Americhem expands Pa. compounding plant
Materials firm Americhem Inc. has completed an expansion of its compounding plant in Morrisville, Pa.
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio-based Americhem posted a video on YouTube of a virtual ribbon-cutting event at the site on April 7. The 60,000-square-foot expansion includes a 20,000-square-foot clean compounding room for medical materials.
A new design center at the site includes pilot scale production to assist customers with new product design and small lot qualification. The plant is part of the company s Americhem Engineered Compounds (AEC) unit.
The clean compounding room at the site will house six new compounding lines. The new clean environment and AEC Customer Design Center, along with Americhem s ISO 13485 Certification, gives AEC unique capabilities to produce compounds that meet the most stringent medical device requirements, officials said in a news release.