Takeda opens $10M biomedical waste processing facility

MORGAN COUNTY
  • Takeda leaders hold the ribbon cutting for a $10 million biomedical waste processing facility located at the company’s Stanton Springs campus near Covington. CONTRIBUTED
    Takeda leaders hold the ribbon cutting for a $10 million biomedical waste processing facility located at the company’s Stanton Springs campus near Covington. CONTRIBUTED
  • A close-up of the machines in operation at Takeda’s biomedical waste processing facility at Stanton Springs. HANNAH BARRON/Staff
    A close-up of the machines in operation at Takeda’s biomedical waste processing facility at Stanton Springs. HANNAH BARRON/Staff
  • Covington site head Cyril Buckley speaks during the grand opening of the biomedical waste processing facility at Takeda’s Stanton Springs campus. HANNAH BARRON/Staff
    Covington site head Cyril Buckley speaks during the grand opening of the biomedical waste processing facility at Takeda’s Stanton Springs campus. HANNAH BARRON/Staff
  • The new biomedical waste processing facility at Takeda’s Covington site will sanitize plastic bottles and tubing and convert them to shredded plastic, which local recyclers will use to create new products. HANNAH BARRON/Staff
    The new biomedical waste processing facility at Takeda’s Covington site will sanitize plastic bottles and tubing and convert them to shredded plastic, which local recyclers will use to create new products. HANNAH BARRON/Staff
    Pharmaceutical powerhouse Takeda opened a $10 million, state-of-the-art biomedical waste processing facility on Feb. 13 at its Stanton Springs campus near Covington.The 1.1 million-square-foot campus manufactures plasma-derived immunoglobulin and albumin medicines to treat patients with rare diseases and critical care diagnoses worldwide. It houses one of Takeda’s BioLife Testing Labor...

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