Thermo Fisher Scientific Expands in Greenville, NC
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an American provisioner of scientific instrumentation, reagents and consumables, and software services. Thermo Fisher has a major operation nearby Treeside RV Park in Greenville, NC and in December 2020 announced it was expanding to add 500 new jobs over the next 2 years as it expands its sterile drug product development and commercial manufacturing of critical medicines, therapies and vaccines. The investment, approximately $500 million, will include a new, stand-alone, 130,000-square-foot facility with two live- virus filling lines that will be operational in 2022. The site will also add six new lines in 2021 and 2022, including commercial-scale liquid filling lines and a development line for liquid and lyophilized (freeze-dried) drug products.
Thermo Fisher already employs about 1,500 people at the Greenville campus, a 1.5-million-square-foot complex encompassing eight buildings on 142 acres. The contract-manufacturing site, under the direct leadership of Vice President and General Manager Michelle Logan, makes and packages medicines for a range of diseases including cancer, heart disease and blood clots.
In September 2021, the North Carolina Governor announced Thermo Fisher’s plans to invest $154 million and create 290 more jobs at its sprawling Greenville campus. “Thermo Fisher's exciting announcement underscores North Carolina’s global reputation as a prime location for life sciences companies to operate,” said Governor Cooper. “With our skilled workforce, strong industry collaboration and an innovative business climate, this decision proves, yet again, that North Carolina’s biotechnology sector is thriving statewide.”
“Our continued growth in capabilities and capacity at our Greenville site has enabled us to support our clients’ needs and the patients they serve,” said Michel Lagarde, executive vice president, Thermo Fisher Scientific. “This new investment will enable new innovation and development capabilities to respond to the accelerated demand for critical medicines and therapies. We also look forward to continued job creation and economic development in this region.”
“We are excited for the continued growth at our Greenville site as we help our customers bring important medicines and therapies to patients in need,” said Michelle Logan, vice president and general manager for drug product, North America, Thermo Fisher Scientific. “This expansion will enable us to create additional jobs and contribute to the economic development in our region.”
The new jobs at what has become Pitt County’s largest industrial employer are projected to pay an average of $66,526, more than 50% higher than the county’s average wage of $42,801. The new jobs are expected to bring $19.2 million of annual payroll growth to the region.
Thermo Fisher is hiring validation and manufacturing engineers, as well as quality control and R&D manufacturing scientists. Visit the Thermo Fisher jobs board to find out more.
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