Global process engineering company Briggs of Burton is increasing its pharmaceutical manufacturing capability with a further expansion at its multi-million-pound Global Technical Centre.
The company, based in Derby Street, Burton on Trent, has started work to create a brand new purpose-built ‘clean assembly’ manufacturing facility at its headquarters in the town.
The investment is set to further enhance staff facilities and lead to several new manufacturing roles and additional job opportunities in the town. It comes two years after Briggs completed a major extension to the Global Technical Centre.
The work follows continued growth for the Briggs Pharmaceutical division in the pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDI) sector used to treat patients with respiratory conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Briggs has been actively designing and building end-to-end pMDI mixing systems across the UK and Europe as the market shifts towards a greener propellant.
The project will deliver an additional 890 square-metre flexible hygienic production area which will include six assembly bays, equipment stores and kitting areas.
It will be used to build hygienic and sanitary modular skid units – specialist self-contained process systems used in pharmaceutical manufacturing – for projects across the UK, Europe, and North America.
Robert Buxton, Managing Director at Briggs of Burton, said: “Our growth in the pharmaceutical sector has been born from a passion and desire to offer market leading technologies to major blue chip companies across the entire production process.
“Briggs of Burton are leading exciting new projects in the pharmaceutical market and are developing engineering solutions to help our customers with their sustainability targets.”
A new staff welfare area will be built as part of the project creating a dedicated space for the Production team to take a break along with an extended outdoor area which will be used in the summer months.
BHB Architects, Norder Designs and Derwent Valley Construction, who will lead the project, are the same project partners for the recent Global Technical Centre expansion.
Originally formed 285 years ago, Briggs of Burton employs over 300 staff across six sites located in the UK, USA, China, and Mexico.
