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Automated liquid handling system with multiple pipettes dispensing samples into laboratory trays for cell culture research

Large-scale cell culture.

At a glance

Setting new standards in cell cultivation worldwide.

Client

Boehringer Ingelheim

Highlights

  • Complete integration of the plant in the digital engineering platform
  • Greater manufacturing flexibility through implementation of an optimised building architecture
  • Maximum throughput with highest product variation

Working with one of the world’s leading research-driven pharmaceutical companies, BakerHicks recently helped to deliver a new 56,000 m2 biopharmaceutical multi-product plant in Vienna, which sets new standards in cell cultivation worldwide.

Maximising automation and flexibility in plant design, the new facility enables vastly increased capacities for the simultaneous production of a variety of products. An extensive facility housing 48 bioreactors with a total capacity of 185,000 litres, the Large Scale Cell Culture (LSCC) project utilises digital twin, artificial intelligence and augmented reality to support production processes and fast product change overs, creating one of the most advanced biopharmaceutical multi-product facilities in the world.

Modern research and development facility with large glass-fronted building and adjacent structures under clear sky

Services

  • Planning and implementation of an integrated engineering platform
  • 3D clash control
  • Support for mechanical completion & commissioning
  • Support for qualification
  • FAT, SAT, IQ & OQ qualification support
  • Preparation and review of relevant documents
  • Support for document management
  • Technical document administration
  • GDP checks
  • Support for cost controlling
  • Support for cost planning and forecasting
Industrial stainless steel piping system with multiple valves and connectors in a cleanroom environment for large-scale cell culture processing
Stainless steel bioreactor tanks and complex piping system in a cleanroom facility for large-scale pharmaceutical or biotech production

Project facts

  • 48

    bioreactors

  • 56k

    m² multi-product plant

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