The DECCO team was part of a unique program with O.B. Hill Trucking & Rigging at Rentschler Biopharma SE’s Manufacturing Center in Milford, MA.  Careful execution was required to place a 14,500-liter AWFI (Ambient Water for Injection) storage vessel safely. The 18.25-foot x 7.41-foot tank was intricately maneuvered through a 7.6-foot square roof opening with the help of a 100-ton crane with a 260-foot boom. The tank feet were squared to the I-beams and anchored using chemical anchors, SS rod, and fasteners. The tanks store water for injection so it may be fed to the distribution skid, which pumps the water into the loop piping that DECCO has installed throughout the facility, allowing it to feed various pieces of equipment supporting the production process, including cleaning, flushing, and manufacturing.

The multi-product facility, which doubles Rentschler Biopharma’s global cGMP capacity, is focusing mainly on commercial production of highly complex molecules. The original Milford site went from a single-product commercial facility to producing multiple products in an up to 500L bioreactor setup. The new production line has added 22,000 square feet of manufacturing cleanroom space and houses four new 2,000L single-use bioreactors, bringing the total of production lines at the site up to three.