Sartorius expands production capacities for products for the purification of vaccines and therapeutics in Slovenia

Sartorius, a leading international partner of life science research and the biopharmaceutical industry, will open its expanded production facilities in Ajdovscina, Slovenia. The area for manufacturing and labs will increase from 3,000 square meters to 6,200 square meters.
Today’s ribbon cutting was attended by Janez Janša, Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, and the Ajdovscina Town Mayor Tadej Beočanin. “The expansion is an important step forward and will enable our business to develop and grow to meet the requirements of our customers in a rapidly expanding industry. It will particularly enhance our unique offering for the manufacturing of gene therapies and other advanced therapies,” said Joachim Kreuzburg, CEO of Sartorius. In 2021, Sartorius will invest more than 400 million euros in the expansion of manufacturing capacities around the world to meet the high demand from the growing biopharmaceuticals market.
With more than 140 employees at its plant in Ajdovscina, Sartorius develops and manufactures market-leading products for purification and analysis of large biomolecules, such as viruses, plasmids and mRNA, which are used in vaccines as well as in cell and gene therapies and other advanced therapies.
Background: In November 2020, Sartorius acquired the Slovenian purification specialist BIA Separations in Ajdovscina

. Its technology for manufacturing-scale purification is already used in production of the first commercialized advanced therapeutics, and the company also has a strong presence with such novel drug candidates in the clinical pipeline.