The Pfizer at ringaskiddy Prepared by :MD apu sarwar Report on the visit to the Pfizer Ringaskiddy plant Ringaskiddy, co-cork, Ireland On The 2nd of November eleven students including myself went to visit Pfizer ringaskiddy plant. Our tour guide was Mr.
Ambrose furey is the lecturer of chemistry department of CIT. At the company gate we met a security officer named Mr. Brendon who supplied us the safety equipments and gave us the safety information about the plant.Then we met Kathrin Kelly who shown us the plant during the visit and gave us all information about the palnt.
About the Pfizer at ringaskiddy Introduction: Pfizer’s business interests in Ireland are diverse. There is a manufacturing presence in Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, Solid Dose Pharmaceutical, Nutritionals, Vaccines and Biopharmaceuticals. The Irish operations manufacture some of Pfizer’s best selling and newest medicines including Lipitor (cardiovascular), Viagra (urology), Sutent (oncology), Enbrel (rheumatology) and Prevenar (vaccines).Pfizer at Ringaskiddy exports bulk pharmaceuticals, the active ingredients in Pfizer's medication for both humans and animals. History: Pfizer was one of the first US pharmaceutical businesses to locate in Ireland and set up its first production facility in Ringaskiddy in 1969 to produce food chemicals, including citric acid and gluconate products. In 1972 the first production plant, Organic Synthesis Plant 1 (OSP1), was constructed to produce bulk pharmaceutical products.
The site currently has 3 organic synthesis plants, OSP1, OSP3 and OSP4. The site also scales up new products in cooperation with Pfizer Global Research & Development to ensure timely approval and launch of these new products. Modern laboratory: In 2007 the Pfizer global Process Development Centre opened a Kilo Technology Laboratory (KTL) on the Ringaskiddy site. The KTL scales up 2nd generation processes coming from the global Process development Centre laboratories.The KTL specializes in the development and scale-up of novel chemical routes and in the use of new manufacturing technologies.
Production: The bulk pharmaceutical products are shipped from Ringaskiddy to Pfizer plants across the world for finishing and packaging . they have their won liquid nitrogen production facility ,air and water purifier and largest solvent recovery and solvent mixture in Europe. All the production are monitored from the control room, all the production machine are fully computerized and automatic and special manufacture programmed.Product quality: Quality is considered at all stages of processing; all production staff are trained in Good Manufacturing Practices and the Quality Control, Quality Assurance and In-Process Control groups monitor product quality.
All raw materials are tested before use and testing during the manufacturing process, as well as final quality control, ensure that all products meet the highest quality requirements before supply to our customers. Health and safety: Environmental, Health and Safety standards are a major focus area on the site.They have their own fire brigade in the plant which is fully trained and equipped. The EHS Department continually assesses the way we work and seeks out improvements in all areas of health and safety.
Conclusion: part of the supply chain and global value streams the plant has a strong focus on their customers with the goal of being responsive, efficient and cost competitive. Six Sigma and Lean Tools are used extensively across all functions to identify areas of waste and poor flow thus to drive continuous improvement across the site. Word count 547
