Welsh company Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) has opened a new manufacturing facility in Pencoed. The opening ceremony was attended by HRH The Prince of Wales.
The new facility will employ around 350 people. It will manufacture immunodiagnostic tests for early detection of diseases such as thyroid malfunction, heart disease, anaemia and cancer.
"OCD has almost 30 years of manufacturing history in Wales and continues to invest in the region with the opening of the Pencoed facility," said John Gethin, General Manager for Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, UK Operations. "The opening of this new facility enables OCD to provide our customers worldwide with advances in diagnostics to improve patient care."
Each year, OCD in Wales manufactures more than 100 million tests, 8% of which remain in the UK while the rest are distributed worldwide.
HRH The Prince of Wales toured the facility, met employees and praised the company's achievement. "This development is encouraging and credit to the Welsh ingenuity and the skills and talent in this area," he commented, adding that "Great progress has been made in a difficult economic climate."
The Pencoed facility, located in the Pencoed Technology Park, will replace the company's existing Cardiff plant by the end of next year. Cardiff-based staff will be transferred to the new Pencoed facility.
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. is a Johnson & Johnson company that specialises in IVD products.
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