Thermo Fisher Scientific has opened a new facility in Runcorn, Cheshire, UK. Located at Tudor Road, Manor Park, it is a significant investment for Thermo Fisher Scientific in the North of England.

The new facility is the largest Thermo Fisher Scientific centre in the North of England and one of its biggest in the United Kingdom. Thermo Fisher chose the North-west of England as home for the new facility due to the strength of the region's academic, hospital, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry sectors. The new facility has created approximately 60 new jobs, and the total workforce onsite is now more than 200. UK Trade and Investment worked closely with the North West Regional Development Agency to ensure that Thermo Fisher's requirements were met.

The new facility houses Thermo Fisher's Anatomical Pathology and Chromatography Consumables businesses. This includes products and services to improve the detection and diagnosis of cancer and advance research for drug development.

The new facility is also a manufacturing centre for Thermo Fisher's Chromatography Consumables business. These products are used in laboratories specialising in chromatography and mass spectrometry analysis. They enable detection, quantification and isolation of complex sample mixtures that are commonly encountered in pharmaceutical, environmental, biomedical, chemical, toxicology, forensics and food safety industries. The state-of-the-art technology developed in Runcorn enables the company to meet demands for more specific and sensitive yet robust testing to support its customers.

The new facility was officially opened by Dr Yuh-geng Tsay, president, Specialty Diagnostics and Dr Roger Platt, chairman, Northwest Science Council. The ceremony also included presentations by Steven Broomhead, chief executive, NWDA and Thermo Fisher Scientific customers.

Spectroscopy Europe was pleased to have the opportunity to talk to Fred Lowery, Vice President and General Manager of Thermo Fisher’s chromatography consumables and speciality products business.

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