In 2009, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. significantly increased the size of its animal health division with the addition of several cattle product lines and substantial manufacturing assets in Fort Dodge, IA. This was done through the acquisition of selected assets that were formerly part of Fort Dodge Animal Health. And, this year BIVI is taking the final step to integrate all of those new products into its production chain.

“Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. is expanding its state-of-the-art biological GMP manufacturing facility in St. Joseph, MO., to accommodate the significant global increase in demand for animal health products,” says Colin Meyers, Executive Director of U.S. Cattle Business and Process Excellence, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. “We are excited because, with this expansion, BIVI is increasing the size of the plant by more than 50 percent.”

Upon completion of the expansion to the facility, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. will be producing several more cattle vaccine product lines at the St. Joseph, MO, facility. This will move products including Presponse®, TrichGuard®, TriVib®, Triangle®, Pyramid®, Prism™ and EnterVene™ by the end of 2011. In fact, the antigen production capacity will be increasing by 80 percent, with 50 percent going to the manufacture of cattle biological products.

Additional expansion will increase capacity in several other areas:

  • Twenty percent in growth-media preparation
  • One hundred percent in antigen blending
  • Twenty percent in final-product filling.

“Our main goal with this expansion is to continue to provide a consistent supply of high-quality products to our customers,” Meyers says. “With our new, extensive portfolio of products for the beef and dairy businesses, we are excited about our abilities to better serve those markets.”

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Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (St. Joseph, MO), is a subsidiary of Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation based in Ridgefield, CT, and a member of the Boehringer Ingelheim group of companies.

The Boehringer Ingelheim group is one of the world’s 20 leading pharmaceutical companies. Headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany, it operates globally with 145 affiliates and more than 42,000 employees. Since it was founded in 1885, the family-owned company has been committed to researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing novel products of high therapeutic value for human and veterinary medicine.

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (St. Joseph, Mo.), is a subsidiary of Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation, based in Ridgefield, Conn., and a member of the Boehringer Ingelheim group of companies.

The Boehringer Ingelheim group is one of the world’s 20 leading pharmaceutical companies. Headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany, it operates globally with 145 affiliates and more than 42,000 employees. Since it was founded in 1885, the family-owned company has been committed to researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing novel products of high therapeutic value for human and veterinary medicine.

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In 2010, Boehringer Ingelheim posted net sales of approximately $16.7 billion (about 12.6 billion euro) while spending almost 24 percent of net sales in its largest business segment, Prescription Medicines, on research and development.