Heritage Rail Trail: Economic Alliance helping York County businesses connect with half a million users
York Dispatch
Twelve local businesses along the York County Heritage Rail Trail are getting a boost from the York County Economic Alliance.
As part of its York County Trail Towns program, the YCEA announced during a Tuesday news conference that the businesses will share $25,000 in Bloom Grants. The grants range from $500 to $5,000, and the 12 businesses were selected out of 19 applicants. We are primarily granting to businesses in our trail towns along the York Heritage Rail Trail, said Silas Chamberlin, YCEA vice president for economic development. And the funds are intended to help these businesses add services or marketing or otherwise try to tap into the roughly half a million people who visit the Heritage Rail Trail every year.
“We are incredibly excited that PSC Biotech Corporation will create 100 new, highly skilled jobs in the pharma sector at the Cross Farm Lane facility, a site that has been vacant for several years,” York County Economic Alliance president and CEO Kevin Schreiber said in the joint press release.
The facility was once owned by Unilife Corp., a maker of wearable drug-delivery systems, which put its headquarters at Cross Farm Lane up for sale in December 2016.
The company and its two U.S. subsidiaries filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April 2017.
“My administration is pleased to welcome BioTechnique to join Pennsylvania’s historic manufacturing industry,” said Gov. Wolf. “This relocation comes at a critical time as we move ahead in COVID-19 recovery and will bring dozens of new, good-paying jobs and training opportunities to York County communities.”
New contract pharmaceutical manufacturing facility will employ 100 people
Updated May 10, 2021;
A subsidiary of the PSC Biotech Corporation, which will eventually be known BioTechnique plans to open a new contract pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in York County.
PSC will transfer equipment, staff, and customers from its Wisconsin site to the new facility in Conewago Township, investing over $22 million and bringing 100 new jobs to the region, Gov. Tom Wolf announced last week in a press release.
The company purchased the vacant 160,000 square-foot former Unilife pharmaceutical manufacturing facility at 250 Cross Farm Lane.
BioTechnique manufactures sterile injectable drugs that are highly potent. BioTechnique operates a pharmaceutical contract development manufacturing operation providing development services for cancer therapies, novel vaccines, hormonal therapies, and DEA controlled substances.
Gov. Wolf announces new contract pharmaceutical facility will open in York County, bringing 100 new jobs to region
The facility, which will be located in Conewago Township, will be opened by 250 Cross Farm Lane, LLC, a subsidiary of PSC Biotech Corporation, Wolf said.
Credit: FOX43 Author: Keith Schweigert (FOX43) Updated: 1:09 PM EDT May 6, 2021
YORK COUNTY, Pa. Governor Tom Wolf announced Thursday that a new contract pharmaceutical manufacturing facility will open in York County, bringing an estimated 100 new jobs to the region.
The facility, which will be located in Conewago Township, will be opened by 250 Cross Farm Lane, LLC, a subsidiary of PSC Biotech Corporation, Wolf said.