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Ecolab opens new bioprocessing applications

lab in US

Ecolab, the US-based provider of The lab is equipped with high- Sorrells, Vice President – R&D, Ecolab
water, hygiene and infection prevention throughput process development tools Life Sciences.
solutions and services, has announced and manufacturing scale chromato
that its Life Sciences business has offi- graphy columns, enabling biotech Ecolab said the lab can initiate
cially opened a new US bioprocessing firms to receive turnkey support for studies and deliver results within weeks,
applications laboratory in King of process development. Large bio- facilitating a faster route to market
Prussia, Pennsylvania. pharma companies can utilise the while providing customers with access
applications lab throughout the entire to raw data and bench-level operations
The new facility is designed to development cycle, from early to late for transparency and collaboration.
support biopharma customers with stage and commercialisation; includ-
applications and process development ing characterising alternative resins The new lab complements Ecolab’s
for the purification of biotherapeutic to help reduce manufacturing costs existing European Applications and
molecules, providing technical support and support with regulatory submis- R&D Lab, in Wales, UK, and is part of
to biopharmaceutical companies and sions. the Ecolab Life Sciences Pharma Centre

contract manufacturers operating from “This facility demonstrates our of Excellence, a multi-million dollar
small-scale to full commercial produc- commitment to delivering best-in-class investment which also includes an
tion. This new development location bioprocessing solutions by pairing interactive learning space, The Xchange
in eastern US is close to many large Ecolab’s innovative resin toolbox with customer experience centre, and an API
pharmaceutical operations and a hub of deep domain expertise to optimise the (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) and
bioprocessing innovation. purification process,” said Dr. Jennifer excipient manufacturing facility.

IMCD to acquire Spain’s Tecom Ingredients

Dutch chemicals distributor, lona, Spain, Tecom is a distributor of our presence in Iberia and expands
IMCD, has agreed to acquire 100% of ingredients and additives to the food our portfolio with ingredients that
the shares in Tecom Ingredients. industry. With a team of 16 employees, are highly complementary to our cur-
Tecom reported annual revenues of rent offering,” said Mr. José Alcover,
Founded in 1996 and headquar- about Euro 18-mn in the financial Managing Director of IMCD Iberia &
tered in Molins de Rei, near Barce- year 2024. “This acquisition enhances Maghreb.

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