ISPE Names the 2018 Pharmaceutical Facility of the Year Category Awards

Reported by Annette Kreuger, Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The judging panel for the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering's (ISPE) Facility of the Year Awards (FOYA) has just released the 2018 Category Award winners. In its 14th year, the FOYA is the Pharmaceutical Industry's premier awards program, dedicated to celebrating innovation and accomplishments in facility design, construction and operation.

The winning companies and respective award categories are:

• Category Winner for Facility Integration: Shire plc (NASDAQ:SHPG)
  Location: Los Angeles, California
  Project: Los Angeles Building 8
  
  
• Category Winner for Facility of the Future: Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co.KG
  Location: Ravensburg, Germany
  Project: Optimizing Pharmaceutical Processes: Vetter's Center for Visual Inspection and Logistics
  
  
• Category Winner for Project Execution: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Incorporated (NASDAQ:BMRN)
  Location: Novato, California
  Project: Project FAITH
  
  
• Category Winner for Operational Excellence: Shire
  Location: Los Angeles, California
  Project: Shire Los Angeles Quality Control Laboratory
  
  
• Category Winner for Sustainability: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Co, a Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) Company
  Location: Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
  Project: Project Diamond - 2nd Pfizer Consumer Health Plant in Suzhou China
  
  
• Honorable Mentions:
  • Emergent BioSolutions Incorporated (NYSE:EBS)
    Location: Baltimore, Maryland
    Project: BARDA -- Emergent Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing (CIADM) Baltimore Facility Expansion
  • Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO)
    Location: Pathumthani, Thailand
    Project: Rangsit Pharmaceutical Production Plant 1

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