hedman, chief executive officer, Colorcon, said, “Colorcon’s West Point, PA, site is one of seven film coating manufacturing sites strategically located around the world and is an important component in Colorcon’s Business Continuity Plan. This multi-year investment helps Colorcon to further improve its service to the customers and is a good example of how Colorcon invests in new capacity ahead of demand.”