Wedgewood Connect Ohio Announces New Operations in Athens County

Company Name: Wedgewood Connect Ohio, LLC

Location: Albany

Site Region: Southeast

Industry Sector: Healthcare

Company Profile: Wedgewood Connect Ohio, a subsidiary of Wedgewood Pharmacy, is the largest compounding pharmacy in the United States devoted exclusively to animal health. Wedgewood is an FDA-registered 503B outsourcing Facility with a growing customer base in equine, companion, and exotic animal medication.

Company Website: https://www.wedgewood.com/

Project Summary:

Type of Project: Expansion

Jobs:

• Jobs committed: 51
• Jobs retained: 17
• Types of jobs: Positions include manufacturing technicians, shipping, visual inspectors, production supervisors, engineers, quality technicians, IT, facilities management, and material movers.

Capital Investment: $5,500,000

Company Need:

Wedgewood was looking for a new location to expand its growing business. The acquisition and retrofitting of the Albany facility is part of the Wedgewood’s overall 503(b) strategy. Albany site will add capacity, allow Wedgewood to extend the shelf life of its products beyond the limitations imposed by recently revised USP guidelines. Albany site will also enable an additional supply distribution channel for Wedgewood by supplying the internal and external pharmacies to deliver products to the animal patients and subsequently increase the Wedgewood sales revenue.

Testimonial

"The support from JobsOhio to Wedgewood Connect Albany, OH is enabling us to scale-up, ramp-up, and expand production activities at the Albany Site to deliver high quality products which will improve the lives of more animals. Together, we are focused on making an impact to the Athens County community by adding quality jobs and economic growth."

– Mani Namasivayam, Wedgewood Connect Ohio, Albany Site Leader.

Why Ohio?

Athens County had a facility ready to be retrofitted to Wedgewood’s needs. It was near talent and in close proximity to a large portion of the company’s growing veterinary clientele.

With access to the entire life sciences value chain, market leaders like Abbott Nutrition, Medpace, Pharmavite, and Sarepta Therapeutics call Ohio home and are choosing the state for new discoveries, growth, and expansion. Ohio consists of more than 4,200 bioscience companies and features a growing talent pool of about 84,000 life science employees.

Collaborators:

JobsOhio, The Ohio Department of Development, OhioSE