Greenville drug maker expands
Published: Tue, Nov. 04, 2008 10:45AM
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closeMetrics, a contract drug manufacturer in Greenville, said today that it plans to add at least 50 jobs after doubling the size of its production facility.
The $18 million expansion -- including several laboratories, two packaging lines and a tablet press -- has boosted production capacity to as many as 1 billion tablets per year. Metrics, which already employs more than 230 in Greenville, also makes powders and liquids.
The company has begun hiring and is mostly looking for chemists, said Jeff Basham, vice president for marketing and sales.
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Founded in 1994, the company started out helping pharmaceutical customers develop new medicines by making small amounts used in clinical tests. The expansion also allows Metrics to supply its customers once their drugs come to market.
"It has been a long-time dream to offer a full array of services that allow clients to keep development and commercial manufacturing projects under our roof," Phil Hodges, Metrics' president, said in a statement.
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