Packaging Coordinators (PCI) has announced plans to expand its clinical packaging business operations by opening a new facility in Rockford with an investment of about $8m.
The new building will be located in the Logistics industrial park on a 85,000ft2 land that was sold to the company by the city.
Company officials hope to break ground on the facility soon with plans to shift to the new building by August.
PCI, which has facilities on Assembly Drive in Rockford, Woodstock, Philadelphia and in the UK, packs and distributes drugs as well as medicines for global clients.
The company features 14 cGMP packaging, storage, and distribution facilities across two continents audited by both the MHRA and FDA.