UPS Healthcare Continues Global Facility Expansion To Meet Growing Demands In Key Markets
June 10 2020 - 9:00AM
- Significant new facility space to support Coronavirus-related
logistics in California with plans to expand up to 1.5M sq.
ft.
- New facility in Shanghai
- New GMP warehouse and GDP transportation hub in Midlands,
UK
- Expanded healthcare facility in Hungary
- New GMP cooler space near UPS Worldport® facility in
Louisville, along with new minus-20 and minus-80 degree Celsius
freezer space for vaccine and biopharma storage
UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced a series of facility expansions
to its healthcare-dedicated warehouse and distribution network in
key global markets. This includes new GDP-compliant space opening
in Central and Eastern Europe and additional cold chain space
coming online near its UPS Worldport® facility in Louisville. The
company is planning up to 1.5 million sq. ft. of cGMP distribution
space for Coronavirus-related shipments, and a new facility in
Shanghai.
“UPS Healthcare continues to build out a global distribution
infrastructure that demonstrates our commitment to the healthcare
industry,” said Wes Wheeler, UPS Healthcare president. “We will
continue to innovate and expand our quality systems throughout our
expanded network to further support more complex pharmaceutical and
lab testing requirements.”
As part of these ongoing facility enhancements, the company has
committed to building additional cooler space (2-8 degrees
Celsius), and freezer space (minus-20 degrees to minus-80 degrees
Celsius) in its new GMP facility in Louisville. UPS Healthcare is
also expanding its GDP facility space in Hungary, and GMP space in
the United Kingdom through its Polar Speed subsidiary where it
operates a dispensing pharmacy that serves more than 20,000
patients daily. The new GMP warehouse and transportation hub will
be located in the Midlands, UK, to further facilitate its clients’
growth needs.These global enhancements come soon after UPS
Healthcare’s recent announcement of more than 1M sq. ft. of
facility space added in strategic markets across U.S.
operations.
“More of our customers are turning to UPS Healthcare to meet
their complex demands for critical products,” said Wheeler. “Our
network and logistics expertise make us second to no one, and we
will continue to be market leaders as we deliver on our commitment
to ‘Quality Focused. Patient Driven.’ service.”UPS
Healthcare continues to provide extensive services addressing the
full range of logistics needs from healthcare-licensed distribution
space, to supply chain management, kitting, packaging and
fulfillment of medical devices, labs and clinical trial specimens.
UPS Healthcare’s global infrastructure, monitoring and tracking
capabilities, and private data protection make UPS Healthcare a
best-in-class supply chain expert that remains flexible, agile and
responsive to myriad logistics demands. About UPS
Healthcare
UPS Healthcare provides global supply chain solutions and
expertise to pharmaceutical, biopharma and medical device
companies. UPS Healthcare has approximately 8 million square feet
of cGMP- or cGDP-compliant healthcare distribution space globally.
UPS Healthcare also maintains one of the world’s largest networks
of field stocking locations with approximately 900 sites. For
parcels requiring strict temperature environments, from CRT to
cryogenic, and those requiring around-the-clock monitoring, UPS
Healthcare has solutions such as UPS Temperature True® and UPS
Premier services. UPS Healthcare is committed to expanding its
capabilities including acquisitions of Marken, CEMELOG and Poltraf,
to meet the complex and evolving supply chain needs of the
healthcare and life science sectors. Visit ups.com/healthcare.
David Graves
davidgraves@ups.com
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