Pharmaceutical company to bring hundreds of jobs to Des Plaines
A German pharmaceutical company is expanding in Illinois, bringing hundreds of jobs.
Vetter Pharmaceuticals plans to build a million-square-foot facility in suburban Des Plaines. The company expects to hire up to 500 people once construction is finished.
The new jobs are a welcome sight in an industry worried about a number of mergers from 2015 resulting in job losses.
The northern Chicago suburbs are home to pharmaceutical companies Abbott, AbbVie and Baxter. Vetter makes sterile containers and pre-fillable syringes that possibly could benefit from being near other businesses in the region.
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