GE Healthcare Life Sciences, which recently moved its U.S. headquarters to Marlborough, will expand its single-use technology manufacturing facility in Westborough, which GE said will triple clean room capacity.
The expanded site — a $7 million undertaking — will triple the production-dedicated clean room capacity at Westborough and include installation of automated production lines. The expansion will also include training for 300 employees.
The expansion is being undertaken to manufacture several single-use products, including cell growth bags, based on a new film platform developed through a GE alliance with packager Sealed Air, according to a press release.
Worldwide demand for single-use bioprocessing technologies was the driving factor behind the expansion, according to the release. The global market for these technologies is expected to exceed $3 billion by 2020, according to GE Healthcare.Â
