Novo Nordisk is investing an additional 380 million Danish kroner in its Kalundborg plant in Denmark to convert manufacturing capacity for the production of semaglutide, a new treatment for type 2 diabetes. The investment will create 50 new jobs and the plant is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2014. Novo Nordisk has also invested in other projects in Denmark, including a new domicile in Bagsværd and a new facility in Kalundborg for the production of bio pharmaceuticals. The plant in Kalundborg is Novo Nordisk's largest manufacturing facility and has created over 1,000 new jobs.
Bagsværd, Novo Nordisk is investing an additional 380 million Danish kroner (about € 51 million) in its Kalundborg plant in Denmark. The project will create 50 new production and engineering jobs in Kalundborg, where Novo Nordisk currently employs more than 2,400 people.
The investment will be used to convert manufacturing capacity in an existing facility to allow for future production of semaglutide, a new treatment for type 2 diabetes being developed by Novo Nordisk. Semaglutide is a once-weekly GLP-1 analogue.
“The Kalundborginvestment reaffirms our long-term commitment to creating and maintaining jobs in Denmark. This year alone Novo Nordiskhas created 100 new jobs in Kalundborg, and we areconstantly looking for talented and skilled people,” says Per Valstorp,senior vice president, Product Supply, Novo Nordisk.
The converted plant is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2014. Other ongoing investment projects at Novo Nordisk in Denmark include a new domicile in Bagsværd and a new facility in Kalundborg for the production of bio pharmaceuticals such as haemophilia medicine and growth hormone. The investments in these projects amount to 2 billion kroner.
About Novo Nordisk in Kalundborg
The plant in Kalundborg was established in 1969. Covering an area of 135 hectares–the equivalent of 270 football pitches–it is Novo Nordisk’s largest manufacturing facility. Since1999, Novo Nordisk has invested more than 7.5 billion kroner in the facility and, as a result, has created more than 1,000 new jobs. Around 23 million people with diabetes around the world are treated with diabetes care products made in Kalundborg.