Thermo Fisher Scientific opens manufacturing center of excellence site in North Carolina
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced the grand opening of its innovative manufacturing center of excellence facility in Mebane, N.C. The new 375,000-square-foot carbon neutral site will be capable of producing at least 40 million laboratory pipette tips per week, helping to ensure that life-saving medicines and therapies continue to be developed and produced in the U.S. for decades to come.
Pipette tips are critical tools for research and diagnostics, enabling precise liquid handling in high-volume applications such as disease studies and diagnostic testing. Thermo Fisher manufactures its tips with high-quality materials and strict quality controls to ensure accuracy, reduce contamination, and deliver consistent performance. The new Mebane site is built for efficiency, with advanced automation that produces 96 tips every 12 seconds and 5,000 finished assemblies per hour. Designed for seamless operations, it also features automated packaging and shipping to meet growing customer demand.
The new Mebane site has already hired 40 people and is expected to add 50 jobs in manufacturing, engineering and business operations. Thermo Fisher currently employs approximately 7,800 colleagues across 13 sites in N.C., including a center of excellence for laboratory equipment in Asheville, three life sciences [and] manufacturing sites in Durham, pharmaceutical manufacturing sites in Greenville and High Point, and a Raleigh distribution center.
BD hosts inaugural ‘Patient Day’ to celebrate purpose and impact of patient journeys
BD proudly hosted its first-ever “Patient Day” event at its Advanced Patient Monitoring headquarters in Irvine, Calif. recently, bringing together patients and BD associates in a powerful celebration of purpose, innovation and community.
Themed “Our Patients, Our Purpose,” the event offered a deeply moving experience for all attendees. Patients shared their personal stories in live panels, highlighting how BD’s technologies have impacted their lives.
Associates from across BD APM participated in the day’s activities. In a particularly moving moment, team members from BD’s manufacturing sites joined the event in person, meeting face-to-face with patients whose lives were directly impacted by the products they helped create. This powerful exchange underscored the real-world significance of BD associates’ work and the deep connection between innovation and patient outcomes.
The day featured a giving-back initiative supporting Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC). Over 100 care packages were assembled by associates at the Irvine campus, filled with items for pediatric patients. The activity reflected BD’s ongoing commitment to supporting local communities.
QuidelOrtho welcomes Erich Wolff as Executive Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development
QuidelOrtho Corporation welcomes Erich Wolff as Executive Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development. In this role, Mr. Wolff will report directly to President and Chief Executive Officer Brian Blaser, and he will lead the Company’s enterprise strategy, business development, government affairs and portfolio management functions.
Mr. Wolff brings over two decades of leadership experience in strategy, M&A and business development across the healthcare, diagnostics, and MedTech sectors. Most recently, he served as Buyouts Lead for MedTech and Life Sciences Tools & Diagnostics at Partners Group, a global private equity firm with $174 billion in assets under management. Prior to that, he held senior leadership roles at BD and Medtronic, where he led transformational initiatives spanning corporate strategy, investment planning and inorganic growth.