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Oregon's biopharmaceutical companies research and develop new treatments and cures that improve patient health while also contributing to U.S. economic health. These companies employ highly skilled union construction workers to build state-of-the-art research and manufacturing facilities to ensure infrastructure is built to exacting standards.

Construction Employment

Union Labor & Earnings, 2015-20

Pharmaceutical & Biotech

819,316

Labor Hours Demanded

(14 trades, installation, and maintenance)

262,175

Union Labor Hours (est.)

(State union% in non-residential = 32.0%)

$9.3

million

Total Union Earnings (est.)

(Union hours times average wage)

Oregon Construction Labor Hours by Trade

Pharmaceutical & Biotech, 2015-20

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8,732

Installation

1,410

Maintenance

10,143

Total hours

Largest Construction Projects

Pharmaceutical & Biotech Manufacturing, 2015-20

Genentech (Roche USA) Incorporated

4625 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro, OR 97124, USA

Hillsboro Biopharmaceutical Fill/Finish-Technical OPS Plant "Inest" Building Add

Hillsboro, OR

$170,000,000

2019-2021

Genentech (Roche USA) Incorporated

4625 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro, OR 97124, USA

Hillsboro Biotherapeutic Fill/Finish Plant Life Bldg 2 Production Suite Addition

Hillsboro, OR

$125,000,000

2016-2017

Bend Research, a division of Capsugel

63045 NE Corporate Pl, Bend, OR 97701, USA

Bend Solid Oral Dose and HPAPI Development Plant Addition

Bend, OR

$35,000,000

2017-2019

Bend Research, a division of Capsugel

63045 NE Corporate Pl, Bend, OR 97701, USA

Bend Pilot-Scale Solid Oral Dose CMO Plant Expansion

Bend, OR

$25,000,000

2014-2015

Patheon, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific

62925 NE 18th St, Bend, OR 97701, USA

Bend Pre-Clinical Oral, Solids, Capsules, Liquid CDMO Spray Drying Line Add+Reno

Bend, OR

$5,700,000

2016-2018

Genentech (Roche USA) Incorporated

Hillsboro Biopharmaceutical Fill/Finish-Technical OPS Plant "Inest" Building Add

Hillsboro, OR

Location

$170,000,000

Project Value

2019-2021

Years

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You may be surprised by the connection between Oregon's biopharmaceutical industry and union labor. A new study finds that from 2015-2020 America’s biopharmaceutical companies invested $408 million in infrastructure in the state, supporting more than 262,175 union labor hours. View Oregon's labor-industry profile here: https://bit.ly/2L5caVw

Oregon's pharmaceutical companies and the building trades unions have a surprising relationship - a new study finds that from 2015-2020 biopharmaceutical companies invested $408 million in infrastructure in the state, supporting more than 262,175 union labor hours. View Oregon's labor-industry profile here: https://bit.ly/2L5caVw

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