KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Zoetis Inc. says it plans to invest $64.5-million on two new production lines to make oral tablets and chewable medicines for pets at its manufacturing facilities in Kalamazoo County.
They say they will be creating 45 new jobs over the next three years.
The Pfizer spin-off firm currently employs 265 in its manufacturing facilities, about 700 at its research and administration offices downtown and a research farm in Richland.
The project was awarded a $500,000 Michigan Business Performance Grant.
“Kalamazoo is home to one of the largest and most important manufacturing sites in Zoetis’ Global Manufacturing and Supply network,” said Matthew Everhart, Vice President, Pharmaceutical and Aseptic Operations, Global Manufacturing and Supply at Zoetis. “Locating manufacturing here gives us continued access to a highly skilled and diverse workforce which is essential to managing a global animal health company. Our people provide our veterinarian and livestock farmer customers with a reliable supply of high quality medicines for their animals and are an integral part of the community here.”
Work on the new facility will begin later this month and should be completed in 2019.
