Wasdell Group to Open New Facility

The Wasdell Group announced that it is opening a new facility in Dundalk, Ireland in Spring 2019 following a €30m invesment.
 
The 90,000 sq. ft facility will allow Wasdell to offer quality control (QC) import testing for pharmaceutical products, as well as a variety of current and novel packaging technologies. It will also boost its storage and distribution services outside of the UK.
 
The facility will also futureproof the company’s operations in the event of a hard Brexit when the UK exits the European Union (EU) in March 2019. By giving Wasdell a foothold in Ireland, it will be able to carry out EU release testing ensuring contiuous supply for customers regardless of the outcome of Brexit negotiations. 

Martin Tedham, chief executive officer at The Wasdell Group said, "With our new facility, we are not only increasing our packaging and analytical testing capacity to better service new and future customers, but with Brexit on the horizon, we are ensuring challenges and costs are minimised by preparing for every eventuality.
 
The Dundalk facility is the latest phase in Wasell’s investment plan to increase capability and capacity and follows the announcement of its new £500K microbological and analytical laboratory at its Newcastle, UK, site. The company’s ongoing expansion plan will benefit over 120 of the its current customers.
 
Building work on the site, which is expected to fully operational by spring 2019, began in August 2018. The new facility is expected to create around 800 job ranging from senior management to roles across operations, quality, technical, commercial, financial, warehousing, laboratory and production.
 

The Wasdell Group is also planning to build an additional facility close to the Dundalk site to expand its distribution offering.

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