Sartorius expands its global capacity with the opening of a new plant in Tunisia.
Sartorius, a leading international partner in life science research and the
biopharmaceutical industry, is expanding its manufacturing site in Tunisia to increase global production capacity.
To increase production of fluid management technologies, the Germany-based company invested more than 20 million euros in a new 10,000 square-meter building and corresponding operation equipment at its existing M'Hamdia location.
The expansion includes clean rooms totaling approximately 2,400 square meters, as well as adjacent warehouse and logistics facilities. Sartorius currently employs nearly 800 people in M'Hamdia and anticipates future job growth at the location.
The opening ceremony was attended by the Governor of Ben Arous, Ezzedine Chelbi, and the Deputy Head of Mission of the German Embassy in Tunisia, Georg Felsheim, as well as representatives of the Ministry of Industry.
“We are significantly investing in the expansion of our worldwide capacities to meet ongoing high demand from the biopharmaceutical industry.
The new state-of-the-art fluid management facility in M'Hamdia not only supports this approach but also demonstrates our long-term commitment to Tunisia”, said René Fáber, member of the Executive Board for the Bioprocess Solutions Division of Sartorius, on the occasion of the official opening of the new building.
"I am very proud that this project has been completed on time and with great quality. The commitment and collaboration of M'Hamdia's teams is tremendous and I am really looking forward to developing the new expansion together.
The increase in capacity will strengthen our importance within the Sartorius production network,” said Mohamed Yassine Bouagila, Managing Director and Head of Operations at Sartorius Tunisia.
Tunisia's site has been operational since 2001. Sartorius established the Sartorius Academy Tunisia in 2019 as a training center to develop the skills of its employees, particularly those new to the plant.
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