WUXI

WUXI

WUXI

In 2018, biologics company Wuxi announced it was building its first facility outside China, and PJ Hegarty secured the contract to develop the new plant at Dundalk Science and Technology Park. It will be one of the world’s largest facilities with disposable bioreactors.

Client : Wuxi Biologics Ireland Ltd
Service : Pharma/hi-tech
Architect : Scott Tallon Walker
Structural Engineer : GDCL
Value : €43m

The development is a two-phase project at the Dundalk site — The biologics Phase 1 manufacturing facility to produce biologics medicines, and the Phase 2 Vaccines facility.

The site will comprise seven buildings in total across both facilities, including a three-storey manufacturing facility with a floor area of 21,020m²; a 11,051m² laboratory and administration building with a mechanical penthouse over four floors and a two-storey combined utility building (2,230m²) with three 25m high boiler stacks.

The project also includes single-storey electrical building, a single storey security building, and a wastewater treatment plant to service all facilities.