Get to Know the Fill/Finish Facilities in Grand Rapids
To meet heightened customer demand, GRAM has continued a large-scale expansion project over the past few years. We will soon be completing our fourth facility, a new finishing center, which is the second set of doors to open in just about a year.
In each of GRAM’s facilities – all in Grand Rapids – you will find highly trained pharmaceutical experts working with world-class equipment and advanced technologies to ensure sterile, quality and efficient results. Read on to learn what role each facility plays in our high-quality fill/finish services.
Large-Scale Filling: Inside GRAM’s large-scale aseptic fill/finish facility – which opened in June 2020 and was recently recognized by ISPE as a Facility of the Year Award winner – you will find state-of-the-art technology like an IMA lyophilizer and two high-speed Stevanato automatic inspection machines, a Grade C cleanroom, formulation and filling suites, customer viewing rooms and more. Designed to have future capacity for new technologies and further growth, the facility will receive an additional Bausch+Ströbel Vial Filler with SKAN Isolator Technology (a duplicate of its current vial filler) and a new VarioSys syringe and vial filler in 2022.
Small-Scale Filling: This building – where the company started in 2010 – is currently utilized for Quality Control (QC) and microbiology laboratory testing, vial and syringe filling, and just-in-time warehousing. This facility is also home to several formulation and filling suites as well as another Bausch+Ströbel vial filler and IMA lyophilizer.
Testing and Finishing: Our testing and finishing facility encompasses quality processes and equipment for stability testing, inspection, and more – this is where some products are labeled and packaged on our high-speed Marchesini packaging line before being stored and/or distributed.
NEW! Finishing Center: The newest and largest facility at more than 100,000 square feet, GRAM’s finishing center features four finishing rooms, Marchesini packaging line, Dividella packaging line, QC laboratory, coolers and freezers, and more.
Prior to starting any project, we welcome customers to tour GRAM’s fill/finish services facilities, meet our people and see our full capabilities. Schedule a visit today at one of GRAM’s